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Homework for Standard World History Periods 1st and 6th

ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ARE TO BE ANSWERED IN NO LESS THEN THREE COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!

Monday3/14

REVIEW STUDY GUIDE GREECE

Tuesday3/15 – TEST DAY

* Read 171 – 176 (p. 171, complete the reading focus questions) and Complete on page 176, 1-4

Wednesday13/16

* Read 177 -182 (p. 177, complete the reading focus questions) and Complete on page 182, 1-3

Thursday 3/17

* Read 183 – 187 (p. 183, complete the reading focus questions) and Complete on page 187, 1- 5

Friday 3/18

* Read 188 – 191 (p. 188, complete the reading focus questions) and Complete on page 191, 1-4

* Review notes, study guide, use pages 188-189 and prepare for Tuesdays test on Rome

Homework for Honors World History Periods 2nd, 4th, 5th, &7th

Monday3/14

  • REVIEW FOR GREECE TEST – STUDY GUIDE ONLINE

Tuesday3/15 - TEST DAY ANCIENT GREECE

  • Notes and Read 171 – 176 (p. 171, complete the reading focus questions)

Complete: (1) What social, economic, and political problems did Italy have in the second century B.C.E.? What were the main proposals of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus? What questions about Roman society did they raise? Why did the proposals fail? (2) What problems plagued the Roman Republic in its last century? What caused these problems and how did the Romans try to solve them? To what extent was the republic destroyed by ambitious generals who loved power more than Rome itself? (3) What solutions did Augustus provide for the political problems that had plagued the Roman Republic? Why was the Roman population willing to accept Augustus as head of the state? (4) How was the Roman Empire organized and why did it function smoothly? What role did the emperor play in maintaining political stability?

Wednesday3/16

* Notes and Read 177 -182 (p. 177, complete the reading focus questions)

Thursday 3/17

  • Notes and Read 183 – 187 (p. 183, complete the reading focus questions)
  • Complete: Why did the Roman authorities persecute Christians? What were the more important reasons for Christianity’s success?

Friday 3/18

  • Notes and Read 188 – 191 (p. 188, complete the reading focus questions)
  • (1) What political, social, and economic problems beset Rome in the third and fourth centuries C.E.? How did Diocletian and Constantine deal with them? Were they effective in stemming the tide of decline and disintegration in the Roman Empire? What problems were they unable to solve? (2)What theories have scholars advanced to explain the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? What are the difficulties involved in explaining the fall? What explanation would you give?

Review notes, study guide, use pages 188-189 and prepare for Tuesdays test on Rome