Early Civilizations
Forms of Gov't
Geography
Ancient Greece/Rome
Vocabulary
100
The world's first cities were started near ___________ because the land around them was fertile and good for farming.
What are rivers?
100
Rule by the people
What is a democracy?
100
0 Degrees Longitude and 0 Degrees latitude
What is the equator?
100
The Ancient Greek city-state, Sparta, had a culture that was based on
The military and creating soldiers.
100
Agriculture
What is farming?
200
A written language is important to developing cities because
people needed to keep records in history
200
Rule by one
What is a monarchy?
200
A land mass surrounded by water on 3 sides
What is a peninsula?
200
Ancient Rome's code of Laws
What are the 12 tables?
200
canals dug to carry water from rivers to crops in the fields
What is irrigation
300
Trade, government, written language and social classes are all the pieces that make up a
What is civilization?
300
Rule by Few
What is an oligarchy?
300
An important geographic feature for trade in ancient Greece and Rome
What is the mediterranean sea?
300
-Too Large -Weak Economy -Bad rulers -use of mercenaries All describe reasons for
What is the fall of Rome
300
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What is a religious statue of figure used by byzantines
400
Which ancient civilization had legacies like the caste system, hinduism and buddhism, and the concept of 'zero' in mathematics.
What is Ancient India
400
Harsh rule by force
What is tyranny?
400
A narrow water way the links two bodies of water
What is a strait?
400
the wars to capture the holy land were
the crusades
400
banishing someone from the catholic church
What is excommunicate
500
The great schism
When the church split into two separate churches-Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic.
500
All great river civilizations shared this common type of gov't
What is a monarchy?
500
Where a river begins, can be a lake, glacier or mountain
What is the source
500
The greek city state of Athens was a civilization based on
What is democracy, art, architecture and culture
500
The Study of how goods and services are produced, distributed and sold
What is economics?
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