unit 3 assignment for western history

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Humanities

Question 1

  1. Julius Caesar led the conquest of __________ for the Romans.

Parthia

Egypt

Persia

Gaul

4 points

Question 2

  1. In times of crisis for the Roman Republic, the Romans would periodically resort to a __________ for a short period to restore order.

dictator

king

tyrant

pharaoh

4 points

Question 3

  1. By 326 BC, Alexander had led his armies to __________.

India

Libya

China

Gaul

4 points

Question 4

  1. The earliest form of government in Rome was __________.

a republic

monarchy

democracy

theocracy

4 points

Question 5

  1. In 49 BC, __________ crossed the Rubicon River in an effort to defeat forces led by Pompey and seize control of Rome.

Octavian Caesar

Marcus Brutus

Hannibal

Julius Caesar

4 points

Question 6

  1. Discuss the Roman division of social classes. How did Rome attempt to reconcile these differences in law and culture? What problems did these divisions cause? How could Rome have stopped these problems?

    Your response should be at least 300 words in length.

Arial

3 (12pt)

Paragraph

Font family

Font size

Path: p

Words:0

30 points

Question 7

  1. How did Greece influence the culture of Rome? What were the similarities and differences? Why did the Romans accept these ideas?

    Your response should be at least 300 words in length.

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3 (12pt)

Paragraph

Font family

Font size

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30 points

Question 8

  1. Match the person or place in the column on the left to the correct descriptor on the right.

Euclid

Actium

Tiberius Gracchus

Crassus

Alexander

Scipio Africanus

Marcus Brutus

Ptolemy

Mark Antony

Eratosthenes

A.

Led the senatorial conspiracy against Julius Caesar

B.

Roman general during the Punic Wars

C.

Led the conquest of the Persian Empire and most of the Middle East for the Macedonians

D.

Greek mathematician whose work on geometry became the standard for centuries

E.

Greek mathematician who calculated the circumference of the Earth nearly to its modern accepted value

F.

Roman consul whose reform plans led to his assassination

G.

Site of the battle in 31 BC between Octavian Caesar and Mark Antony

H.

A member of the First Triumvirate

I.

A trusted lieutenant to Julius Caesar and later a member of the Second Triumvirate

J.

General under Alexander later given command of Egypt

20 points

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