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Essential Question: • What were the key contributions & important historic events of ancient Greece & Rome? • Warm-Up Question: • Get out your Unit 2 Organizers in preparation for the review game • Test tomorrow (Greece & Rome) • Gateway Essay #1 on Wednesday

Quick Review of Unit 2

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome Pax Romana Era of decline

World History Unit 2 Review • Groups will be presented a prompt and will list as many correct answers as possible within 1 minute • Groups earn 1 point for each correct answer • If any part of the response is incorrect, teams receive no points for that round • The winning group earns 105 points, others earn 100, 95, 90, 85…

Identify 2 ways the geography influenced the development of Greece &2 ways geography influenced Rome

Greece: • Mountains divided Greeks into independent city-states • Surrounded by seas led to trade & cultural diffusion • Rome • Close to Greece; Borrowed ideas from the Greeks • Access to sea led to trade & cultural diffusion ; Empire

#1 That is the definition of a “classical civilization”? #2 Name any 3 classical civilizations #3 What term is defined as the sharing of ideas among civilizations? Prompt: Identify these terms

#1 A civilization that developed cultural achievements that are still used today #2 GreeceRomeHan ChinaGupta India #3 Cultural diffusion

#1 Name 3 specific ways the Greeks influenced the Romans ? #2 What is a “polis”? #3 Name 2 differences between Athens & Sparta Prompt: Identify these ideas

#1 Language (Greek  Latin); Same gods; Government (democracy  republic); architecture (columns  arches) #2 A polis is the Greek word for “city-state” #3 Athens democracy/Sparta oligarchy Athens cultural/Sparta military Athens /Sparta oligarchy

#1 Name as many Greek achievements as possible that we still use today (or influenced us today)One point per achievement listed Prompt: Identify these achievements

#1 Greek democracy Architecture (columns)Mythology (stories about the gods)Realistic sculpture Drama/Comedies/Theater Philosophy (from Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)Literature (epic stories like The Odyssey)Geometry (Euclid & Pythagoras) Astronomy (size of Earth & sun)Archimedes lever & water screwMedicine (Hippocratic Oath)

#1 Who fought in the Persian Wars?_______ vs. _______ #2 Who fought in the Peloponnesian Wars? _______ vs. _______ #3 Who fought in the Punic Wars? _______ vs. _______ #4 Which above war, weakened the Greeks & allowed Phillip to conquer Greece? Prompt: Identify these wars

#1 Persian: The Greeks vs. Persia #2 Peloponnesian: Athens vs. Sparta #3 Punic: Rome vs. Carthage #4 The Peloponnesian Wars weakened Greece

#1 Who was Alexander the Great’s tutor? #2 Name 3 groups Alexander conquered #3 What was Alexander’s greatest legacy? (hint: its not his empire) #4 Why was Alexandria, Egypt important? Prompt: Identify these ideas

#1 The Greek philosopher Aristotle #2 Repressed a revolt in Thebes (in Greece)EgyptPersiaIndia #3 Hellenism (the spread of Greek culture to Egypt, Persia, India) #4 It was the center of Hellenistic culture; Had a museum & library that was home to Greek, Egyptian, Persian, Indian culture

#1 Gov’t, like in Athens, in which the citizens vote directly for laws #2 Gov’t, like in Rome, in which the citizens vote for politicians to make laws #3 Gov’t, like in Sparta, where a few people like a military council make decisions #4 Government, like Mesopotamia or China, where kings ruled? #5 Gov’t, like in Rome, where 1 emperor served as a supreme ruler #6 Whichofthesegov’tsdoestheU.S.have? Prompt: Identify these types of government

#1 Direct Democracy #2 Republic #3 Oligarchy #4 Monarchy #5 Empire #6 Like Rome, the U.S. has a republic

#1 What was the name of the group of 300 politicians who ruled Rome during the Republic ? #2 What was the name of the written law code the Romans used? #3 What person was most responsible for the collapse of the Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire? Prompt: Identify these terms

#1 The Senate #2 The Twelve Tables #3 Julius Caesar

#1 Who was Rome’s first emperor? #2 What was the name of the 207 year era of peace and prosperity in Rome? #3 Name 2 reasons for the decline of Rome #4 How did Emperor Diocletian try to save the Roman Empire during the era of decline? #5 How did Emperor Constantine try to save the Roman Empire during the era of decline? Prompt: Identify these terms

#1 Augustus (formerly known as Octavian) #2 Pax Romana #3 Economic problems; bought too much; decline in trade; Military problems; mercenary army; Army was more loyal to generals than to emperor; Weak emperors; Political problems; Empire was too large; #4 Divided the Roman Empire; Increased army; fixed prices; Persecuted Christians #5 Converted to Christianity to unify Romans; Moved capital from Rome to Constantinople

#1 Name as many Roman achievements as possible that we still use today (or influenced us today)One point per achievement listed Prompt: Identify these terms

#1 Republic form of government Architecture (Domes; Arches; Arenas)Christianity Law (Courts, juries, witnesses, lawyers)Road buildingAqueducts Latin language (led to Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, & influenced English)Julian calendar

#1 Name 2 similarities between Judaism & Christianity #2 Name 1 difference between Judaism & Christianity #3 Who was most responsible for the spread of Christianity after Jesus’ death? #4 What is the name of the leader of the Christian church? #5 What is the Christian holy book? Prompt: Identify these religious ideas

#1 Both are monotheistic; Both believe in heaven/hell; Both use the Old Testament & Ten Commandments #2 Jews do not recognize Jesus as a Messiah; Christians use the Bible (New Testament), not just the Torah (Old Testament) #3 Paul #4 The Pope #5 The Bible

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