Quick Review of Unit 2

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome Pax Romana Era of decline

World History Unit 2 Review ■ Groups will be presented a prompt and will list as many correct answers as possible within 1 minute – Groups earn 1 point for each correct answer – If any part of the response is incorrect, teams receive no points for that round ■ The winning group earns 105 points, others earn 100, 95, 90, 85…

Identify 2 ways the geography influenced the development of Greece & 2 ways geography influenced Rome

■Greece: –Mountains divided Greeks into independent city-states –Surrounded by seas led to trade & cultural diffusion ■Rome –Close to Greece; Borrowed ideas from the Greeks –Access to sea led to trade & cultural diffusion ; Empire

Prompt: Identify these terms #2 Name any 3 classical civilizations that we have learned #3 What term is defined as the sharing of ideas among civilizations? a)Cultural inclusion b)Cultural diffusion c)Cultural inflation

#2 Greece Rome Han China Gupta India #3 Cultural diffusion

Prompt: Identify these ideas #1 Name 1 of the 3 specific ways the Greeks influenced the Romans ? #2 What is a “polis”? a)city-state b)Coin c)democracy #3 Name 1 of the 2 differences between Athens & Sparta

#1 Language (Greek  Latin); Same gods; Government (democracy  republic); architecture (columns  arches) #2 A polis is the Greek word for “city-state” #3 Athens democracy/Sparta oligarchy Athens cultural/Sparta military Athens /Sparta oligarchy

Prompt: Identify these achievements #1 Name as many Greek achievements as possible that we still use today (or influenced us today) One point per achievement listed

#1 Greek democracy Architecture (columns) Mythology (stories about the gods) Realistic sculpture Drama/Comedies/Theater Philosophy (from Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) Literature (epic stories like The Odyssey) Geometry (Euclid & Pythagoras) Astronomy (size of Earth & sun) Archimedes lever & water screw Medicine (Hippocratic Oath)

Prompt: Identify these wars #1 Who fought in the Persian Wars? _______ vs. _______ #2 Who fought in the Peloponnesian Wars? _______ vs. _______ #3 Who fought in the Punic Wars? _______ vs. _______ #4 Which above war, weakened the Greeks & allowed Phillip to conquer Greece? answer 1, 2, or 3?

#1 Persian: The Greeks vs. Persia #2 Peloponnesian: Athens vs. Sparta #3 Punic: Rome vs. Carthage #4 The Peloponnesian Wars weakened Greece

Prompt: Identify these ideas #1 Who was Alexander the Great’s tutor? a) Socrotes b) Plato c) Aristotle #2 Name 1 of the3 places Alexander conquered #3 What was Alexander’s greatest legacy? (hint: its not his empire)

#1 The Greek philosopher Aristotle #2 Repressed a revolt in Thebes (in Greece) Egypt Persia India #3 Hellenism (the spread of Greek culture to Egypt, Persia, India)

Put the governments in the correct order Monarchy, Empire, Direct Democracy, Republic, Oligarchy #1 Gov’t, like in Athens, in which the citizens vote directly for laws #2 Gov’t, like in Rome, in which the citizens vote for politicians to make laws #3 Gov’t, like in Sparta, where a few people like a military council make decisions #4 Government, like Mesopotamia or China, where kings ruled? #5 Gov’t, like in Rome, where 1 emperor served as a supreme ruler Bonus: Which of these gov’ts does the U.S. have?

#1 Direct Democracy #2 Republic #3 Oligarchy #4 Monarchy #5 Empire #6 Like Rome, the U.S. has a republic

Prompt: Identify these terms #1 What was the name of the group of 300 politicians who ruled Rome during the Republic ? a)The sentate b)The house c)The empire #2 What was the name of the written law code the Romans used? a)The twelve commendments b)The twelve tables c)The twelve sentates #3 What person was most responsible for the collapse of the Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire?

#1 The Senate #2 The Twelve Tables #3 Julius Caesar

Prompt: Identify these terms #1 Who was Rome’s first emperor? a)Julius Cesar b)The Senate c)Augustus #2 What was the name of the 207 year era of peace and prosperity in Rome? a)Pax Romana b)Pax Republic c)Pax Augustian #3 Name 2 reasons for the decline of Rome

Answers #1 Augustus (formerly known as Octavian) #2 Pax Romana #3 Economic problems; bought too much; decline in trade; Military problems; mercenary army; Army was more loyal to generals than to emperor; Weak emperors; Political problems; Empire was too large;

Questions #4 How did Emperor Diocletian try to save the Roman Empire during the era of decline? #5 How did Emperor Constantine try to save the Roman Empire during the era of decline?

Answers #4 Divided the Roman Empire; Increased army; fixed prices; Persecuted Christians #5 Converted to Christianity to unify Romans; Moved capital from Rome to Constantinople

Prompt: Identify these terms #1 Name as many Roman achievements as possible that we still use today (or influenced us today) One point per achievement listed

#1 Republic form of government Architecture (Domes; Arches; Arenas) Christianity Law (Courts, juries, witnesses, lawyers) Road building Aqueducts Latin language (led to Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, & influenced English) Julian calendar

Questions Prompt: Identify these religious ideas #1 Name 2 similarities between Judaism & Christianity #2 Name 1 difference between Judaism & Christianity

Answers #1 Both are monotheistic; Both believe in heaven/hell; Both use the Old Testament & Ten Commandments #2 Jews do not recognize Jesus as a Messiah; Christians use the Bible (New Testament), not just the Torah (Old Testament)

Questions #3 Who was most responsible for the spread of Christianity after Jesus’ death? a)The pope b)Paul c)David d)Jesus #4 What is the name of the leader of the Christian church? #5 What is the Christian holy book?

Answers #3 Paul #4 The Pope #5 The Bible