the condition of being owned by, and forced to work for, someone else
What is slavery?
100
the power of one branch of government to reject bills or proposals passed by another branch of government
What is a veto?
100
an official count of people living in a place
What is a census?
100
a wide-spread disease
What is a plague?
100
a type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main character.
What is a tragedy?
200
a public market and meeting place in ancient Greek cities
What is an agora?
200
One important aspect of all early civilizations is that they all began near this.
What is fresh water?
200
an arena in ancient Rome or the show that was held there
What is a circus?
200
an action taken to isolate the enemy and cut off its supplies
What is a blockade?
200
in ancient Greece, a sacred site used to consult a god or goddess.
What is an oracle?
300
this was the material that Greek houses were made out of
What is mud bricks?
300
a member of a wealthy family in the Roman Republic
What is a patrician?
300
These are the country estates that the rich lived in.
What is a villa?
300
The war fought between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece where nearly every other Greek city-state was involved in the war
What is the Peloponnesian War?
300
a payment made by a less powerful state or nation to a more powerful one.
What is a tribute?
400
You arrive in ancient Greece in the city of Athens. Upon your arrival you realize that all of the people you see are men. When you ask one of the men where the women are, he would likely respond by saying this.
What is "at home"?
400
The number of consuls that led the Roman government
What is two?
400
To prevent these from occurring at circus performances, emperors supplied free grain and spectacular shows to the poor.
What are riots?
400
The age at which a Spartan boy officially became a soldier
What is 20 years old?
400
The years in Athens lasting from 479 B.C. to 431 B.C. in which Athens grew rich from trade and from silver mined by slaves.
What is the Golden Age
500
Two responsibilities of the slaves in Greek households
What are cooking, cleaning, serving food, tending children and weaving cloth?
500
The rule of this Roman emperor marked the beginning of the Roman Empire and the end of the Roman Republic.
Who is Augustus?
500
Most of these performers were slaves who had been captured in battle.
Who are gladiators?
500
The battle in which the Persian army outnumbered the army from Athens nearly two to one, but it is said that the Athenians killed 6,400 Persians and had only lost 192 soliders themselves.
What is the Battle at Marathon?
500
Two famous philosophers that contributed to Greek philosophy