Ancient Greece
What action did citizens in Ancient Athens take directly on laws and government decisions to help their democracy run smoothly?
Voting directly.
Who did Roman citizens elect to govern their republic?
Representatives.
What was the 14th–17th century revival of classical art, literature, and humanistic scientific observation that started in Italy?
The European Renaissance
Which invention completely transformed handcrafted production into factory manufacturing?
The steam engine
Which three ancient thinkers shaped Western critical inquiry into how it is today?
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
What written legal code established equal protection under written statutory laws?
The Twelve Tables.
What was Gutenberg's moveable type innovation that made books affordable, accelerated literacy, and enabled rapid idea sharing?
The printing press.
What term describes when millions of people moved from agricultural villages in the countryside into large growing cities?
Urban migration
What architectural feature inspired modern government building designs
Marble columns.
Roman citizens elected representatives specifically to govern this form of government?
The republic.
The European Renaissance was a 14th–17th century revival that originated in which European country?
Italy.
Before the steam engine transformed production into factory manufacturing, most goods were made using this method.
Handcrafted production.
Western critical inquiry as we know it today was shaped by thinkers like Socrates, Plato, and who else
Aristotle.
The Twelve Tables established equal protection under these types of written laws?
Statutory laws.
Beyond making books affordable and accelerating literacy, Gutenberg's printing press enabled the rapid sharing of these
Ideas.
During urban migration, millions of people moved into growing cities from these countryside locations?
Agricultural villages.
What architectural feature inspired modern government building designs?
Marble columns.
What three major engineering feats were built by the Romans
Extensive paved road networks, stone aqueducts, and structural arches.
What three things did Enlightenment philosophers advocate for regarding individual citizens and royal rulers
Individual human rights, scientific reason, and constitutional limits on royal rulers.
What enabled faster and easier transportation of coal, iron, and manufactured products across land?
Railroad expansion / steam trains.