Glencoe World History: Modern Times © 2011 Virginia Edition

Chapter 2: Ancient Greece and Rome

Ancient Greece and Rome

1
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
A)Achilles
B)Aristotle
C)Socrates
D)Homer
2
The central focus of Greek life was the _____.
A)acropolis
B)polis
C)phalanx
D)Greek temple
3
The art of _____ was the Spartan ideal.
A)war
B)debate
C)tyranny
D)law
4
During the Age of Pericles, the Athenians became deeply attached to their political system of _____.
A)direct democracy
B)oligarchy
C)tyranny
D)representative democracy
5
Greek culture spread in Southwest Asia during the Hellenistic Era because _____.
A)Hellenistic rulers encouraged a massive spread of Greek colonists to Southwest Asia
B)Greek administrators, architects, actors, and others moved to the new Greek cities.
C)Greek soldiers provided new recruits for the army.
D)All of these.
6
As the first emperor, _____ restored stability to the Roman Empire.
A)Caesar
B)Pompey
C)Octavian
D)Hadrian
7
The Romans displayed their engineering skills by _____.
A)learning how to use concrete in architecture
B)building a dozen aqueducts in Rome
C)building an extensive network of roads
D)All of these.
8
The earliest written material outlining Christian beliefs were _____.
A)the Old and New Testaments
B)the Dead Sea Scrolls
C)the Gospels
D)letters written by Jesus' followers
9
When economic and military problems threatened the Roman Empire in the third century, Diocletian introduced changes that included _____.
A)dividing the empire into four units
B)reducing the administrative bureaucracies
C)ending taxation
D)hiring only Roman citizens in the army
10
The _____ were the last to sack Rome before Romulus Augustulus was deposed and the Western Roman Empire fell.
A)Huns
B)Vandals
C)Barbarians
D)Visigoths
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