20. Linking Past and Present "History," said Cicero, “illuminates reality, vitalizes
memory, provides guidance in daily life,
and brings us tidings of antiquity."
(a) How did the work of Roman histori-
ans like Livy and Tacitus illustrate
Cicero's idea? (b) Do you think Cicero's
views on the value of history are still
valid today? Why or why not?
21. Solving Problems (a) Describe two poli-
cies that Rome might have followed to
restore its strength in the later years of
the empire. (b) Do you think it would
have been possible for the Romans to
follow such policies? Why or why not?

Ineed with this unit test 1. japan became a peaceful democratic nation relatively quickly after the end of world war 11 which step is not part of it post-war transformation -adopting a new constitution -disarming most of the military -giving women rights to vote -giving the emperor more political power 2. why did mao start the cultural revolution? -he thought government officials had promoted a very narrow view of communism -he wanted to speed up change and eliminate western, capitalist influence-he wanted to speed up the economy by promoting capitalism -he wanted to restore traditional chinese culture 3. what launched the korean war? -general macarthur led an invasion of north korea -north koreans, with stalin's approval, invaded south korea -south koreans tried to capture the government in p'yongyang-chairman mao urged the south koreans to invade north korea