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Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Religion
Wars
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What rivers was Mesopotamia located between?
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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Invented the logical method of asking and answering questions
Socrates (The Socratic Method)
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The .......... were the upper class of the Roman Republic, while the ....... were considered to be the lower class.
Patricians and Plebeians
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............ is the belief in one god, while ........... is the belief in multiple gods
Monotheism & Polytheism
100
Who fought in the Persian War?
Persia and Greece
200
Who is considered to be the main ruler/god in Ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh
200
Greek Philosopher that wrote The Republic
Plato
200
Highest-ranked ELECTED Roman officials in the Roman Republic
Consuls
200
The process in which you die and come back in a different body
Reincarnation
200
Who and what was responsible for the spread of Hellenistic Culture?
Alexander the Great and his conquest
300
Who invented the Aqueducts?
The Romans
300
What type of religion was held in the Classical Greek Era?
Polytheism
300
What does Pax Romana mean? What was able to flourish because of it?
"Roman Peace" & the spread of Christianity
300
Why did Roman rulers oppose Christianity?
Because Christians refused to worship Roman gods and did not fall in line with Roman customs.
300
What does this map represent?
The paths in which the Roman Empire was attacked by the random nomadic/barbarian groups
400
Who was the king of the Gods? Who was his Daughter?
Zeus and Athena
400
What were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
Greek Philosophers
400
How did Julius Caesar start a civil war in Rome?
Crossed the Rubicon River
400
Why is Paul significant in the rise of Christianity in Rome?
Because of Paul's travels, he was able to spread the ideas of Christianity far and wide. (from Cyprus to Asia Minor)
400
What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta became the most powerful Greek polis
500
What ultimately ended the Roman Empire?
There was too much land for one person to rule
500
Two Greek Epic Poems
The Iliad and The Odyssey
500
What marks the end of the Republic?
Augustus winning the battle of Actium and naming himself Emperor
500
Where did Christianity first develop?
Roman Province of Judea
500
What were the 4 cultures blended to make the Hellenistic Culture created by Alexander the Greats Conquest?
Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian
600
Why did Diocletian split the Roman Empire?
The empire was losing power over its people and lands. He thought it would be easier to manage if the power was split.
600
In the Direct Democracy of Athens, what was the citizens job?
Directly vote on laws and policies
600
What did the Eastern half of the Roman Empire get renamed?
the Byzantine Empire
600
China's early Kings and Emperors believe in the Mandate of Heaven. What is the Mandate of Heaven?
That it is their God given or "Devine Right" to rule their kingdom/empire
600
What were the 3 wars fought between Rome and Carthage called?
The Punic Wars