History Exam
Caesar strayed from traditional Roman custom and politics by
All of the above
Greek plays dealt with the following theme(s)
All of the above
Which title best completes the partial outline, above ?
Characteristics of Ancient Greece
During the half century following the Peloponnesian war
Constant warfare between the poleis weakened Greece politically and culturally
The period of ancient greek history that followed Alexander the Great is called
Hellenistic
According to the author, which features of the Hellenistic Age most facilitated the later rise of Christianity?
Hellenistic philosophies and the individual search for happiness and salvation
Based on this map and your knowledge of history, which of the following was NOT a reason for the fall of the Roman Empire?
In order to appease the angry masses , the Roman emperors stopped taxing Roman citizens and thus ran out of money
Why should Athenian democracy always be qualified as Athenian democracy?
It was complex and quite different from democracy today.
The Black Death that struck Europe in the middle of the fourteenth century originated in
Mongolia
Which of the following statements best describes Roman popular tastes in entertainment?
Over the centuries bloody spectacles becam increasingly brutal and bizarre
The first great conqueror and founder of an empire in the history of Mesopotamia was
Sargon of Akkad
What role did the Assyrians and the Phoenicians play in the development of Greece after the end of the Dark Age?
Their commercial and cultural contacts provided Greece with the opportunity to break out of its depressed economic state
Why did many small farmers in late Republican Rome quite farming and drift with their families to the city of Rome?
They could not compete against large plantation estates worked by slave labor
Which of the following best descibes Egyptian religion?
Three of the most important features of Egyptian religion were polytheism,the belief in an afterlife,and an ethical code emphasing truth and compassion
The historian who wrote about the Peloponessian War was-
Thucydides
During the Dark Age, Greek religion-
consisted of a mixture of beliefs and cults inherited from the Mycenaens and older Indo-European tradtions
What essential feature did Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilization share?
dependence upon a great river complex
The Gracchi brothers central demand for which they were killed - was the
distribution to the poor of government land
The most important factor in the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru was
european disease
Octavian's preferred title as
first citizen
A central factor in the decline of the Roman Empire was the
high cost of defending the empire
What were the three central ingredients of the Early middle Ages in the West?
late Roman civilization, Christianity and German
Which of the following best characterizes Golden Age sculpture?
mathematical precision of the human body in motion
The plague most likely reached Europe via
merchant ships in the Mediterranean
The word renaissance means-
rebirth
What prevented the east Germans from becoming full members of the Roman world they occupied?
religious differences
In contrast to Egypt, Mesopotamia life was
ridden with anxiety
The term hieroglyphics refers to
sacred writing of Egypt
The ideology of vassalage glorified-
sevice and loyalty
The Greek Polis known for its emphasis on military training was-
sparta
The Renaissance originated in
the city states of northern Italy
The greatest achievment of the Greeks was
the rational outlook that becomes a distinctive feature of the West
The development of France and England in the Middle Ages were clear instances of :
the rise of centralized monarchies
Prehistory is normally thought of as that period before the invention of
writing
In its earliest history, Rome-
All of the above
Which of the following apply to Pericles, the architect of Athens' Golden Age?
All of the above
In the The Prince , Machiavelli states that
All of these
The Neolithic Revolution -
All of these
Who studied in Alexandria, was a mathametician, established the science of hydrostatics and created many inventions-
Archimedies of Syracuse
Which of the following groups built an empire based on an all-consuming concern for war and the use of terror?
Assyrians
Why did Peloponnesian cities led by Sparta fight Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Athenian imperialism threatened the city-state system of Greece
What tools and skills developed in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries enabled the European voyages of exploration?
Changes in ship-building resulted in ships that were stronger, lighter, and faster and improvements in navigational technology
This is an example of what type of early form of writing? picture
Cuneiform
Which of the following was contained in the Code of Hammurabi?
Punishment depended on the status of both the victim and perpetrator
What was one influence of Mongol rule on the history of Russia
Russian leaders adopted the idea of strong, centralized control of the empire
According to the authors one of the first and finest work of literature was-
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Ottoman Empire ruled over a large area that included all or most of the territory of several previous empires. Choose the incorrect empire on this list
The Holy Roman Empire
Homer's major epic poems were-
The Illiad and the Odyssey
Which best descibes events in the two decades following Caesars death?
The Roman Republic ended
Which of the following dynamics developed in the Roman Empire as a result of the Council of Nicaea?
The Roman government officially accepted Christianity and began to get involved with management of the Church
This visual best represents what Medieval civilization?
