1. Unit 2 – Greece and Rome Review
Mr. Hollis – World History

2. 1. What is a Greek Polis?
City-State, where political reforms and freedoms were more accepted.
2. How much freedom did a woman have in Sparta?
Spartan women were given a lot of freedom.
3. What Idea from Greece did the Founding Fathers of America adopt? What Idea from Rome did they adopt?
Democracy / Republic form of government
4. In what way has Socrates influenced the world around us today?
Socratic method of questioning

3. 5. Plato wrote what book?
The Republic
6. What student was under Aristotle that conquered the known world and spread Greek culture?
Alexander the Great
7. How did Alexander the Great impact the future?
The spread of Greek culture
8. Julius Caesar was the last leader of the Roman Republic or the Roman Empire?
Roman Republic

4. 9. Augustus Caesar was the first leader of what
9. Augustus Caesar was the first leader of what. A Roman Empire or a Roman Republic?
Roman Empire
10. Phoenicians gave the modern world an alphabet or a new way of typing out the alphabet?
Alphabet only
11. Describe an aqueducts?
Bridge that was designed to bring water
12. What type of Religion did Greece and Rome have? Poly or Mono
Polytheistic

5. 13. Where did Christianity Begin?
Judea
14. What Roman Emperor converted to Christianity? Plato or Constantine
Constantine
15. The apostle Paul is known for Spreading Islam or Christianity?
Christianity
16. How did Rome’s fall equate with slavery?
It along with the use of mercenaries aided in the collapse of Rome

6. 17. What did the Vandals Visigoths and Huns all do to Rome?
Destroy (Sack) Rome
18. Describe what Philosophers are?
Lovers of wisdom
19. Who is the founder of Christianity?
Jesus
20. The idea of innocent until proven guilty comes from Rome or Greece?
Rome

7. 21. What city is important to Jews, Christians and Islam?
Jerusalem

8. ADD TO YOUR STUDY GUIDE Ptolemy Theory
The idea that the Earth was the center of the universe (Geocentric)
The Hippocratic Oath
Greek code of ethics still in practice by medical professionals today.
Plebeians and Patricians were part of the Roman or Greek societies?
Roman
The Hellenistic Age
The advancement of arts and sciences in the Greek culture.
ADD TO YOUR STUDY GUIDE