Unit 2 Study Guide (Ch. 5-7, 12)

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Ch. 5

1.  What is an oligarchy? Democracy?

2.  What cultures blended to form the Hellenistic culture?

3.  Who was Homer?

4.  How did Euclid contribute to math?

5.  What type of governments did Sparta and Athens have?

6.  Who fought in the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars?

7.  What is a phalanx?

8.  What made the Athenian golden age “golden”? Give multiple examples.

Ch. 6

9.  What happened during Pax Romana?

10.  Who fought in the Punic Wars? Who were some key players in the wars?

11.  Who were the 2 classes of the Roman republic?

12.  What were the two triumvirates of the Roman empire?

13.  What are some Romance languages?

14.  What are consuls?

15.  Who was the great Hun leaders who attacked Europe?

16.  Which Roman ruler held the title of dictator at the time of his assassination by members of the Senate?

17.  What were the Roman channels that brought water to cities and towns around the empire?

18.  Which emperor divided the empire into Greek-speaking East and Latin-speaking West?

19.  Who is considered to be the first pope of the Christian Church?

20.  What caused the decline of the Roman Empire? Multiple reasons.

Ch. 7

21.  How did the Gupta and Mauyran compare in size?

22.  What religion did Asoka promote?

23.  What are the three main gods in Hinduism?

24.  What are patriarchal societies?

25.  What was the Indian Ocean trade network?

26.  What were some major scientific contributions of ancient India?

27.  Name at least 2 Chinese inventions/items that impacted the world. How did these items spread and why are they important in history?

28.  What was the importance of the silk roads?

29.  Who was Wudi and how did he expand the Han empire?

30.  Who was the first emperor of the Han Dynasty?

31.  Why were farmers important to ancient Chinese dynasties?

Ch. 12

32.  What was the role of the samurai in Japanese society?

33.  What was the scholar gentry?

34.  What happened during the Pax Mongolica?

35.  Who founded the Yuan dynasty? Where was its capital?

36.  Who was Marco Polo?

37.  What are the components of the Shinto religion?

38.  What were some impacts the Mongols had on the world? Multiple examples.