Government
The Greeks created a form of government that the United States today bases their own off of. What form of government would that be?
Democracy
What was the lowest group in society?
Slaves
What do we call the ancient Greek form of religion?
Greek Mythology
What is the name of a person who fights in the arena to the death in ancient Rome?
Gladiator
This is the name of the person who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Homer
The main group of people who created laws in ancient Greece were the...
Senate
If you were going to be a woman during this time period, which civilization would you want to live in? In otherwords, which civilization did you have more freedom and rights?
Sparta
The epic poem about a man named Odysseus traveling home from war is called...
The Odyssey
Why was the saying "All roads lead to Rome" created?
Because ancient Rome was the original civilization to create roads.
This ancient Roman emperor expanded the empire all over Europe and the middle East
Alexander the Great
An Oligarchy is a form of government that is ruled by...
What is the name of the top, or richest, group of people in ancient Greece?
Aristocracy
The epic poem about the Trojan war is called...
The Iliad
What creation allowed ancient Romans to build their aqueducts and buildings?
Concrete
This emperor was killed by his friends and allies, by being stabbed in the back 23 times.
Julius Caesar
What specific form of democracy was ancient Greece?
Direct Democracy
What are the two groups of people in ancient Rome?
Patricians and Plebeians
These were created to show off the athleticism of citizens in ancient Greece. Hercules is said to have competed in these events.
The Olympic games
These "races" were extremely dangerous, involved horses, and were done in the arena like the Colosseum.
Chariot Races
Who was the Emperor who brought peace and prosperity to ancient Rome, as well as what was this time period called?
Augustus and Pax Romana
List the five forms of government, in order, that ancient Greece went through.
Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, Direct Democracy, Republic.
Who were considered citizens in ancient Rome?
Free men
The Parthenon is a form of architecture that the ancient Greeks created. What form of architecture, or name of the type of building is it?
Acropolis
What monotheistic religion was promoted in Polytheistic ancient Rome?
Christianity
This is the name of the religious leader who commanded Christians to go to the middle east and kill people who weren't Christian. This was called the Crusades.
Pope Urban II