hy1010 Unit 3 assessment latest 2018 march

Unit 3 assessment

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

Question 2__________, according to legend, was founded in 753 BC by two brothers.

Question 3__________ led the Carthaginian armies during the Second Punic War.

Question 4 In order to stop the rise of __________, senatorial forces assassinated him.

Question 5 By 326 BC, Alexander had led his armies to __________.

Question 6 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.

Question 7 Detail the decline of the Roman Republic. Why were the two triumvirates established? Were Julius Caesar, Octavian Caesar, and Marcus Brutus heroes or villains? What could have been done to prevent this collapse into autocracy?

Your response should be at least 300 words in length.

Question 8 Match the person or place in the column on the left to the correct descriptor on the right.

Question Selected Match

Euclid Greek mathematician whose work on geometry became the standard for centuries

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

Tiberius Gracchus Roman consul whose reform plans led to his assassination

Crassus A member of the First Triumvirate, later defeated by Julius Caesar

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

Scipio Africanus Roman general during the Punic Wars

Marcus Brutus Led the senatorial conspiracy against Julius Caesar

Ptolemy General under Alexander later given command of Egypt

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

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