People #1
Christians' Messiah and the Son of God
Jesus
First emperor of Rome
Augustus Caesar
It destroyed the city of Pompeii
Mount Vesuvius
Chinese writing made into an art form.
Calligraphy
Who were the wealthy class of people in Ancient Rome.
Patricians
Who is Homer?
blind poet-wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Brought elephants through the Alps? What was his title?
Hannibal Barca-General of the Carthinagian Army
Where was Alexander the Great a leader?
Ancient Greece
a city that is independent from others and has its own government, currency, and religion.
Ancient Greece
What is Pax Romana?
200 years of peace and prosperity in ancient Rome.
Who is Constantine?
Responsible for converting Rome to Christianity.
Moses is known for at least 4 things. Name at least 3.
lead Israelites out of slavery from the Egyptians
delivered the Ten Commandments
saw a burning bush
heard God's voice
Where was only 1/10 of the land good for farming?
Ancient China
Killed 1/3 of the population of Europe.
The Black Plague
Deliverer, someone who helps lead people toward religious freedom.
Messiah
Name 3 Greek philosophers.
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
What is a gladiator?
Fought animals and people for amusement in the Colosseum
Main Rivers that run through India
Indus
Ganges
poor class of people in Ancient Rome
plebeians
Oldest religion in the world
Hinduism
Two apostles-founders of the early Christian Church
Peter and Paul
________ was the boy King of __________________who was murdered by his advisor at the age of ___.
King Tutankhamen
Egypt
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home of the Greek Gods and the center of religion
Mount Olympus
What is an aqueduct?
human made channels for carrying water
What do cataracts, deserts, and the delta do?
Act as natural barriers that helped protect the Egyptians from invaders.