Vocab
What does veto mean?
To reject
What is a city-state?
An independent community
How many hills was Rome built on?
Seven.
Who was stabbed to death by the senators?
Julius Caesar
What was the Pax Ramona?
A time of Roman peace.
What is the golden age?
A time of wealth and power
What is the Feudal System?
The social class pyramid
What did the Roman empire divide into?
The eastern and western empires.
Created a list of 95 thesis and nailed to the church door. He also started the reformation.
Latin is the base of what type of languages?
Romance languages. Ex. Spanish and Italian
What is an aqueduct?
A structure that carried water to parts of an empire
What is a democracy?
A government where people can influence law and vote for representatives.
Where did the barbarians come from that attacked Rome?
Germany
Who developed the principals of geometry?
Euclid
Who is at the bottom of the social pyramid?
Serfs
What is perspective?
A technique used to make a painting look 3 dimensional.
What is an aristocrat?
An upper-class nobleman who may act as an adviser for the king.
What country is located on the Belkin and Peloponnese peninsula?
Greece
Who changed medicine by insisting that illnesses formed in human bodies, not evil spirits.
Hippocrates
What grew during the Renaissance?
Art and learning?
What are indulgences?
A "free pass" that you can buy to sin
What is a republic?
A government system where the citizens elect officials.
Where was the Roman Catholic church more popular?
Western Rome
What did Johannes Gluten do?
She developed the printing press.
What placed more emphasis on faith and better behavior?
The Counter-Reform