Lifepac History & Geography 1002 Test
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