What geographic features played especially significant roles in the development of Greece and its various cultures?
Mountains and Islands
100
The world’s first written set of laws and punishment was created by:
Hammurabi's Code
100
Religion that is based off the belief the 4 Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path can help overcome suffering:
Buddism
100
Which was a factor in the decline and fall of the Roman empire
Economic Decline, Weak Leaders, Invaders
100
Mecca is what
The holy city of Islam
200
This was the name of the Eastern Roman Empire
Byzantine Empire
200
This document limited the power of English kings.
What is the Magna Carta?
200
This great military leader was only 20 years old when he became the King of Macedonia, sought revenge against the Persians, and named multiple conquered cities after himself:
Alexander The Great
200
The Roman triumvirate was what
The rule of 3 men
200
The word Allah refers to what
God of Islam
300
This was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
Constantinople
300
This Greek society was characterized by citizen rule, free thinking, a culture of learning, free participation in government and an interest in philosophy:
Athens
300
An age that saw the expansion of the Greek language and ideas to the non-Greek world; literally means “To Imitate Greeks”, was known as the what:
Hellenistic Era
300
Pax Romana refers to what:
200 years of Roman peace
300
The Quran is what
The Holy Book of Islam
400
The Neolithic Revolution is when humans began to
The Neolithic Revolution is when humans began to
400
This Greek society was characterized by strict military rule, discipline, required military service for males, and whose name has come to define an existence without luxury in present day society:
Sparta
400
was Rome’s biggest enemy / rival.
Carthage
400
Romans used these to move water from one area of their city to another:
Aqueducts
400
Signed in 1215; It literally means the “Great Charter”; Limited the power of King John
Magna Carta
500
Most early civilization formed around what natural feature?
Rivers
500
Religion that is based off the belief that life is a pattern of birth, death, and rebirth.
Hinduism
500
A form of government in which the leader is not a monarch, certain citizens have the right to vote, and elected officials govern the state is known as a what:
Republic
500
People of this group were wealthy aristocrats who comprised the majority of the ruling class in Rome
Plebeians
500
A series of wars waged by Christians against the spread of Islam