Greece has 2,000 islands so it is considered an ______________.
Archipelago
What type of government did Greece have?
Direct democracy?
What is a golden age?
Time of peace, prosperity
What does monotheism mean?
Belief in one God
What is the silk Road?
The _____________ Sea allowed Greeks to colonize other islands
Mediterranean
What was the purpose of the colosseum?
Entertainment
What is one Roman golden age achievement? Explain its function?
Aqueducts- transfer water
What is one polytheistic faith? What is one monotheistic faith?
Hinduism, Christianity
What is an empire?
Different countries under one centralized ruler
City- states were the result of _________________.
Mountainous terrain
Why did the Romans have a representative democracy ?
population, overthrew the king, inspired by Greece
What is one Greek Golden Age achievement? Explain its function
Philosophy, individual
What is one similarity between Judaism and Christianity?
Monotheism
The _________ culture was the result of ____________________________________ conquests
Hellenistic, Alexander the Great
Asia, Africa and Europe
What is the difference between a direct democracy and a republic?
Representatives
Why were Roman Roads important?
United the empire
Why did the Egyptians/ Romans persecute the Christians/ Jews?
Polytheism vs monotheism
What is the name of the Eastern half of Rome after it falls?
Byzantine Empire
What is one way the geography of Greece and Rome is different?
Mountains
Why did Athenians create a democracy?
What is intellect? Individual?
What is one golden age similarity between Greece and Rome?
What is architecture?
What is a difference between Christianity and Judaism?
Jesus as the Messiah
What is one way the Roman government MAINTAINED their empire?
Pacify the plebians, roads, aqueducts