Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Protestant Reformation & Scientific Revolution
100
Independent units of organized government that developed in ancient Greece are known as this.
What are city-states?
100
Rome became a powerful empire by controlling most of the land surrounding this body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
100
Poor farmers who belonged to a fief and were not free to leave the land without permission from their lord were called this.
What are serfs (peasants)?
100
The Renaissance refers to a rebirth of art, music, learning, and this.
What is trade?
100
The sixteenth century movement that focused on changing the practices of the Catholic Church was called this.
What is the Reformation?
200
Someone who studies the world and thinks about why it is the way it is is called this.
What is a philosopher?
200
A nations in which power belongs to the people, who govern themselves through elected officials is called this.
What is a republic?
200
The Medieval period begins with this major event.
What is the fall of Rome?
200
A skilled engineer, artist, inventor, and scientist of the Renaissance. He also painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200
A system of government in which a king or queen is the sole ruler is known as this.
What is a monarchy?
300
The system of government in which a few powerful and wealthy individuals rule is called this.
What is an oligarchy?
300
A nation or group of territories that is ruled by a single powerful ruler is called this.
What is an empire?
300
This is a political and economic system in which lords gave land to less powerful nobles, called vassals, who agreed to provide services.
What is feudalism?
300
This famous playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and Macbeth.
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
This German man is credited for beginning much of the Protestant Reformation when he spoke out against the Catholic Church in writing his Nintey-Five Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
400
This is the largest and most important Greek city-state.
What is Athens?
400
The assembly of elected representatives that was the most powerful ruling body in ancient Rome was called this.
What is the Senate?
400
These were a series of military expeditions led by Western European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to reclaim control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims.
What are the Crusades?
400
Johannes Gutenberg invented this.
What is the printing press?
400
In the mid 16th cnetury, this movement sent Jesuit missionaries to spread Catholic ideas across Europe, Asia, and the "New World."
What is the Counter-Reformation?
500
This person helped to spread Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean region by conquering vast territories.
Who is Alexander the Great?
500
This helped to unite the many different citizens of the Roman republic.
What is a common system of government and law.
500
In 312 AD, this religion became the official religion of Rome and also the religion that led most people during the Middle Ages.
What is Christianity (Catholic Church)?
500
The Renaissance brought back many ideas from the Classical period. The contribution of these three people led to the growth of culture during the 5th century AD (which is what interested the people of the Renaissance).
Who are playwrights, philosophers, and artists?
500
During the 19th century, urban growth was caused by this.
What is the Second Industrial Revolution?
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