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WH—Unit 2 Objectives Name:___________________
You may define or illustrate all vocab on the provided paper.
Answer all objective questions to receive 5 bonus points on your Unit test.
ROME
1. Who was Alexander the Great and what did he achieve?
2. What cultures made up Hellenistic culture?
3. Where was the city of Rome (modern day country)?
4. Why were aqueducts so important to the Romans?
5. Describe Julius Caesar as a ruler.
6. When could the Roman Republic elect a dictator?
7. Describe the Pax Romana
8. Why was Julius Caesar assassinated?
9. Explain the significance of the Roman 12 Tables.
10. Compare Plebeian and Patrician.
11. Who were Romulus and Remus?
12. Define “Republic”.
13. Define “Monarchy”.
14. Who was Augustus Caesar?
15. Explain and list reasons (give me 3) for the Roman Empire’s collapse.
BYZANTINE EMPIRE/Russia
16. List some major contributions of Justinian. (Think church and law)
17. Capital of Byzantine Empire? (There were technically 2)
18. Describe the Justinian Code. What was it? Why was it created?
19. Explain the impact of Empress Theodora on the Byzantine Empire.
20. Explain the Great Schism and key events that led to the Great Schism. (Think land and Leo and excommunication)
21. Compare and contrast the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH and the EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH (You have a chart on this)
22. How did the city of Kiev in Russia develop?
23. Explain the Byzantine influences on Russia.
24. What was the Cyrillic alphabet and why was it important?
25. Who was Ivan III and explain his idea of “Third Rome”.
MONGOLS
26. Who was Genghis Khan? Who was Kublai Khan?
27. How did the Mongols impact Russia?
28. Describe the Mongols relationship with their horses?
29. Who was Marco Polo? What was his relationship with the Mongols?
30. How did the Mongols treat people who they conquered?
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Vocabulary
People
1. Alexander the Great
2. Augustus Caesar
3. Julius Caesar
4. Romulus and Remus
5. Patrician
6. Plebeian
7. Abraham
8. Justinian
9. Theodora
10. Jesus
11. Marco Polo
12. Mongols
13. Genghis Khan
14. Ivan III
Places
15. Kiev
16. Hagia Sofia
17. Constantinople
Religious Terms
18. Judaism
19. Torah
20. Christianity
21. Bible
22. Great Schism
23. Roman Catholic
24. Eastern Orthodox
Government Terms
25. Republic
26. Empire
27. 12 Tables
28. Triumvirate
29. Justinian Code
Other
30. Hellenistic Culture
31. Pax Romana
32. Cyrillic Alphabet
33.
SSWH3—The student will examine the political, philosophical, and cultural interaction of Classical Mediterranean societies from 700 BCE to 400 CE.
a. Compare the origins and structure of the Greek polis, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.
b. Identify the ideas and impact of important individuals; include Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and describe the diffusion of Greek culture by Aristotle’s pupil Alexander the Great and the impact of Julius and Augustus Caesar.
c. Analyze the contributions of Hellenistic and Roman culture; include law, gender, and science.
d. Describe polytheism in the Greek and Roman world and the origins and diffusion of Christianity in the Roman world.
e. Analyze the factors that led to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
SSWH4—The student will analyze the importance of the Byzantine and Mongol empires between 450 CE and 1500 CE.
a. Analyze the importance of Justinian, include the influence of the Empress Theodora, Justinian’s Code, and Justinian’s efforts to recapture the west.
b. Describe the relationship between the Roman and Byzantine Empires; include the impact Byzantium had on Moscow and the Russian Empire, the effect of Byzantine culture on Tsar Ivan III and Kiev, and the rise of Constantinople as a center for law, religion, and the arts.
c. Explain the Great Schism of 1054 CE.
d. Analyze the spread of the Mongol Empire; include the role of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan in developing the empire, the impact of the Mongols on Russia, China and the West, the development of trade, and European observations through the writings of Marco Polo.
e. Explain the Ottoman Empire’s role in the decline of Byzantium and the capture of Constantinople in 1453 CE.
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