SAT II World History : Europe
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Example Question #6 : Fall Of The Roman Empire
Which event started the permanent decline of Roman military power?
The Parthian victory at Carrhae
The Huns' victory at Chalons
Gothic victory at Adrianople
The Carthaginian victory at Cannae
The sack of Rome by the Visigoths
Gothic victory at Adrianople
The Gothic victory against the Romans at Adrianople in 378 signaled the permanent decline of Roman power, opening the empire to new waves of foreign invasions that it eventually succumbed to. Both the battles of Carrhae and Cannae were defeats much earlier in Roman history when Rome was still rising in power, and did not directly lead to Rome's permanent decline. The Visigoths' sack of Rome and the battle of Chalons were both events of the fifth century, once Rome's permanent decline were well underway, and the battle of Chalons was in fact not a Roman defeat.
Example Question #51 : Europe
For what purpose was Hadrian's Wall built?
To protect Roman England from the Celtic barbarians to the North
To protect Athens from Spartan invasion
To protect Athens from Persian invasion
To guard Iberian Rome from Moorish invasion
To protect the city of Rome from barbarian invasion
To protect Roman England from the Celtic barbarians to the North
Hadrian's Wall was built by the Emperor Hadrian in 122 CE to protect the Roman English territory from the raiding parties of the Celtic barbarians to the North in modern-day Scotland.
Example Question #52 : Europe
The Minoan and Mycenaeans are generally considered as the two most important precursors to __________.
the ancient Greek civilization
the ancient Nordic civilization
the ancient Roman civilization
the ancient Egyptian civilization
the ancient Iceni civilization
the ancient Greek civilization
The Minoans lived on the island of Crete and were established traders and colonizers. The height of their civilization was between 3,000 and 2,000 BCE. They are thought to have settled in Greece and contributed to the rise of Greek culture. The Mycenaeans were people who lived in Greece from about 1,500 BCE to 1,000 BCE. They laid the foundations of the ancient Greek language and it is their culture that is described in Homer's Iliad.
Example Question #53 : Europe
Alaric the Visigoth is most famous for __________.
defending Europe from Muslim invasion
sacking the city of Constantinople
defending Central Europe from the Huns
sacking the city of Rome
invading and capturing the British Isles for the Germanic people
sacking the city of Rome
Alaric the Visigoth was the leader of the Germanic "barbarian" people called the Visigoths. He is most famous for sacking Rome in 410 CE. This was a very crucial event in the fall of Rome. It was the first time the city had been sacked since Rome had become an empire, and it would be sacked twice more in the next century by the Vandals and the Ostrogoths.
Example Question #54 : Europe
The Phoenecian people were led to North Africa to establish the Carthaginian civilization by which famous ruler?
Scipio Africanus
Dido
Sidon
Tyre
Hannibal
Dido
The Carthaginian Empire arose in the 8th century B.C.E. when the Phoencian Queen Dido led a group of her people to North Africa to found a new settlement. The settlement quickly grew, absorbing Berber people along the way, and became the civilization of Carthage. Hannibal was the Carthaginian general who led an army of elephants over the Alps to attack the Roman Empire and defeated them on the battlefield. Famously he balked at sacking the city of Rome and allowed the Romans to recover, a decision that would eventually lead to his personal downfall and the downfall of his civilization.
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