The Vikings
What made the Near East a hotbed of historical development?
The contact and competition among peoples
The Greek invention of philosophy, or the search for knowledge, involved the idea that
The cosmos was orderly, accessible to human reason, and based on natural laws
. . . The town was a centre of attraction and diffusion, but above all it was a centre of production. The town was a crossroads and a terminus [last stop]: through contacts, meetings and exchanges it could play a major creative role. . . . — Jacques Le Goff, in The Fontana Economic History of Europe: The Middle Ages Base your answer on the above passage
Towns were important in an emerging international economy
Rome's rise to great power status followed which sequence of events?
Unification of the Italian peninsular, the defeat of Carthage, subjucation of the Hellenic states
Following Alexander's death his empire
Was divided by his generals into three main sucessor kingdoms
Why did the agreements and shared interests of the Roman people breakdown in the late Roman Republic?
What worked for a city- state worked less well for the governance of a vast territory
According to the textbook, Hellenistic society was characterized by-
a mingling of peoples and an interchange of culture
The Peloponnesian War was
a war between the Delian League and the Peloponessian League
The most important development of the Neolithic Age was
agriculture
Alexander's legacy includes
all of the above
During its Dark Age, Greece experienced-
all of the above
In the days of the Five Good Emperors-
all of the above
In the years 27B.C. to A.D. 180 the Roman Empire-
all of the above
Sugar growers in the New World turned to Africa as a slave source because
all of the above
As the ancient world collapsed, Christianity
all of these
Emerging European global hegemony:
all of these
The age of exploration and commercial expansion
all the above
Alexander's love of Greek culture,literature, and science seems to have come from his tutor-
aristotle
All of the following statements about Joan of Arc are true EXCEPT
as the name indicates her family was noble
Each of the following is true about civilization Except
civilization first arose with the creation of humankind five thousand years ago
Which groups in European society benefitted most from the effects of the plague?
farm workers and urban wage earners
The distinctly modern outlook developed-
from the Italian Renaissance through the age of Enlightenment
What was the paramount problem that Augustus never solved?
how to solve the problem of imperial succession
One may say of the Battle of Crecy that it
illustrated dramatically the power of the long bow
The chart titled "Roman Government" shows that the Romans designed their government to
incorporate checks on the power of different parts of government.
The ziggurt picture
monumental architecture and urban planning
The Hellenistic school of philosophy, called Skepticism, held that-
nothing can be known for certain
Pyramid of Giza picture
organized religion and government
theory map picture
out of Africa theory
Historically and culturally, Carthage was most tied to
phoenica
Secularism in the Italian Renaissance meant
preoccupation with life in the world
In this passage, Thucydides emphasizes his use of what kind of source?
primary
The main focus of Hellenistic philosophy was
providing the individual with practical guidlines for living
which statement regarding the painting (people in the dining hall)
realistic portrayal that recognizes that peasants had their own meaningful and significant culture as a class
All of the following aspects of the Roman Empire faciliated the spread of Christianity EXCEPT
the active persecution of Christianity from the very beginning by the Roman state gave the faith an added quality of nobilty
Emperor Justinian's most lasting achievement was-
the codification of Roman law in CorpusJuris Civilis
Cuneiform refers to
the earliest system of writing- symbol writing on clay tablets
Rome became a Republic when-
the patricians overthrew the Etruscan king
In the Central Middle ages, power became local and often brutal in a vast network of
vassalage
The term Pax Romano applies best to-
what Romans called a "Time of Happiness"
Why was Egypt more politically stable, confident, and self-sufficient than Mesopotamia?
Egypt's geography left it isolated and protected from frequent turmoil.
Alexander's empire stretched from___________ to _____________
Greece to India
Byzantine identity was thoroughly
Greek with a little Latin influence
Why was Herodotus been called the "father of history"?
He authored the first great narrative history
Why was the development of coinage among the the Greeks by 500 BCE so signifcant?
It marked the re-entrance of Greece as a trading presence in the Mediterranean
What was the basis for the bishop of Rome's claims to superior authority in Christendom?
Jesus's statement to the disciple Peter that " you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church" better known as the "Petrine Authority"
Which of the following could be described as a universal or renaissance man
Leonardo da Vinci
Why did almost a third of the poleis decide not to resist the second Persian invasion?
Many smaller poleis realized that they had as much to fear from Sparta, Athens, and hostile neighboring poleis as they did from Persia.
The "land between the rivers" refers to
Mesopotamia
