3.16 unit assessment: The western classical world, Anybody know?
Answers
Classical antiquity is the right answer.
The period between the 8th century BC and the 5th or the 6th century AD was the period of cultural development in the region around the Mediterranean Sea. The cultural history during this time was seen in the interconnected cultures of classical Greece and classical Rome. These civilizations often recognized as the Greco-Roman world and known as the Classical antiquity. During this period the society of Greece and Rome flourished and exercised great influence everywhere, including Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.
Answer:
1. What influence did geography play in the development of Greek society?
Separate Greek city-states developed instead of a single state.
2. Which cultural element was common to all Greek city-states?
epics
3. Who was allowed to participate in Athenian democracy?
men whose fathers had been citizens
4. Which is the best example of the influence of Athenian democracy on later governments?
the representative democracy of the United States
5. Why did the Persian emperor Darius invade Greece?
Athenians had helped Ionian cities when they revolted against the Persians.
6. What was the most significant effect of the Peloponnesian War?
Athens lost its empire and influence as a model of democracy.
7. Which is not a legacy of ancient Greece?
monotheism
8. How did Athens and Sparta differ?
Athens had direct democracy, while Sparta was ruled by kings.
9. What happened during the period known as the Hellenistic Age?
A new Greek culture spread throughout the lands Alexander had conquered.
10. Which group made up the majority of the Roman population and became citizen-soldiers during time of war?
plebeians
11. What set of written laws was Rome's first, and applied to both the rich and the poor?
Twelve Tables
12. Which was not a part of the Roman Republic's representative government?
latifundia
13. Who crossed the Alps to invade Rome from the north during the Second Punic War?
Hannibal
14. Which was a major result of the Punic Wars?
Rome controlled North Africa and the western Mediterranean.
15. Which problem contributed to Rome's transition from a republic to an empire?
a growing divide between the rich and the poor
16. What did Julius Caesar do that hastened Rome's transition from a republic to an empire?
He crossed the Rubicon and defeated his enemies.
17. Classical Roman scholars made important contributions in the study of all of the following except __________.
chemistry
18. Which achievements is Rome known for?
roads; concrete; domes
19. Which is an example of how Rome adopted and adapted Greek culture?
Romans adopted Greek gods but gave them new names.
20. Who traveled throughout the Roman Empire spreading the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth?
Paul
21. Who issued the Edict of Milan, making Christianity a legally recognized religion in the Roman Empire?
Constantine
22. Which was not a cause of the gradual decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire?
the spread of Christianity
23. What did Diocletian do to address some of the problems caused by an expanding empire?
divided the empire into two halves
24. Which legacy of the ancient Greeks is important to all modern democracies?
concept of citizenship
Explanation:
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