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ROME UNIT TEST STUDY GUIDE

Friday, Feb. 5, 2010

Essential question: How do leaders’ actions influence their people and the way they live?

Possible test format: multiple choice, short answer, free response

You are responsible for notes taken in class and handouts given in class.

You are also responsible for the contents of:

Chapter 6, Sections 1-4 (ancient Rome)
Chapter 11, Section 1 (Byzantine Empire)
Chapter 3, Section 4 (Judaism).

major terms and names:

Palestine Canaan Torah Abraham
monotheism covenant Moses Israel
Judah tribute gladiator Jesus
apostle Peter Paul bishop
pope heresy inflation mercenary
republic patricians plebeians tribune
consul senate Punic Wars Hannibal
Scipio Struggle of the Orders Twelve Tables legion
Julius Caesar triumvirate absolute ruler Augustus
Diaspora Constantine Edict of Milan Edict of Toleration
Council at Nicaea Nicene Creed Pax Romana Diocletian
East/West Empire Constantinople icon iconoclast
Justinian Justinian Code Hagia Sophia Attila
patriarch excommunication schism Cyrillic alphabet

In addition to above terms and names:

• Comparison between Roman and U.S. republican governments (p. 143)
• You should know the basic information about each religion. The chart you filled out in
class should help.
• Roman Catholic versus Eastern Orthodox
• Justinian’s contributions
• Comparison between the Roman Empire and the Han dynasty in China (p.187). Look
over your notes on Han dynasty.

Other questions to consider:

• How does a leader’s use of power influence a civilization?
• How did the use of power within the Roman Empire impact Judaism and Christianity?
• What factors led to the collapse of the republic?
• How did Octavian/Augustus rise to power?
• What are the factors that led to the “fall” of the Western Roman Empire? (p. 160)
• What are some different perspectives on the “fall” of the Roman Empire?