Exam: Roman Empire
Friday, September 25th
If you are absent on an exam day, you will be subject to taking a make-up exam.
The following materials should be studied in order to be successful on the first exam:
A. Textbook:
Chapter 6, Sections 1-4
Pactice by answering all of the questions in the Chapter Review on page 168 (Terms & Names and Review Questions)
B. Classwork:
Packets on Greece vs. Rome and Decline of the Roman Empire
Packet on Imperial Rome (Julius Caesar, Roads of Rome, Gladiators)
Notes on The Foundation of Rome, Roman Republic, and Imperial Rome
C. Be able to Answer these Short Answer Questions as Review:
1. Describe the role of geography in the development of the Roman Empire
2. Explain the reasons for the growth of the Roman Empire
3. Discuss the structure of the Roman Republic
4. Compare the Twelve Tables to the Code of Hammurabi as a legal system
5. List and Explain the contributions of the Roman Empire
6. Compare Roman civilization to other great ancient civilizations: Greeks, Mesopotamia, Egyptians, the Han, and the Indus
7. Explain how Rome declined in the following categories: politically, socially, economically, militarily
8. Explain the key ideas of Christianity
9. Explain the impact Christianity had on Roman civilization
D. Vocabulary:
Strategic Location
Geographical Advantage
Natural boundaries
Republic
Patrician
Plebian
Consul, Senate, Assembly
Twelve Tables
Julius Caesar
Pax Romana
Gladiator
Jesus
Paul
Constantine
Constantinople
E. Geography of Rome
Be able to locate these items on a map:
Italian Peninsula
Rome
Tiber River
Mediterranean Sea
Adriatic Sea
Sardinia
Corsica
Sicily
Alps
Apennine Mountains
