history final
According to the gospels what are the 2 most important Jewish laws?
1. you shall love the lord with all your heart and soul 2. you shall love yourself as you love your neighbor
What age did Athenian children begin military training
18
At what age were spartan men given a military test?
20
When did Alexander the Great unite a Macedonian and Greek army to invade Asia minor?
334 BCE
When was Alexander the Great named King?
336 BCE
When did King Philp Conquer most of mainland Greece?
338 BCE
What happened during the warring states period?
6 or 7 large Chinese states fought for power
At what age did Spartan boys begin military training?
7
What age did Athenian children start learning
7
When was Rome founded?
753 BC
Who is Paul?
A man who had an enormous influence on Christianity's development. He spent the rest of his life, after the vision, spreading and interpreting Jesus' teachings.
How was democracy in Athens different from other ancient forms of government?
All citizens shared ruling power
How did the Praetorian Guard cause problems for the emperors?
Although their job was to protect the emperor, sometimes they plotted against him
The oracle of Delphi was a priestess whose words were believed to come from...
Apollo
Farmers faced farming challenges by...
Building wide earth steps to create flat land and, growing crops that need less water
how did the Haung He most influence settlement near its banks?
By fertilizing the soil, it attracted communities of farmers
How did Alexander plan to build his empire?
By using a strategy of terror
What was one cause of the end of the Roman Republic?
Caesar defeated Pompey
Who is Constantine?
Constantine was a Roman emperor who officially made Christianity legal in Rome
Who ruled early Rome?
Etruscan kings
Why was Athens called a democracy?
Every citizen could participate in the cities government
How did Spartans get the goods they needed for everyday life?
Farming
What did Greek settlements fight over the most?
Farmland
Which of these factors most affected the outcome of the battle of Salamis
Greek knowledge of local waterways
How did the Peloponnesian War contribute to the expansion of Macedonia?
Greek's weakness made it easy for Philip to conquer them and expand
How did the general Hannibal surprise the Romans?
He crossed the Alps with elephants
How did Octavian become Rome's first emperor, Caesar Augustus?
He defeated his rivals in battle
Why did Romulus kill Remus?
He was angry because Remus jumped over his wall
Why was Alexander The Great well trained to be a leader?
He was trained by Aristotle
How did Athens educate their children?
Instructors taught reading, arithmetic, and literature
Why is the belief of the resurrection important to Christians?
It convinces them Jesus is the messiah
Why was the battle of Platea important?
It ended the Greco Persian wars
Where was Judea and why was it important to the Jews?
Judea was the Birth place of Christianity and was where Solomon and David ruled
Farming was challenging in Greece because...
Land was rocky, there was many mountains, and there were no rivers
What was one reason that actors wore masks in ancient Greek theater?
Men played all characters
In a tyranny what allowed the leader to rule?
Military force
which form of government in a Greek city state usually came first
Monarchy
How did Rome's expansion affect the plebeians?
More plebeians had to serve in the army
Why was Sparta called an Oligarchy?
Only a few people ran the government
What was a result of the conflict of orders?
Patricians gave up some power.
What was the legalist view of human nature?
People are basically selfish
What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens?
People should rule themselves
How did the Zhou, a frontier state, most affect the Shang Dynasty?
Rebels from Zhou overthrew the king
Travel was challenging in Greece because...
Roads were unpaved and sharp rocks shattered wagon wheels
What did Romulus and Remus found?
Rome
The Zhou dynasty came after what dynasty?
Shang Dynasty
How were slaves treated in Sparta?
Slaves: Slaves or helots were people that Spartans had conquered, they were treated harshly, and got killed when expected of rebellion
Why did King Darius ask for presents of Greek earth and water?
Such gifts would mean the Greeks had accepted to be under the Persian rule
What are the Gospels?
The Gospels are the four accounts of Jesus Christs written about in the books, Matthew, John, Mark and Luke in the New Testament.
What wars ended in 404 BCE?
The Peloponnesian wars
What was an outcome of the Ionian Revolt?
The Persian army punished the Ionians
Where did ancient Chinese people develop rice fields
The chang jiang baisins
Why did fewer people settle in Outer China than in Inner China?
The climate was more extreme in outer China
Why were ancient Greek communities isolated from each other?
The mountains and seas
Why are both the Roman Republic and the United States today considered republics?
The people elect representatives to make laws for them
What happened at the Battle of Thermopylae?
The persians defeated the Greeks
Why was Jesus condemned to die on the cross?
The romans were afraid he would lead a revolt
Why did Athenians start new construction after the Persian wars?
Their city had been destroyed
How did the Romans build a strong navy?
They copied ship designs from Carthage.
What roles did Athens and Sparta play in the Peloponnesian wars?
They fought each other and Greece was weak and easy to conquer
Why were plebians unhappy when the roman republic was first set up?
They had no say in laws
How did most kings in ancient Greece come to power?
They inherited it from a relative
What was an important result of the Greco Persian Wars?
They prevented Persia from conquering Greece
Where did the ancient Greeks mostly settle?
They settled south near the coastline
How did Spartans educate their children?
They taught children how to fight and defend their city state
Why was Mount Olympus important to the Greeks?
They thought the gods lived there.
