World Studies Midterm Exam Review

Front

What caused the major difficulties in uniting ancient Greeks under a single government? Options: the size of the region, the geography of the region, the independent nature of the people, all of the above

Back

the geography of the region

Front

Why was Alexandria, Egypt, important during the Hellenistic period?

Back

It became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic culture.

Front

Which of the following fought the Peloponnesian War?
Options:
Athens and Sparta,
Greece and Persia,
Athens and Thrace,
Greece and Macedonia

Back

Athens and Sparta

Front

What is the order in which these three peoples dominated Greece? Mycenaeans; Dorians; Macedonians, Mycenaeans; Macedonians; Dorians, Dorians; Mycenaeans; Macedonians, Macedonians; Dorians; Mycenaeans

Back

Mycenaeans; Dorians; Macedonians

Front

What caused the decline of Athens' golden age and the end of democracy?

Back

military defeat

Front

How did Hellenistic sculpture differ from classical sculpture?

Back

It was more realistic and emotional.

Front

A phalanx was a type of

Back

military formation.

Front

What military tactic did the Mycenaean’s use to enter the city of Troy during the Trojan War?

Back

The Trojan Horse

Front

The triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey ruled Rome for 10 years before ___.

Back

Caesar and Pompey clashed and went to war.

Front

After the Romans drove the last Etruscan monarch from power, they established a republic, a government in which ___?

Back

power rests with citizens who have the right to select their leaders.