Because of geography, Greece organized itself into these policital units.
What is polis or city-state
100
Roman engineering technique designed to bring water into the city.
What are aqueducts?
100
Citizens take part in the day-to-day running of a government...as opposed to the US today where citizens are represented by elected officials.
What is direct democracy?
100
Greek city-state that was very rigid and disciplined...focused on warfare and conquest.
What is Sparta?
100
Theory that refers to the idea that the universe is sun-centered....
What is heliocentric?
200
Epic story by the poet Homer about a heroes struggles after the fall of Troy.
What is the Odyssey?
200
Conflict where Rome expanded its territory by going to war with Carthage in North Africa.
What are the Punic Wars?
200
Form of government where a priveleged minority of upper class people rule.
What is an aristocracy?
200
large estates that resulted from an emerging upper class in Rome....would force small farmers out of business.
What are latifundias?
200
Father of democracy in Greece.
Who is Pericles?
300
Greek city-state that focused on education and politics.
What is Athens?
300
people within the Senate who served on tribunes and represented the farmers, merchants, and trades people (majority of the population).
What are the plebians?
300
Form of government that "belongs to the people" and the people chose some of the elected officials.
What is a republic?
300
In Greece...group of people who believed that they could discover the laws of the universe through reason and observation.
Who are philosophers?
300
Members of the landholding upper class in Rome....served in Senate on consuls.
Who are partricians?
400
Civil war between Athens and Sparta....allowed Greece to fall to outside forces.
What are the Peloponnesian Wars?
400
His coming to power marked the beginning of the Roman Empire.
Who is Augustus?
400
Form of government where a king or queen utilize central authority.
What is a monarchy?
400
Outspoken critic of the Sophists who developed his own method of questioning.
Who is Socrates?
400
Germanic ruler who would overthrow the Roman emperor.
Who is Odacer?
500
Era of Greek history that resulted from the conquests of Alexander the Great....spreading of Greek influence.
What is the Hellenistic Era?
500
Theory introduced by Ptolemy about the organization of the universe.
What is "the earth is the center of the universe?"
500
government organization or unit in Rome where initially the land holding elite served and strongly influenced laws.
What is the Senate?
500
Philosopher who distrusted democracy....believed that society could be divided into three groups and that a philosopher king would be the best type of ruler.
Who is Plato?
500
Three principles or Roman law that are utilized in the US today.
What is accused allowed to face accuser; guilt must be clearer than daylight; judges will interpret the laws and make fair decisions.