Geography
A piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
This Greek city-state is known for creating the first democracy known to historians.
This social group made up 95% of the Roman population.
Who were the Plebians?
This famous building held entertainment for Roman citizens such as gladiator fights and re-enactments of famous battles.
What is the Colosseum?
This form of government allows every citizen to vote on laws and legislation.
What is a democracy?
The sea that surrounds both the Balkan and Italian peninsulas.
What is the Mediterranean?
It was at this age that young men in Sparta would be sent to the Agoge to learn how to fight.
What is the number 7?
The earliest writing we have from the Romans.
What are the Twelve Tables?
This engineering achievement allowed fresh water to be transported from lakes and reservoirs to Roman cities.
What are aqueducts?
This form of government allows the people to choose/elect officials who make decisions on laws and legislation.
What is a republic?
The group of mountains north of the Italian Peninsula.
What are the Alps?
This ancient Greek civilization is known for creating the myth of the Minotaur.
Who were the Minoans?
This individual named himself "dictator for life" and is often accredited with the downfall of the Republic.
Who was Julius Caesar?
What is concrete?
This government position in the Roman Republic gave one individual emergency powers for 6 months.
What is a dictator?
What is Crete?
This Greek city-state allowed women to learn how to read, write, and participate in sports.
What is Sparta?
This political body in the Roman Republic was often made up of wealthy individuals and inspired the creation of other government bodies with the same name.
What was the Senate?
This is the English translation of the term "Pax Romana."
What is "Roman Peace?"
In the Roman Republic power was split between senators and two main individuals. Their position was called...
What is a consul?
The peninsula in which present-day Spain and Portugal are located.
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
What is cultural diffusion?
The title for elected officials in the Roman Republic.
Who were the magistrates?
The Pax Romana, Islamic Empire in the 1200s, and the Han Dynasty in China all experienced a time of peace and prosperity. These could all be considered...
What is a golden age?
Which Roman leader marked the beginning of the Pax Romana?
Who is Augustus?