chapter 6
what are city states also called?
polis
what was the class of people in ancient greece?
free citizens ( aristocracy, small farmers, tenant farmers)
non citizens (women, and children - resident aliens)
enslaved people
how was rome's geography?
it was varied with coastal regions, fertile regions. this allowed them to united their land easier
who was agustus?
he was a roman Emporer, and his great uncle was Julius ceaser.
what type of fights did romans enjoy?
gladiator ones
what is an oligarchy?
political power is held by a small group of people
how did greece expand?
they did it by conquering neighboring regions
how did rome expand?
they expanded by being feared conquerers and having a very powerful army
what was pax romana?
long period of peace during augustus's rule
who threatened the roman empire?
foreign invaders
what are things that led to Greece being the first democracy?
they had juries, allowed people to elect their officials, increased numbers of citizens who could vote
why were sparta and athens rivals?
they each wanted to be the most powerful in greece.
(sparta eventually won)
what is the checks and balance system the romans made?
to have the other 2 branches prevent one branch from becoming too powerful
what is resurrection?
coming back to life
who were the byzantines?
they were still romans but had different aspects. most were christian and not based in rome
what was the difference between sparta and athens?
sparta was a military state while athens was a democratic one
what was the ancient greeks belief system?
did they do anything to honor those beliefs
they believed in greek gods, the started the olympics for them
the poor lived in cramped dirty places while the rich had an abundance of wealth and easier lives
what was ancient rome?
a site of encounter
what were plebians?
they were the working class citizens, that could run for office
what were the roles of men and women in sparta?
men- train for the military
women- had freedoms but main goal was to raise healthy boys
what was their learning style? did they do anything different?
they believed in reason and in that regard had many philosophers. they brought forth lots of changes in medicine and science
who invaded italy?
hannibal
who also helped spread roman culture?
roman soldiers
what led to the fall of the gree empire?
alexander's death