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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Rome, Pages 105 through 149.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do many Athenians do to unwanted children?
(a) Abort them.
(b) Expose them to the elements to die.
(c) Give them up for adoption.
(d) Murder them.

2. This invention helps make way for the building of the Colosseum, the Baths of Trajan and the Temple of Venus.
(a) Cranes.
(b) Mortar.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Brick.

3. In 404 BC, these defense tools are demolished in a peace agreement.
(a) Long Walls.
(b) Ballistas.
(c) Canons.
(d) Arsenals.

4. The Sacra Via and the Nova Via are the only of these wide enough.
(a) Streets.
(b) Churches.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Sewers.

5. In 487 BC, laws are passed that dictate candidates for archonship must be chosen in this manner, instead of being elected.
(a) By lot.
(b) By an election of kings.
(c) By assembly.
(d) By chance.

Short Answer Questions

1. To protect its food supply, Athens decides they require a strong navy, the architect of which is this person.

2. The women of Athens are primarily expected to do this.

3. This many main Gods are worshiped in Athens.

4. These, built in 312 BC, provide a reliable source of water for Romans.

5. The poor, unlike the wealthy, often live in these.

(see the answer key)

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