Greece 1
An independent city in Greece
What is a city state?
An alliance formed after the Persian War ended with Sparta, Athens and other city-states
What is the Delian League
floating gardens built by the Aztecs
What are chinampas
Rome's common people
Who are the plebeians
Battle between Rome and Carthage over the island of Sicily
What is the First Punic War
A representative democracy is one that.....
What is elect officials to represent them in the government
A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
What is mythology
Civilization that started in the lowlands of Guatemala
What is Maya
Consuls
What were Rome's most powerful magistrates
Hannibal marched his army with elephants over the Alps into Italy and won many battles before being defeated
What is what happened in the Second Punic War?
People who had the right to participate in government
What are citizens
A group of warriors who stood close together in the shape of a square
What is a phalanx
Raised roads across water or wet ground
What are causeways
Two boys who were raised by a she wolf and fought over where to build a city
Who were Romulus and Remus
A slave and gladiator who led a slave revolt
What is Spartacus?
Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyrants, Democracy
What is the four kinds of government in Greece
The legend of a messenger who ran 26 miles to bring news that the Greeks had defeated the Persians
What is a marathon
Inca leader that was captured by the Spanish
Who is Atahualpa
A set of laws written down written down on tables or tablets
What are the laws of the Twelve Tables
Noble, powerful citizens of Rome
What are patricians
Fortresses built on top of a high hill
What is an acropolis
Helped to spread greek culture and named many cities after himself.
Who is Alexander the Great
Spanish soldiers
What are conquistadores
Because people feared Athens was getting stronger, this began......
What is the Peloponnesian War
A group of 6,000 soldiers
What is a legion