Test: Ancient Civilizations II

caste system

"pillar" of Indian society

Sophists

"wisdom mongers"

prophetess (an oracle)

A famous Greek ___________________ lived at Delphi.

Buddhism

After being struck by the misery of the poor an aristocrat founded what new religion?

The Greek Empire

DID NOT rise from the ashes of the old Roman Empire.

Pythagoras

Greek mathematician

Zeus

In Greek mythology, the chief god was

Byzantium

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

Romulus Remus

In Roman legends, the city of Rome was founded by two brothers, ______________________ and ____________________________ .

Plato (Society)

In who's ideal society were the rulers philosopher-kings?

patricians

Members of the upper class in Rome were called:

one

Monotheists believe in ___________ god(s).

Crete

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

numbers

Pythagoras developed a philosophical system based on:

Greek

The Olympic games began with the ancient:

Marc Antony

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

reason

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

Aristotle

The most famous student of Plato is

Aegean Sea

The most important body of water in the history of the Greek people was the:

Hellenic

The term that referred to anything Greek was:

fairly

Unlike other states of its time, Rome treated most of the peoples it conquered:

Paris

abducted Queen Helen

Solon

came to power in Athens in order to make peace between warring factions.

Mencius

follower of Confucius

The Himalayas

form part of the border of India.

Caesar

killed by Roman Senate

Sparta

militaristic city-state

Twelve Tables

set of Roman laws

Socratic method

the method of learning by asking

Sanskrit

was the language of ancient India.

Plato

wrote The Republic