Ancient Greece
what are city-states
Political units made up of a city and all the surrounding lands
What is Constantinople?
Eastern capital of the Roman Empire
What is the Sierra Madre?
“Mother range” made up of three mountain ranges in Mexico
What is an empire?
Land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler
What are the Rocky Mountains?
Mountains that extend north from the United States into western Canada
what is a goldan age
Period in a society’s history marked by great achievements
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Society that developed in the eastern Roman Empire after the west fell
What is the Río Bravo (Rio Grande)?
River that forms part of Mexico’s border with the United States
Who are mestizos?
Spanish name for people of mixed European and Indian ancestry
What is the St. Lawrence River?
Important international waterway that links the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
what is athens
City-state in eastern Greece
What are mosaics?
Pictures made with pieces of colored stone or glass
What is a peninsula?
Piece of land surrounded on three sides by water
Who are mulattoes?
Spanish name for people of mixed European and African ancestry
What are Niagara Falls?
Falls created by the waters of the Niagara River
what is sparta
Rival city-state to Athens
What is a republic?
Type of government in which people elect leaders to make laws for them
What is Baja California?
Peninsula stretching from northern Mexico into the Pacific Ocean
What are missions?
Church outposts
What is newsprint?
Cheap paper used mainly for newspapers
What does Hellenistic mean?
greek like
What is the Senate?
Council of rich and powerful Romans who helped run the city
What is the Yucatán Peninsula?
Land separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea
What are haciendas?
Huge expanses of farm or ranch land
What are citizens?
people who could take part in the Roman government