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82601164The most characteristic political form in the classical Mediterranean world wasaristocratic assemblies.0
82601165Classical Mediterranean society differed from classical China in all of the following ways EXCEPTthe rejection of religious belief.1
82601166If the Greek genius was in politics, the Roman genius wasengineering.2
82601167democratic city-states.Greek politics was noted for its formation of3
82601168tolerated local politicians and religious diversity.The Roman Empire4
82601169the landed aristocracy.The Senate of republican Rome particularly represented5
82601170PlatoThis Greek philosopher suggested that human reason could approach an understanding of the perfect formsthe absolutely True, Good, and Beautifulthat he believed underlay nature.6
82601171science.Greek society, compared to Rome's, registered special advances in7
82601172military service.Roman slaves were used for all of the following EXCEPT8
82601173FalseAmericans have historically shown little interest in classical Mediterranean society.9
82601174FalsePericles was an ordinary citizen who dominated Athenian politics during the fifth century B.C.E..10
82601175FalseWhile Rome expanded the sway of Mediterranean civilization to western Europe, its internal politics were relatively stable.11
82601176TrueBoth Greece and Rome experimented in the diversity of political forms of governance, which ranged between democracy and tyranny.12
82601177FalseClassical Mediterranean civilizations regulated their societies with an elaborate legal framework and not a strong centralized bureaucratic state.13
82601178TrueThe Greeks and Romans were never concerned with crafting a world-class religion.14
82601179TrueGreek architecture is considered as having invented the foundations of "classical architecture."15
82601180TrueThe rise of commercial agriculture in Greece and then around Rome was one of the prime forces leading to efforts to establish an empire.16
82601181TrueMediterranean society lagged behind both India and China in production technology.17
82601182SpartaAthens and __________ came to be the two leading city-states that emerged during classical Greece civilization.18
82601183Alexander the Great__________spread the Macedonian Empire through the Middle East, across Persia to the border of India, and southward through Egypt.19
82601184PunicRoman conquest spread more widely during the three __________ wars, from 264 to 146 B.C.E., during which Rome fought the armies of the Phoenician city of Carthage, situated on the northern coast of Africa.20
82601185polishe word politics comes from the Greek word for city-state, __________ .21
82601186Twelve TablesThe first law code of the early Roman republic was the __________22
82601187SocratesIn Athens, __________ encouraged his pupils to question received wisdom, on the ground that the chief human duty was "the improvement of the soul."23
82601188EuclidThe Greek mathematician __________ produced what was long the world's most widely used compendiums of geometry.24
82601189SophoclesThe Athenian dramatist __________ insightfully portrayed the psychological flaws of his tragic hero Oedipus.25
82601190the SenateThe most important legislative body in classical Rome was __________26
82601191Julius Caesar__________ gained control of Rome in 45 B.C.E. and brought an end to the traditional institutions of the Roman state.27

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