Transcript Final Review

1. Egalitarian means:
a) Characterized by the belief in male
superiority
b) Characterized by the belief in female
superiority
c) Characterized by a belief in the equality
of all people
d) Characterized by a belief in the inequality
of all people
Minoan Society can be best
described as…
a) Prosperous, warlike, happy and
egalitarian.
b) Prosperous, peaceful, egalitarian, happy
c) Poor, warlike, patriarchal, gloomy
d) Patriarchal, peaceful, cheerful and
insular
Crete is best described as…
a) Having a favorable climate but limited
fertile soil
b) Having a favorable climate and extensive
fertile areas
c) Having an inhospitable climate and
limited fertile areas
d) Having an inhospitable climate and
extensive fertile areas
King Minos was…
a)
b)
c)
d)
A vicious warlord
Similar to Persian and Assyrian Kings
A weak leader
A divine leader
The reasons for the decline and fall
of Ancient Minoan Crete were…
a) War with Ancient Greece and an
earthquake
b) Mycenaean attacks and Natural
disasters
c) Mycenaean attacks and famine
d) War with Ancient Greece and famine
Mycenaean culture was…
a)
b)
c)
d)
More peaceful than the Minoan
The only foundation of ancient Greece
Happier than the Minoan
More warlike than ancient Minoa
In the Greek Dark Ages….
a) Development sped up and Kings became
more powerful
b) Life became more agrarian and kings
lost their power
c) Life became more agrarian and kings
became more powerful
d) Life became more urban and kings more
powerful
Ancient Sparta is best described
as…
a)
b)
c)
d)
Peaceful, conservative and expansionist
Militaristic, progressive and insular
Militaristic, conservative and insular
Militaristic, conservative and
expansionist
Solon’s reforms included all of the
following except…
a) Allowing lower classes into the council
b) Expanding the Council to 400 Members
c) Allowing lower classes to participate in
the assembly
d) Abolishment of serfdom
Peisistratus was…
a)
b)
c)
d)
The father of democracy
A dictator for life
The first Athenian Tyrant
Democratic leader of Rome
Who was the Father of Athenian
Democracy?
• Cleisthenes
The Age of Pericles was…
• A golden age of
Athenian culture
• A time of further
democratic reform
• When the board of 10
generals rose to
power
• Democratic legal
system
What was NOT a main cause of the
Peloponnesian War?
a) Cultural differences between Athens and
Sparta
b) Spartan expansionist behavior
c) Spartan fear of Athenian Hegemony and
d) Spartan attempt to control the Corinthian
gulf (trade)
The result of the Peloponnesian
War was….
a)
b)
c)
d)
Athenian Victory
Spartan hegemony
Theban Supremacy
The end of Ancient Greece
What were the effects of Alexander
the Great’s expansion of Ancient
Greece?
• The beginning of the
Hellenistic
Civilization, a
combining of Eastern
and Western ideals
Who were the Etruscan’s?
a) People from Nth Italy who had a
significant effect on Ancient Rome
b) People from Sth Italy who had a
significant effect on Ancient Rome
c) An Ancient Civilization from the
Peloponnesian region.
d) An Ancient Civilization which influenced
Athenian culture.
The Early Roman Republic was…
a)
b)
c)
d)
Peaceful, agrarian, conservative
Peaceful, urban, progressive
Warlike, agrarian, conservative
Warlike, agrarian, progressive
The Plebians were…
• The less wealthy
landowners, artisans,
merchants and small
farmers. They
accounted for 98% of
the population.
Plebian Victories did not include…
a) The creation of a new assembly (Council
of Plebs)
b) Appointment of Plebian Leaders
“Tribunes”
c) Codification of the laws “Twelve Tables”
d) The right to vote for their leader
How many Punic Wars were there?
a)
b)
c)
d)
1
2
3
4
Why did Hannibal start the second
Punic war?
a) In retaliation against Roman attempts to
get total control of the Mediterranean
b) To recapture land lost in the 1st Punic
war.
c) To prove he was the best leader in the
Mediterranean world.
d) To retaliate against Roman attempts to
get Spain to invade Carthage.
Consequences of the Punic Wars
1. Increase of slavery
2. Decline of small farms and establishment
of plantation systems
3. Increased unemployment
4. Middle class appeared
5. Increased wealth for the rich
Who were the Gracchus brothers?
a) Roman leaders of the senate who trıed
to oppress the plebeians
b) Tribunes who fought to limit the amount
of land owned by the patricians
c) Tribunes who fought to protect patrician
rights
d) Roman leaders of the senate who tried to
gain more freedom for the plebeians
Julius Caesar did not…
a) Get the title of dictator for life
b) Make land reforms and gave land to the
poor
c) Make many enemies
d) Die a natural death
Describe the significance GrecoRoman Tradition
a) The Greco-Roman tradition formed the
basis of what we know as the Eastern
Civilization
b) The Greco-Roman tradition formed the
basis of what we know as the Western
Civilization
c) The Greco Roman tradition has no
significance
d) The Greco-Roman tradition is the
beginning of modern history
What are the three trends we can
see in late Antiquity?
• Christianization, vulgarization,
barbarizaiton