Ancient Greece
Athens/Sparta
Rome
The Golden Ages of Athens & Rome
Vocabulary
100

The continent where the Ancient Greek city-states were located

What is Europe?

100

This structure stands on a hill above all of Athens.

What is the acropolis?

100

The continent where Rome is located

What is Europe?

100

A Golden Age can be described as

What is a period of peace, prosperity, and cultural achievements?

100

Government by the people

What is democracy?

200

The Greek name for city

What is polis?

200

The name of the rigorous education and training program mandated for all male Spartan citizens

What is the agoge?

200

This culture and civilization provided the early Romans with a model on which to build their own culture.

What is Greek?

200

Latin term for the Golden Age of Rome

What is the Pax Romana?

200

Government by a few people who are born into power

What is aristocracy?

300

The national character or culture of Greece, especially ancient Greece

What is Hellenism?

300

The subjects rich boys growing up in ancient Athens studied (two out of three to receive points)

What are philosophy, geometry, and astronomy?

300

The Three Phases of Rome

What is monarchy, republic and empire?

300

The nephew of Julius Caesar who would become Rome's first Emperor

Who is Augustus?

300

An independent city which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries

What is a city-state?

400

The geographic feature that most influenced the development of Ancient Greek City States

What are mountains?

400

Relied extensively on slaves to perform labor, farming and almost all other tasks that were not related to the military.

Who is Sparta?

400

The permanent network of interconnected city-states in the region where Rome is located.

What is the Mediterranean Sea Complex?

400

This famous structure in Rome is a symbol of the Roman Golden Age

What is the colosseum? 

400
The period of time in which complex civilizations expanded to establish large land empires that were interconnected through trade

What is the Classical era?

500

Written by Homer, these two famous books tell the story of the Greek wars against the city state of Troy.

What are the Iliad & the Odyssey 

500

The name of the 50 years long civil war which erupted between Athens and Sparta?

What is the Peloponnesian War?

500

After becoming absolute ruler, this Roman was assassinated by the Roman Senate.

Who is Julius Caesar?

500

The Athenian leader who led Athens during it's brief Golden Age

Who is Pericles?

500

A form of government run by a small group of people with the most power

What is oligarchy?

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