Geography
Who's Who in Ancient Greece?
Ancient Greek terms
Who's Who in Ancient Rome?
Ancient Rome terms
100
A natural land form that separates Europe and Asia
What are Ural Mountains?
100
A Greek military leader who studied under Aristotle, expanded the Greek empire, and helped spread Greek culture
Who is Alexander the Great?
100
A community in ancient Greece which included a central city and surrounding villages?
What is a city-state?
100
Powerful dictator of Rome who was assassinated by the Senate because they believed he was becoming too powerful
Who is Julius Caesar?
100
The period of peace in the Augustan Age is called this.
What is "Pax Romana?"
200
A large body of water along the southern coast of Europe
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
A playwright who wrote popular comedies in ancient Greece
Who is Aristophanes?
200
A system of government in which a few powerful, wealthy individuals rule
What is an oligarchy?
200
The poet who wrote the Aeneid, a long poem telling the story of Rome's history
Who is Virgil?
200
A nation, or group of territories ruled by a single leader is called this.
What is an empire?
300
Home to Norway and Sweden in the north
What is the Scandinavian Peninsula?
300
A Greek playwright who wrote tragedies
Who is Sophocles?
300
Central city in ancient Greece
What is a polis?
300
Julius Caesar's heir Octavian, who became the first Roman emperor, took this name.
Who is Augustus?
300
A nation in which power belongs to the citizens, who govern themselves through elective representatives, is called this.
What is a republic?
400
A river that is an important transportation corridor in Europe
What is the Danube River?
400
A Greek philosopher who studied and taught about friendship, knowledge, and justice
Who is Socrates?
400
A system of government which means "rule of the people."
What is a democracy?
400
This emperor converted to Christianity, which then became the official religion of Rome.
Who is Constantine?
400
The members of the wealthy, landowning families in Rome, who were the only citizens allowed to be judges.
What are Patricians?
500
The peninsula that includes Portugal and Spain
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
500
Taught and wrote about poetry, government, and astronomy. Was the teacher of Alexander the Great
Who is Aristotle?
500
Means "lover of wisdom." Ancient Greece was the birthplace of this study of ideas about truth and life.
What is a philosopher?
500
The assembly of elective representatives, who was the single most powerful ruling body of the Roman Republic.
Who is the Senate?
500
The ordinary, working citizens of Rome. Includes craftsmen and farmers.
What are plebeians?
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