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Test: Ancient Greece and Rome

Honors European History/Ms. Wanner

Part I: Multiple Choice (1pt each)-For each of the following, circle the letter of the
best choice.

1.) All the following encourage Greek unity except:

a.) a common language.
b.) a common religion.
c.) the geography of Greece.
d.) belief in a common ancestor.

2.) All of the following statements help explain why Greeks became traders EXCEPT:
a.) Greece does not have navigable rivers.
b.) many parts of Greece are close to the sea.
c.) Greeks could not grow enough food to feed all of their people.
d.) short mountain ranges cut up the mainland.

3.) All the following statements are true of the geography of Greece EXCEPT:
a.) the coastal regions have poor, sandy soil.
b.) the Balkan Peninsula has regular rainfall.
c.) fertile river valleys provide good agricultural land.
d.) the Balkan Peninsula has an irregular coastline.

4.) All the following were characteristics of most Greek city-states EXCEPT:
a.) small area
b.) large population
c.) fort
d.) public meeting place

5.) The epics contained primarily:

a.) war stories.
b.) romantic stories.
c.) suggestions to leaders.
d.) a key to the translation of Greek into other languages.

6.) Which of the following statements is TRUE about the epics?

a.) Only very educated people read them.
b.) People who migrated within Greece would pass them down through song.
c.) Kings wrote them to make people think they were great.
d.) All of the above.
7.) Spartans ruled by:
a.) holding free elections for helots.
b.) using force.
c.) making the Hellenes work for them.
d.) all of the above.

8.) The two most important Greek city-states were:

a.) Athens and Sparta
b.) Delphi and Thebes
c.) Corinth and Sparta
d.) Olympia and Byzantium

9.) All the following statements about Athenian manufacturing and trade are true
EXCEPT:
a.) Athenian manufacturing took place in small workshops homes.
b.) different social classes were separated in the workplace.
c.) Athenian vases were made by ordinary citizens.
d.) Athenians traded because they needed food since their land was infertile.

10.) The ideals of Spartan’s military training include all of the following EXCEPT:
a.) The military training was harsh and brutal.
b.) Young men were given inadequate clothing.
c.) Studied music for coordination.
d.) Young men started training once they were 18 years of age.

11.) All of the following statements characterize ancient Athens EXCEPT:

a.) the Athenians built magnificent temples and public buildings.
b.) Athenians formed the Delian League to unify city-states.
c.) the Athenians hoped to rule Greece, but they were defeated by the Spartans.
d.) all of the above.

12.) Aristotle believed that the best government needed to be run by:
a.) middle class.
b.) aristocrats
c.) poor
d.) philosophers.

13.) What kind of government did Plato think was best?

a.) democracy
b.) aristocracy
c.) monarchy (a king)
d.) tyranny
14.) For what kind of teaching is Socrates famous?
a.) questioning
b.) memorizing
c.) mocking and making an example of students
d.) reasoning

15.) Socrates was placed on trial and sentenced to death due to:
a.) assassinating the emperor.
b.) laying the foundation for the Scientific Method.
c.) corrupting the minds of the youth by teaching democracy.
d.) corrupting the minds of the youth by teaching them about philosophy.

16.) Who finally unified Greece?

a.) Macedonians
b.) Persians
c.) Athenians
d.) Egyptians

17.) Philip of Macedonia organized part of his infantry into tightly spaced rows of
soldiers equipped with pikes. This type of organization is called a:
a.) company
b.) column
c.) phalanx
d.) legion

18.) Alexander was given the many titles EXCEPT:

a.) King of Macedon
b.) God
c.) Invincible
d.) Pharaoh

19.) After Alexander’s death,

a.) his empire was divided into several kingdoms.
b.) the Hellenistic Age continued.
c.) the empire established peace.
d.) the Persians gained control of Greece.

20.) The lasting effects of Greece are all of the following EXCEPT:
a.) Philosophy
b.) Democracy
c.) united city-states
d.) Olympic Games
21.) All of the following are “DO’s” when it comes to annotating a text EXCEPT:
a.) Make notes in the margins.
b.) Write down questions to be raised later in class.
c.) Read entire sections first and then go back and take careful notes.
d.) Underline important passages in the text.

22.) The peoples that first migrated to the Italian Peninsula were all of the following
EXCEPT:
a.) Persians
b.) Greeks
c.) Latins
d.) Etruscans

23.) The Italian Peninsula was a strategic location because of all of the following
geographic aspects EXCEPT:
a.) central location.
b.) the Alps act as a barrier.
c.) the Apennines were considered to be a very rugged mountain chain.
d.) Heavy rain.

