Ancient Greece
What is a peninsula?
A peninsula is a body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water.
Where is Ancient Rome currently located?
In present day Italy.
Another word for Renaissance is...
Rebirth.
An economic system; large estate; included fields, forests, pastures, church.
The manor.
What Italian explorer and navigator had a city named after him.
Christopher Columbus.
Name one of the human resources that ancient Greeks had?
Shipbuilders, fishermen, farmers.
How many people could the Circus Maximus?
200,000 people could fit in the Circus Maximus.
The most famous painting in the world. The woman's eyes seem to follow you when you look at the painting.
Mona Lisa.
1337 – 1453; between England and France.
The 100 Years War.
Why did the European Explorers go to the "New World" for gold?
They wanted to find riches.
What was the primary reason why the Ancient Greece started colonies?
The need of other goods and sources.
When was Jesus born?
Jesus was born in 3 BC.
This man is the most famous writer in the Renaissance. He wrote 40 plays that were tragedies and comedies.
William Shakespeare.
The Bubonic Plague is also known as this.
What is The Black Death or The Black Plague.
What were the three countries that the Explorers sailed for?
France, England, and Spain.
Ancient Greek men voted on their own rules and laws. This form of government is called what?
Direct Democracy.
Which building material did Ancient Rome invent?
They invented concrete.
The city where the Renaissance began.
Florence, Italy.
Another name for the Middle Ages?
Medieval.
Name all of the European Explorers.
Christopher Columbus, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Henry Hudson, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Hernando de Soto.
What is one of the most famous buildings on Earth built as a temple to honor Athena, the goddess of wisdom?
The Parthenon.
What happened to super poor people in Ancient Rome?
They would sell themselves as slaves to other wealthier people.
He was a cardinal in the Catholic church. He used his influence to restore the Medici family to Florence.
Giovanni.
It limited the king’s power over the nobles.
Magna Carta.
Who discovered the Mississippi River.
Hernando de Soto.