First Term Test : Ancient Greek Civilisation

من طرف **SAADI** الإثنين فبراير 14, 2011 3:27 pm

By 275 BC, the Romans in Italy were beginning to expand out of Italy and conquered other parts of the Mediterranean. They started with Sicily, an island near Italy. The Romans were fighting the Carthaginians. Some of the Greeks decided to help the Carthaginians fight the Romans, because the Greeks were afraid of the Romans. But the Carthaginians lost. The Romans were very angry at the Greeks, and they began to take Greece over as well.
At first the Romans pretended to let Greece be independent, but by 146 BC the Romans destroyed Corinth and made Greece into a province of the Roman Empire.

Greece did well under Roman rule, even though the Greeks were not very happy about it. Archaeology shows that the Greeks built many new houses and buildings. They were able to sail and trade peacefully all over the Mediterranean Sea, because the Romans ruled it all. The Romans ruled Greece for hundreds of years.

The Romans thought Greek plays and Greek philosophy were very interesting, and many Greeks went to Rome as teachers and entertainers. Many Romans came to Athens to go to the great colleges there, Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum.

Around 200 AD, though, Germanic people began to invade Greece from the north, and the Roman army couldn't always stop them. At first these Germans didn't come very often, but by 400 AD they came more often, and Greece became poorer again. As the Germans colonized the western half of the Roman Empire, Greece came to be ruled by Constantinople

Section One: READING

A.INTERPRETATION.

1/ Read the passage then choose the right answer (Circle the right letter)

1) The Romans began to take Greece over because:

a- The Greeks were afraid of the Romans.

b-The Greeks decided to help the Carthaginians fight the Romans

c- The Romans were fighting the Carthaginians.

2) Many Romans came to Athens to go to the great colleges there because:

a- The Romans thought Greek plays and Greek philosophy were very interesting.

b- Many Greeks went to Rome as teachers

c- The Romans ruled Greece.

B/ In which paragraph is it mentioned that:

The Greeks were educated so that the Romans were interested in their culture?

……………………………..

C / Answer the following questions according to the text:

1. Did the Romans let Greek independent?

…………………………………………………………………………

2. Why did Greece become poorer again by 400 AD?

…………………………………………………………………………

D/Circle the best title (a, b or c)

a- The Roman civilization.

b- The Greek civilization

c- The extension of the Romans in Greece.

A.TEXT EXPLORATION.
A/ Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following::
free §2= …………………… conquered §4=……………………
B/ Find the opposites of the following words keeping the same root:
interest≠ …………………… colonized≠ ……………………
C/ complete the table below:

Verb	Noun	Adjective
………………….	trade	………………….
To destroy	………………….	………………….

E/ combine the pairs of sentences using the provided connector:
1. The Greeks helped the Carthagians to fight the Romans. the Carthagians were defeated.(In spite of the fact that)
à…………………………………………………………………………
2. The Romans had conquered Greece. Many Romans came to the schools of Athens.(As soon as)
à…………………………………………………………………………
F/ Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets::
The
Romans (to be) ……………..very strong. They (to conquer) ……………. Carthage
and Greece. The Greeks used to (to be) ……………. skilful. After the Romans
(to colonize) ……………. Greece, many Greeks (to go) ……………. to Rome as
teachers. The Romans (to stay) ……………. in Greece until the Germans (to
invade) …………….it.
G/ Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final “ed”:
Conquered started decided stopped

/t/	/d/	/id/
……………. …………….	……………. …………….	……………. …………….