history test 2
The body of water that played a prominent part int he history of the Greek people was the
Aegean Sea
How did the Roman Empire decline after the death of Marcus Aurelius?
After his death, there were power struggles and poor leadership
The son of Philip of Macedonia was
Alexander the Great
Who was the most famous student of Plato?
Aristotle/ philosopher
How did monasticism begin and develop?
Began with hermits, for example, Anthony of Egypt
the metal used primarily in Chinese art was
Bronze
An aristocrat who was struck by the misery of the poor and founded a new religion was
Buddha
killed by Roman Senate
Caesar
issued edict of Milan
Constantine
Capital of Eastern Empire
Constantinople
AD 325
Council of nicea
T/F Marcus Aurelius was the last emperor to rule a united empire
False
T/F Pantheism is the belief that a Hyman spirit can inhabit one body after another
False
T/F Spartans were famed for their peace-loving was and gentleness toward children
False
T/F The Peloponnesian War had its origin in an athletic contest between Anthens and Sparta
False
T/F The greek empire rose from the ashes of the old Roman Empire
False
Pantheism is the belief that everything is
God
The word conqueror whose goal was to join Greece and Persian into one empire was
Hannibal
the term that referred to anything Greek was
Hellenic
Under Plato's ideal society, who would be the rulers?
Kings
The Roman who married the queen of Egypt and later committed suicide was
Mark Anthony
follower of Confucius
Mencius
Abducted queen Hellen
Paris
Members of the upper class in Rome were called
Partricians
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
worth the Republic
Plato
who lived in Apollo's temple at Delphi?
Prophets/ oracle of Delphi
Greek mathematician
Pythagoras
Two brothers said to have been responsible for the founding of Rome were Romulus and
Remus
"wisdom mongers"
Sophists
militaristic city-state
Sparta
The last ruler of the united Roman Empire was
Theodosius
T/F Constantine moved the capital of the empire to Byzantium which he renamed Constantinople
True
T/F Early Greeks turned to the sea for their existence because the Greek soil was too rocky around to farm
True
T/F Heinrich Schliemann was an archaeologist who discovered ancient Troy.
True
T/F In Greek times the modern city of Instabul was called Byzantium
True
T/F Sanskrit was the language of ancient India
True
T/F The Himalayas form part of the border of India
True
T/F solon's purpose in governing Athens was to make peace between warring factions
True
"pillar" of Indian society
caste system
Who was Zeus?
chief god
most historians agree that the Greek civilization began on the island of
crete
Shang was the name of an ancient Chinese
dynasty
The Olympic Games began with the ancient
greeks
Pythagoras developed a system of
numbers
what do monotheists believe in?
one god
Demosthenes is remembered as one of the great Greek
orators
Diocletian tried to restore the Roman economy with taxation and
price controls
the importance of Greek philosophy was that its conclusions were always correct, but that for the first time it was based on
reason
learning by asking
socratic method
set of Roman laws
twelve tables
Someone outside the Indian caste system was called a (n)
untouchable