Semester Exam Review

4. What is a "Golden Age"?

• Everything is made of gold

• a period of warfare

• A period marked by peace and stability accompanied by strides in the arts and literature.

• A period that is full of disasters and famine

2. Who is the head of the Catholic Church?

• the Pope

• Buddha

• the King

• the Queen

5. What is the Silk Road?

• a road made of silk

• an overland trade route

• a river

• a city in China

1. What was the center of the Byzantine Empire?

• Washington D.C.

• Constantinople

• Rome

• Paris

9. What were the 2 most famous city states in Greece?

• Athens and Sparta

• India and China

• Mesopotamia and Sumer

• Rome and Byzantine

 7. The two orders of Roman society were known as the

• Untouchables and Priests

• Romans and Greeks

• plebeians and patricians.

• Confucians and Buddhists

8. A city-state a _____________.

• country

• church

• a city with its' own laws, rulers and money

• set of laws

10. What was the earliest form of writing?

• cursive

• greek

• cuneifrom

• english

6. What is the lowest level of the Caste System?

• Untouchables

• Priests

• Kings

• Merchants