Lifepac History & Geography 1002 Test

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caste system

"pillar" of Indian society

Sophists

"wisdom mongers"

Council of Nicaea

325 AD

The body of water that played a prominent part in the history of the Greek people was the ________________

Aegean Sea

The sone of Philip of Macedonia was ___________________________

Alexander the Great

The world conqueror whose goal was to join Greece and Persia into one empire was __________________.

Alexander the Great

Who was thet most famous student of Plato?

Aristotle

An aristocrat who was struck by the misery of the poor and founded a new religion was _______________-

Buddha

true

Constantine moved the capital of the empire of Byzantium which he renamed Constantinople.

Most historians agree that the Greek civilization began on the island of ___________________

Crete

true

Early Greeks turned to the sea for their existence because the Greek soils was to rocky to farm.

Mencius

Follower of Confucius

Pantheism is the belief that everything is ________________

God

Pythagoras

Greek mathematician

The Olympic games began with the ancient ____________

Greeks

true

Heinrich Schliemann was an archaeologist who discovered ancient Troy.

The term that referred to anything Greek was __________-

Hellenic

Who was Zeus?

In Greek mythology, he was the king of the gods

true

In Greek times the modern city of Istanbul was called Byzantium.

How did monasticism begin and develop?

It began with hermits with men like Anthony of Egypt. St. Basil established the first monasteries in the East. St. Benedict founded the monesteriey at Monte Cassino and formed the Benedictine rule, the basis for European monastic orders.

The Roman who married the queen of Egypt and later committed suicide was _____________________

Mar Antony

false

Marcus Aurelius was the last emperor to rule a united empire.

false

Patheism is the belief that a human spirit can inhabit one body after another.

The apostle of Christ who traveled to Greece and Rome was __________________

Paul

The terminology of the Olympic games was used in the Epistles of the Apostle __________

Paul

How did the Roman Empire decline after the death of Marcus Aurelius?

Power struggles and poor leadership. The military gained control, trade was disrupted, provincial battles occurred and mercenaries were hired. Political and economical unrest

Two brother said to have been responsible for the founding of Rome were Romulus and ______________________

Remus

true

Sanskrit was the language of ancient India

true

Solon's purpose in governing Athens was to make peace between warring factions.

false

Spartans were famed for their peace-loving ways and gentleness toward children.

false

The Greek Empire rose from the ashes of the old Roman Empire

true

The Himalayas form prt of the border of India

false

The Peloponnesian War had its origin in an athletic contest between Athens and Sparta.

Who lived in Apollos' temple at Delphi?

The prophetess who was referred to as the Oracle of Delphi

The last ruler of the united Roman Empire was _____________________

Theodosius

Paris

abducted Queen Helen

The metal used primarily in Chinese are was ________________

bronze

Constantinople

capital of the eastern empire

Shang was the name of an ancient Chinese _________________

dynasty

Constantine

issued Edict of MIlan

Caesar

killed by Roman Senate

Socratic method

learning by asking

Sparta

militaristic city-state

Pythagoras developed a system of ________________

numbers

What do monotheists believe in?

one god

Demosthenes is remembered as one of the great Greek _____________________________

orators

Members of the upper class in Rome were called ____________________

partricians

Under Plato's ideal society, who would be the rulers?

philosopher-kings

Diocletian tried to restore the Roman economy with taxation and __________________

price controls

The importance of Greek philosophy was not that its conclusions were always correct, but that for the first time it was base on ____________________

reason

Twelve Tables

set of Roman laws

Someone outside the Indian caste system was called a/an ______________________________

untouchable

Plato

wrote the Republic


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