CERC Writing
Ancient China
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
100
Your opinion on a topic
What is a claim?
100
A monarchy
What is a government ruled by a king/queen/emperor?
100
The largest urban area in Ancient Greece
What is Athens?
100
The mountain range that kept invaders out of the Roman Empire
What are the Alps?
200
Bottom bun of the evidence sandwich
What is a citation (Author's last name, year of creation)?
200
The Ancient Chinese belief that doing nothing is the best way to lead people to peace and harmony.
What is Daoism?
200
A type of government Ancient Greece had before a democracy
What is oligarchy, monarchy, or tyranny?
200
Civilizations conquered by the Roman Empire
What are Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Israel/Palestine?
300
Contents of a conclusion sentence
What is restating the claim?
300
The "First Emperor" of China who unified the Warring States and made the Terracotta Warriors
Who is Emperor Qin?
300
The Greek General who said, "the laws, they afford equal justice to all"
Who is Pericles?
300
The direct translation of "Augustus" from Latin to English
What is "great" or "magnificent"?
400
The who, what, when, where, and why of a document.
What is Historical Context?
400
The two rivers that fertilized the soil of eastern China
What are the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers?
400
The Ancient Greek invention that irrigates farms on hillsides
What is the Archimedes Screw?
400
A Roman art form from the Pax Romana
What are domes, arches, or mosaics?
500
The 4 sentences of reasoning.
What are paraphrase, inference, proof, and significance?
500
The title of the person in the Chinese bureaucracy who maintained law and order in the capital
What is the "Bearer of the Mace"?
500
The "instruction guide" for a government
What is a Constitution?
500
Document containing the quote, “Putting to death... of any man who has not been convicted, whosoever he might be, is forbidden.”
What are the Twelve Tables (specifically Table IX.6)?