24.) All the following had a role in the government of Rome EXCEPT:
a.) praetors
b.) patricians
c.) consuls
d.) paterfamilias

25.) The type of government that the Romans formed was an:
a.) republic
b.) empire
c.) city-state
d.) monarchy

26.) One weakness of Julius Caesar would be:

a.) persecuting Christians.
b.) a cowardly military leader.
c.) not well liked by the Senate
d.) liked to share power among his triumvirate.

27.) Nero’s greatest accomplishment would be:

a.) well liked by the Senate.
b.) strong military leader.
c.) nothing.
d.) service programs for the poor.
28.) The Pax Romana was the name of the time:
a.) during which Julius Caesar ruled.
b.) of few wars during the Roman Republic.
c.) of uninterrupted peace during the Roman Republic.
d.) when the Roman Empire began to crumble.

29.) The emperor who influenced the era of the Pax Romana is:
a.) Octavian, aka Augustus Caesar
b.) Julius Caesar
c.) Nero
d.) Trajan

30.) Roman Law was labeled as the:

a.) Twelve Tables
b.) Augustan Law
c.) Law of the Land
d.) none of the above

31.) The Roman Law consisted of all of the following EXCEPT:

a.) focused on debtors.
b.) focused on the father’s role.
c.) brutal and harsh to some degree.
d.) non-religious.

32.) Romans protected themselves from invasion with all of the following EXCEPT:
a.) stone walls
b.) legions
c.) forts
d.) aqueducts

33.) The Praetorian Guard’s main purpose was to:

a.) guard the citizens.
b.) protect the emperor.
c.) guard the province.
d.) guard the trade routes.

34.) Rome advanced its trading mostly by:

a.) inventing the wheel.
b.) using the army to protect trade routes.
c.) building thousands of miles of paved highways.
d.) conquering many territories.
35.) The Circus Maximus was a place for:
a.) gladiator fights.
b.) chariot racing.
c.) education.
d.) political debates.

36.) Romans received most of their scientific knowledge from:

a.) Persians.
b.) Huns.
c.) Greeks.
d.) Etruscans.

37.) Christianity started to grow for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
a.) The Roman emperors accepted Christianity with open arms.
b.) The Christians were aggressive recruiting members.
c.) Rome was in civil unrest, and this new faith allowed citizens to have hope.
d.) Citizens used this new faith to rebel against their emperors.

38.) The first emperor who helped spread Christianity was:

a.) Diocletian.
b.) Octavian, aka Augustus Caesar
c.) Justinian
d.) Constantine

39.) Why did the Roman Empire grant full citizenship to all people?
a.) Leaders recognized the equality of all people.
b.) Leaders wanted to collect inheritance taxes from everyone.
c.) Population decreased because of the plague, so more full citizens were needed.
d.) Farmers refused to work their land unless they were given full citizenship rights.

40.) Two important reformers who postponed the collapse of the Roman Empire were:
a.) Diocletian and Constantine.
b.) Cleopatra and Constantine.
c.) Augustus and Diocletian.
d.) Theodosius and Maximian.

41.) All of the following are examples of the political failings of the Roman Empire
EXCEPT:
a.) the army did not have strong discipline.
b.) plague killed a large number of citizens.
c.) emperors had a hard time keeping legions loyal.
d.) many emperors were corrupt and not well liked.
42.) As a result of the problems in the Roman Empire,
a.) money became less valuable than it had been before.
b.) trade declined.
c.) there was anarchy.
d.) all of the above.

43.) The influences of Rome would be:

a.) great architectural feats.
b.) the use of concrete.
c.) the republic type of government.
d.) successful leaders who worked for the people.

PART II: MATCHING (1pt. each)—Match each of the following people or terms with
the correct description by writing the letter of the description in the space provided.

TERMS:

_____ Polis A.) Person who dies for his or her beliefs

_____ Republic B.) Long poem, such as the Illiad, that describes
heroes and great events.

_____ Patricians C.) A marketplace.

______ Epic D.) A Greek city-state.

______ Legion E.) Form of government in which voters elect

their leaders.

______ Martyr F.) political disorder, or no type of government.

______ Aqueduct G.) Unit of 4,500 to 6,000 soldiers.

______ Anarchy H.) Carried water from the mountains to the cities.

______ Plebian I.) A member of the aristocratic class.

______ agora J.) Citizen of the Roman Republic which

was not considered an aristocrat.
PEOPLE:

______ Homer A.) Member of the First Triumvirate

______ Constantine B.) Considered to be the first emperor of

Rome.

______ Socrates C.) Emperor who reorganized the

and reformed Rome to postpone
its decline.
______ Plato D.) Wrote the Illiad and Odyssey

______ Julius Caesar E.) Wrote the book the Republic.

______ Octavian F.) The first one to say this quote:

“The unexamined life is not worth
living.”
______ Diocletian G.) Created a new capital at Byzantium.