HIS 104 FINAL EXAM 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Sumerians - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅One of the earliest civilizations, located in Mesopotamia around
3500 BCE.
Polis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An independent Greek city-state, common between 800-300 BCE.
Xerxes I - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Persian ruler who led invasions of Greece in the early 5th century
BCE.
"History Lesson" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An idea from early Greek historians writing to explain past
events.
Gordian Knot - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A legendary problem said to grant power to whoever solved it.
Hellenistic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A period following the conquests of Alexander the Great after 323
BCE.
Aristophanes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An Athenian playwright active in the 5th century BCE.
Black Orpheus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A modern retelling of an ancient Greek myth set in Brazil.
Haruspex - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Roman religious official who interpreted signs from sacrificed
animals.
Ab Urba Condita - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A phrase used to date events from the founding of Rome in
753 BCE.
Ides of March - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅March 15, 44 BCE, when a powerful Roman leader was
assassinated by senators.
, Marcus Brutus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Roman senator who participated in the assassination of Julius
Caesar.
Oppian Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Roman law that restricted women's wealth and luxury during
wartime.
Mark Antony - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Roman general who gained power after Caesar's death.
Pax Romana - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A long period of peace in the Roman Empire from about 27 BCE to
180 CE.
Paul - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An early Christian missionary who traveled throughout the Roman Empire
in the 1st century CE.
"The Great Revolt" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Jewish uprising against Roman rule from 66-73 CE.
Diocletian - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Roman emperor who ruled in the late 3rd century CE.
Constantine the Great - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An emperor who ruled in the early 4th century CE and
legalized Christianity.
Augustine of Hippo - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Christian thinker who lived in the late Roman Empire.
Perpetua - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An early Christian woman executed in the 3rd century CE.
Byzantine Empire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The eastern continuation of the Roman Empire after the
West fell.
Hagia Sophia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A massive structure built in Constantinople in the 6th century CE.
Sumerians - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅One of the earliest civilizations, located in Mesopotamia around
3500 BCE.
Polis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An independent Greek city-state, common between 800-300 BCE.
Xerxes I - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Persian ruler who led invasions of Greece in the early 5th century
BCE.
"History Lesson" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An idea from early Greek historians writing to explain past
events.
Gordian Knot - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A legendary problem said to grant power to whoever solved it.
Hellenistic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A period following the conquests of Alexander the Great after 323
BCE.
Aristophanes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An Athenian playwright active in the 5th century BCE.
Black Orpheus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A modern retelling of an ancient Greek myth set in Brazil.
Haruspex - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Roman religious official who interpreted signs from sacrificed
animals.
Ab Urba Condita - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A phrase used to date events from the founding of Rome in
753 BCE.
Ides of March - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅March 15, 44 BCE, when a powerful Roman leader was
assassinated by senators.
, Marcus Brutus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Roman senator who participated in the assassination of Julius
Caesar.
Oppian Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Roman law that restricted women's wealth and luxury during
wartime.
Mark Antony - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Roman general who gained power after Caesar's death.
Pax Romana - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A long period of peace in the Roman Empire from about 27 BCE to
180 CE.
Paul - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An early Christian missionary who traveled throughout the Roman Empire
in the 1st century CE.
"The Great Revolt" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Jewish uprising against Roman rule from 66-73 CE.
Diocletian - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Roman emperor who ruled in the late 3rd century CE.
Constantine the Great - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An emperor who ruled in the early 4th century CE and
legalized Christianity.
Augustine of Hippo - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A Christian thinker who lived in the late Roman Empire.
Perpetua - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An early Christian woman executed in the 3rd century CE.
Byzantine Empire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The eastern continuation of the Roman Empire after the
West fell.
Hagia Sophia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A massive structure built in Constantinople in the 6th century CE.
