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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. What was the center of Ptolemy’s model of the universe?
a. the sun
b. the moon

c. the earth
d. the planets

2. Which of these happened last in the passage?

a. Rome absorbed some aspects of Greek culture.
b. Libraries and works of art were shipped from Greece to Rome.
c. The Greco-Roman age produced two prominent scientists namely Ptolemy

and Galen.
d. To this day, Rome’s system of law and justice is considered one of its
greatest contributions to Western civilization.

3. Which of the following caused Greek and Roman cultures to merge?

a. New trade routes were created between Rome and Greece.
b. Rome gained control of lands in the eastern Mediterranean.
c. Many wealthy Greeks sent their sons to study in Rome.
d. Many Greek refugees fled to Rome after Greece was invaded by a rival

nation.

4. Besides both being products of Greco-Roman culture how are Ptolemy
and Galen similar?

a. They both went to the same school.
b. Their works both contained errors.
c. They were rivals with one another.

d. They were both misunderstood in their time.

5. Predict what might cause two cultures to merge.
a. one culture conquering the other

b. the two cultures being separated by an ocean
c. one culture having a distinct technological advantage over the other
d. an inability to interpret each other’s languages

6. The word beneficial means

a. hindering
b. advantageous
c. necessary
d. unimportant

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