What does the Greek love of sports show about ancient Greeks?
They valued physical fitness
Why did ancient Greek settlements trade?
To get goods they didn't have naturally in Greece
Why was the Parthenon built?
To honor the goddess Athena
How did Athens get the goods they needed for everyday life?
Trade
According to legend, events on a visit to the oracle Delphi determined ...
Who would govern Rome next
How were Women and Slaves treated in Sparta?
Women and slaves had rights, but not as many as normal citizens
How were women and slaves treated in Athens?
Women and slaves weren't considered citizens
Did women work in ancient Sparta?
Women didn't work but they protected their homes while men were at work
During the Punic Wars, the Romans first fought the Carthaginians over the most important source of grain in the western Mediterranean. Where was it?
a city state in North Africa
Who were Romulus and Remus raised by?
a she-wolf
several groups of invaders from the northeastern plain traveled to inner china
along a narrow coastal plain
Oligarchs were thrown out of power by a partnership between
army leaders and poor people
How did plebians serve the republic during its early years?
as soldiers
For what crime was Socrates arrested?
asking questions that seemed to dishonor the gods
What protected Inner China from invasion from the northwest?
barren deserts
what was an advantage that Greece had over the Persians in the Battle of marathon?
better strategy
Shang weapons were especially strong because skilled artisans made objects from...
bronze
How did the Huang He most influence settlement near its banks?
by fertilizing the soil, it atracted communities of farmers
Which issue first led to war between Rome and Carthage?
control of trade in the Medditeranean
In the later years of the Zhou dynasty what condition in China led to new philosophes ?
disorder
Which later practice in China most shows the influence of Confucian thought?
exams for civil servants
what did Hanfeizi say that rulers must do to avoid being overthrown?
exercise absolute power
What led archaeologists to conclude that the Shang believed in life after death?
finding food and weapons buried with kings
In inner china which natural events enriched the soil
floods
How could a Roman become a tribune?
get the plebeians to elect him
A city conquered by Rome might become an ally. What was a disadvantage for the conquered city?
it had to pay roman taxes
How can you tell if you're looking at a Doric column?
it is simple
Why did most of Rome burn in 390 BCE?
it was attacked by Guals
in the shang civilization Anyang was important because...
it was home to artisans, it was where the king lived, and many royal tombs were located there
why is the tibet plateu called the roof of the world
its high above sea level
which geographical features made governing China as a unified state most difficult
large size
What kinds of laws did the oligarchs pass?
laws that favored the rich
Why is the North China Plain sometimes called the "Land of the Yellow Earth"?
limestone silt from the gobi desert covers the soil
Daoist taught that people could gain happiness by?
living in harmony with nature
which phrase best describes public buildings in Athens?
made of stone
One of the greatest achievements of Greek sculptors was
making lifelike statues in natural poses
Although Persian kings were tolerant to those under their rule, they still demanded that people...
paid tributes
If the white portion of the yin and yang symbol shown here represents pleasure, what would the black portion represent?
pain
Plebians became nearly equal to patricians when they won the right to...
pass laws for all romans
Who set up the Roman Republic?
patricians
How is the Gobi Desert different from the Taklimakan Desert?
pebbles cover much of the surface
Of all countries in the world China has the most...
people
How did the natural vegetation of the Northeastern Plain affect the lives of ancient settlers there?
prairie grass provided food for grasses and sheep
what limited settlement in the chang jiang basins
rainforest vegetation may have limited space for farming
Which of these would Confucius have valued highly?
respect
Hanfeizi, whose teachings were the basis for Legalism, wrote that rulers should emphasize
rewards and punishments
Who belonged to the councils of aristocrats
rich men who had land from their families
What made the Taklimakan Desert one of the most dangerous deserts in the world?
sandstorms and shifting dunes
What work did slaves do in Athens?
slaves worked on farms, were artisans, or worked on mines
Why did the plebians want the laws to be written down?
so patricians couldn't change laws whenever they wanted
Which of the following did Rome do during the first period of expansion in 264 BCE?
take over the Italian peninsula
What might an oligarch do on an ordinary day?
take part in a chariot race
because rice requires warm wet weather where did the ancient Chinese develop rice fields?
the Chiang Jiang Basins
According to belief in the mandate of heaven, earthquakes and floods might be signs that
the king didn't govern well
why did ancient people on the Tibet Qinghai plateau herd yaks rather than grow crops
the region was too cold for crops
What do the Turfan Depression and the Chang Jiang Basins have in common?
they are both lower than many other parts of china
How did scholars learn that the Shang dynasty was real and not just a myth?
they found artifacts
How may the Shang king and his nobles have weakened their economy?
they spent too much on their palaces
After the Persians burned Athens to the ground, how did the Athenians continue to fight?
they used their navy
What purpose would a Shang leader most likely use an oracle bone for?
to ask advice from his ancestors
What was one major job of the consuls?
to command the army
Why did Greeks agree every four years to stop fighting for a brief period?
to let athletes go to the Olympics
The power of tribunes increased when they gained the right to...
veto actions by the senate
In roman republic patricians referred to
wealthy land-owning families
Did women have jobs in Athens?
women had few jobs but greatly influenced home