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Mediterranean Civilizations

Mediterranean Civilizations. Test. Directions: . Open your Ancient Greece, Roman World, & Byzantine notes( ppts ) and look up the answers for each question. Type in your answers and save the completed ppt. Upload the ppt to your Early Civilizations Weebly page. Greece.

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Mediterranean Civilizations

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  1. Mediterranean Civilizations Test

  2. Directions: • Open your Ancient Greece, Roman World, & Byzantine notes( ppts) and look up the answers for each question. • Type in your answers and save the completed ppt. • Upload the ppt to your Early Civilizations Weebly page.

  3. Greece • 1. Which Greek City State valued duty Strength, and discipline over beauty, individuality and freedom of thought? • Answer: Sparta • 2. Athens created a new form of government in which citizens were allowed to vote on all issues. What was the government called? • Answer: Demorest

  4. Greece • 3. What is one Greek contribution to culture: • Answer: Philosophers • 4. Who created the epic poems the Illiad and the Odyssey? • Answer: Athens • 5. In times of peace, Greek heroes sought glory in athletic competitions. What were those competitions called? • Answer: Odyssey

  5. Greece • 6. Greek soldiers used a battle formation that was a great block of soldiers side-by-side with spear and shield in hand. What was this formation called? • Answer: phloxes • 7. One of the greatest military leaders in world history expanded Greece’s territory greatly and ended the era of independent Greek City-States. Who was he? • Answer: Spartans

  6. Rome • 8. What form of government did Ancient Rome have? • Answer: a directed government • 9. During the Punic Wars, a military leader from Carthage led his cavalry, infantry, and several elephants across the Alps to attack Rome. Who was he? • Answer: Spartacus

  7. Rome • 10. The Romans enjoyed bloody entertainment. Where did they go to view fights to the death? • Answer: • 11. Slaves were trained to fight animals and each other to the death. What were they called? • Answer: Constantine

  8. Rome • 12. In 44 BC an ambitious politician who had been named Dictator for Life was stabbed to death by members of the senate. Who was he? • Answer: Julius Ceaser • 13. When Octavian became sole ruler of Rome, it began the period of 207 years of peace in Rome. What was that time of peace called? • Answer: the PaxRomana

  9. Rome • 14. Jesus was born both a Jew and a Roman subject. As an adult, Roman officials and Jewish leaders worried about his popularity. The Roman governor sentenced him to be crucified. Who was that governor? • Answer: Pontius Pilate • 15. Christianity grew slowly but steadily, despite persecution in Rome for nearly 300 years. When the Emperor of Rome became Christian. He made Christianity the official religion of Rome. Who was that emperor? • Answer: Constantine

  10. Rome • 16. What were 2 causes of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? • Answer: miliary problems and Gemanic • 17. The Eastern half of the Roman Empire flourished for another 1,000 years after the fall of the Western half. What was the Eastern empire called? • Answer: byzantine

  11. The Byzantine Empire • 18. What city was the capitol of the Byzantine Empire? • Answer: Constantinople • 19. Who reigned at the height of the 1st period of Byzantine history? • Answer: Justinian • 20. Justinian had a magnificent domed church built. What is it called? • Answer: centralize

  12. The Byzantine Empire • 21. In 1204 Constantinople was attacked & conquered. Who did it? • Answer: Justinian and his wife Theodora • 22. In 1453, Constantinople was finally & permanently conquered and renamed Istanbul. Who conquered it? • Answer: Charlemagne • 23. What did the Byzantines provide to western Europeans? • Answer: Byzantine Empire

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