Exam greece and rome
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Test 2 Greece, Etruria and Rome
Define:
1) Polis
2) Phalanx
3) Hoplites
4) Geometric Style
5) Oriental Style
6) Black figure style
7) Red figure style
8) Archon
9) Strategos
10) Attic Silver Drachma
11) Enneastyle
12) Hexastyle
13) Kouros
14) Kore
15) Stoa
16) Agora
17) Acropolis
18) Cella
19) Hellas
20) Hellene
21) Funereal
22) Patricians
23) Plebeians
24) Consul
25) Aristocracy
26) Democracy
27) Republic
28) Gens
29) Dignitas
30) Auctoritas
31) Tetrarchy
32) Veristic
33) Contrapposto
Short answer and multiple choice.
34-36) List 3 Roman gods
37-39) List 3 Greek gods
40-44) List the 5 Imperial Forums
45)Which dynasty was the first to rule Rome during the imperial period.
46) List the 4 periods of Roman and the 4 periods of Greek history
47) What was the main Greek fighting formation?
a) The Legion b) The Phalanx c) The Turtle d) The Pilon
48) Who did the Greeks adopt the alphabet from?
a) The Phoenicians b) The Egyptians c) The Romans d) The Etruscans
49) Which 2 European languages have still not been deciphered?
50) What is considered the most perfect ancient Greek building according to modern architects?
a) Erechtheion b) Propylaia c) Temple of Athena Nike d) The Parthenon
51) Which building has the best natural acoustics in the world?
a) Colosseum b) Pompey’s Theater c) Theater of Epidauros d) Pantheon
52) Which of these was NOT considered a masterpiece of Hellenistic Art?
a) Venus di Milo b) Laocoon c) Winged Victory d) Farnese Bull
53) What date was Julius Caesar assassinated?
54) Which artwork is now the symbol of the city of Rome?
a) Augustus Prima Porta b) She-Wolf c) Colosseum d) Pantheon
55) When was the founding of Rome?
a) April 21, 753 BCE b) April 29, 1965 c) March 5, 776 BCE
56) Who founded the city of Rome?
a) Mars and Venus b) Aeneas c) Romulus and Remus d) It was never lost
57) What country did Rome fight against in the Punic Wars?
a) Punicia b) Phoenicia c) Carthage d) Greece
58) What is the masterpiece of Roman Imperial Art?
a) Colosseum b) Ara Pacis c) Altar of Peace d) Pantheon
59) What was the real name for the Colosseum?
a) Caesar’s Forum b) Imperial Forum c) Flavian Amphitheater d) Colosseum
60) What was the written language of the Mycenaeans called?
a) Linear A b) Linear B c) Linear C d) cuneiform
61) What was the written language of the Minoans?
a) Linear A b) Linear B c) Linear C d) cuneiform
62) Who was the first Roman Emperor?
a) Augustus Caesar b) Julius Caesar c) Diocletian d) Constantine
63) Which of these is NOT a period of Roman history?
a) Imperial b) Monarchial c) Republican d) Democratic
64) How can you tell a Roman temple apart from a Greek temple?
a) number of steps b) interior cella c) roofing d) number of entrances e) both a and d
65) Which emperor was not a member of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty?
a) Augustus b) Tiberias c) Nero d) Claudius e) Titus f) Caligula
66) Which of these was NOT a period of Greek history?
a) Helladic b) Hellenistic c) Classical d) Ionic Age e) Doric Dark Age
Short answers
List 2 characteristics from the following art eras:
67-68 ) Roman Era
69-70) Classical Greece
71-72) Hellenistic Greece
73-74) Etruscan Era
75) Why was the year 776BCE important to the Greeks?
76) What is the Etruscan masterpiece?
Matching. Place the capital letter in the correct corresponding place
77) 1st triumvirate _____ A) citadel on a hill in Greek city-states
78) 2nd triumvirate _____ B) female statue that serves as a column
79) 1st Roman Civil War _____ C) Greek public square
80) 2nd Roman Civil War _____ D) “general” in Greek, one of 10 leaders in Athens
81) 3rd Roman Civil War _____ E) Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Pluto, Venus, Mercury
82) Greek Gods _____ F) Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
83) Roman Gods _____ G) first Christian emperor, legalized Christianity
84) pax romana _____ H) emperor during Great Fire of Rome, persecuted
Christians, killed his own mother and his wife
85) veristic _____ I) the sickest, most twisted emperor, made his horse
Consul, had incest with his sister
86) agora _____ J) Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Aphrodite, Hermes
87) acropolis _____ K) first great Western philosopher
88) faience _____ L) “Roman Peace” lasted 200 years from Augustus –
Commodus
89) caryatid _____ M) Octavian Ceasar, Marc Antony, Lepidus
90) contrapposto _____ N) Sulla v Marius, Sulla wins
91) strategos _____ O) Octavian v Marc Antony , Octavian wins
92) fresco _____ P) Caesar v Pompey, Caesar wins
93) Caesar _____ Q) painting on wet plaster upon a wall
94) Nero _____ R) considered greatest military leader in ancient world, defeated the Persians, nicknamed ‘the Great’
95) Augustus _____ S) glazed earthenware (pottery)
96) Alexander _____ T) true to natural appearance
97) Pericles _____ U) a stance used by the Greeks to show shifted weight,
comes from the Italian word
98) Socrates _____ V) first Roman emperor, changed his name from Octavian, began the pax romana
99) Caligula _____ W) chosen dictator for life, he was assassinated on March
15, 44 BCE, member of 1st triumvirate, defeated Gauls
100) Constantine _____ X) Strategos of Athens during the Golden Age, died of plague
Identify the name, type and one important fact about each of the art works below:
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Bonus Short Essay: Choose 1
1) List the differences between Greek and Roman Theaters and Greek and Roman Temples
2) List the difference between Aristotle’s Realism and Plato’s Idealism philosophies.
3) Which common threads can be found in all the ancient religions of Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Etruscans?