The Ancient World
What does it mean when a religion has more than one god?
What is polytheistic?
Ancient Greece is the birthplace of a number of fields of science and academics. What is one of them?
What is history, philosophy, theater?
What is a Latifunidia?
What is a large manor used for farming?
Under feudalism people that were stuck on the land were referred to by a specific title. What was that name?
What is a serf?
Who is the father of Buddhism?
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
The rise and fall of every dynasty in China can be best described in what system?
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
We discussed two major city-states, Athens and Sparta. Sparta was militaristic and had a king, Athens had what style of government?
What is democracy?
Who was a part of the 1st Triumvirate?
Who is Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey?
William the Conqueror took over Britain after invading. He was from what place?
What is Normandy?
What is a historian?
Someone who studies and writes about the past?
Prior to the discovery of this object, historians were unable to read hieroglyphics. What item helped historians to read hieroglyphics?
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Name one of the famous Greek philosophers that we discussed this year.
Who is Socrates, Plato, Aristotle?
During the Punic Wars, Rome was in direct conflict with what city?
What is Carthage?
The Vikings were a major player in the Middle Ages and were a thorn in everyone's backside. Where did the Vikings come from?
What is Scandinavia?
How did Caesar die?
What is an assissnation?
Egypt was full of famous of pharaohs that led Egypt to its highest periods of achievement. One of those leaders was almost erased from history, who was this pharaoh?
Who is Hatshepsut?
Ancient Greece is considered to be the birthplace of history. Who is considered to be the father of history?
Who is Herodotus?
Rome had a limited amount of water available to them. They had to use what device to transport water from one place to another?
What is an aqueduct?
The Crusades unified the church and gave them a common enemy. Who was that common enemy?
Who are the Muslims?
In Spain King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella took the throne in Spain, they led their people in a campaign known as what?
What is the Reconquista?
Writing began early on in the development of human civilization. One of the most famous is a result of pressing wedges into clay. What is the name of this style of writing?
What is cuneiform?
Following the collapse of Ancient Greece at the hands of Alexander the Great, a new period of time arose in history that saw a massive expansion of art and culture. What is the name of that period?
What is the Hellenistic Age?
Rome eventually accepted Christianity as a religion in the empire. What announcement made that official?
What is the Edict of Milan?
The Black Death nearly destroyed Europe during the Middle Ages. How many people died from the plague?
What is 1/3 of the population or 25 million?
The Crusades placed Prince John on the throne in England and inspired what famous story?
What is Robin Hood?