Jeopardy Game Greece Rome Test

Jeopardy!

for the Classroom

Early Greece

Sparta and

Athens

Alex the Great

Roman Republi

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Roman Empire

Roman Decline

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These people were the first of the Greek

peninsula

Who are the Minoans?

These games are held every 4 years in honor

of the Greek gods.

What are the Olympics?

This sea is at the center of Greece.

What is the Aegean Sea?

This man is known for reforming Athens.

Who is Solon?

This military formation helped the Greeks to dominate

in battles.

What is the phalanx?

This civilization trained their males to serve in the military.

Who are the Spartans?

These people valued education over all

else.

Who are the Athenians?

These people fought off Persia at the Battle

of Thermopylae.

Who are the Spartans?

This great Greek thinker killed himself rather than be killed by the government.

Who is Socrates?

Inside this structure in Athens there was a

golden statue of Athena.

What is the Parthenon?

Alexander was from this country.

What is Macedonia?

This is the name of Alexander’s father.

Who is Phillip II?

After pushing through Persia Alexander’s

army continues towards this country.

What is India?

Alexander’s spread and mixing of

cultures is referred to as this period.

What is the Hellenistic Period?

Alexander dies at this very young age. (within 3 years)

What is 32 years old?

These 2 brothers are part of Rome’s creation myth.

Who are Romulus and Remus?

These people were the first to live in

Italy.

Who are the Etruscans?

These 2 people hold the highest position

in the republic.

Who are consuls?

Street violence erupts after these

brothers try to enact reform in the

assembly.

Who are the Gracchi (Tiberius and Gaius)?

This disagreement between patricians

and plebeians caused a secession in 494BC.

What is the Conflict of the Orders?

He was the first emperor of Rome.

Who is Caesar Augustus?

This is the period of relative peace in the

empire.

What is the Pax Romana?

Daily Double

These 2 groups cause problems by not participating in Roman religious

activities.

Who are Jews and Christians?

This man is credited with spreading the

word about Christianity.

Who is Paul?

This Roman emperor ended the

persecution of Christians and

created a new capital for the empire.

Who is Constantine?

The death of this man marks the end of the

Pax Romana.

Who is Marcus Aurelius?

This emperor divided the empire in half in

284AD.

Who is Diocletian?

These are the two capitals of the empire

under Constantine.

What are Rome and Constantinople?

The Roman army often used these people, who were

generally not loyal to Rome.

Who are mercenaries?

This date is generally considered the “Fall

of Rome.”

What is 476AD?

Final Jeopardy!

Philosophy

This is the name of Plato’s

famous book on government.

What is “The Republic”?