■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)

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

Prompt: Prompt: Identify these terms Identify these terms #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?

#1 A civilization that developed cultural achievements than are still used today

#2 GreeceRomeHan ChinaGupta India

#3 Cultural diffusion

Prompt: Prompt: Identify these ideasIdentify these ideas#1 Name 3 specific ways the Greeks

influenced the Romans ?#2 What is a “polis”?#3 Name 2 differences between

Athens & Sparta

#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

Prompt: Prompt: Identify these achievementsIdentify these achievements#1 Name as many Greek achievements as

possible that we still use today (or influenced us today)

One point per achievement listed

#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)

Prompt: Prompt: Identify these warsIdentify these wars#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?

#1 Persian: The Greeks vs. Persia

#2 Peloponnesian: Athens vs. Sparta

#3 Punic: Rome vs. Carthage

#4 The Peloponnesian Wars weakened Greece

Prompt: Prompt: Identify these ideasIdentify these ideas#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?

#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

Prompt: Prompt: Identify these types of governmentIdentify these types of government#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 Which of these gov’ts does the U.S. have?

#1 Direct Democracy

#2 Republic

#3 Oligarchy

#4 Monarchy

#5 Empire

#6 Like Rome, the U.S. has a republic

Prompt: Prompt: Identify these terms Identify these terms #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?

#1 The Senate

#2 The Twelve Tables

#3 Julius Caesar

Prompt: Prompt: Identify these terms Identify these terms #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?

#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

Prompt: Prompt: Identify these terms Identify these terms #1 Name as many Roman achievements

as possible that we still use today (or influenced us today)

One point per achievement listed

#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

Prompt: Prompt: Identify these religious ideasIdentify these religious ideas#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?

#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