Deep Thinkers
In 399 BC, This person was charged with corrupting the minds of the youth
Socrates
The myth of the twins Romulus and Remus tells the origin of which ancient city?
Rome
Who could be a citizen of the Roman Republic?
Free men born in Rome.
The month of July is named after what well known Roman
Julius Caesar
What is Polytheism
Belief in many gods
Who was Alexander the Great's Tutor
Aristotle
In which city-state did Socrates live?
Athens
What is a Direct Democracy?
Every citizen votes on everything
Who destroyed the separation of power between patricians and plebeians.
Julius Caesar
Mesopotamia was located between which 2 major rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
What type of Government did Socrates die under?
Democracy
In which modern day country is the first Roman city located.
What type of Government does the US have?
Caesars adopted heir became the first emperor of Rome and brought about the end of the Roman Republic. What was his name?
Augustus
What does AD stand for
Anno Domini
Socrates believed democracy only worked if people were.....
Educated
What natural barrier divided the city states of Ancient Greece
Mountains
Tablets with written laws for the Roman Republic were called what?
The Twelve Tables
George Washington admired the way this Roman military leader for stepped down when he could have remained in power
Cincinnatus
The person who called Egypt "The Gift of the Nile"
Herodotus
2 Part question
1. Plato recorded the teachings of which philosopher? 2. Who was Plato's well known student?
Socrates
Name a 3 Greek City-States
How many consuls were in power, at any given time, during the Roman Republic?
2
Which Athenian politician and naval strategist was the the chief savior of Greece from subjection to the Persian empire at the Battle of Salamis in 480 bc.?
Themistocles
What is a Theocracy?
Theocracy, government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided