Rise of Civilizations
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
The Middle Ages
Renaissance
100

Advanced writing system of the Egyptian culture

What is Hieroglyphics?

100

State ruled by its citizens- majority rule decides vote- practiced in Athens first

What is democracy?

100

Absolute leader of Rome was called?

What is an emperor?

100

The Middle Ages in Europe were often called what because the quality of life in Europe was very difficult

What is the Dark Ages?

100

He painted the Mona Lisa?

Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

200

Highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging for new sources of food

Who are nomads?

200

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were all what? (Occupation)

What are philosophers?

200

The belief in more than one god

What is polytheistic?

200

Giving someone a physically trying test to see if they are guilty or innocent of a crime.

What is Trial by Ordeal?

200

A system of thought that deemphasizes/rejects religious beliefs and centers on humans and their values, capacities, and worth



What is Humanism?

300

Scientists who excavate and study the traces of early settlements

Who are archaeologists?

300

Greek mythology: ruler of the gods- lived on Mount Olympus with his wife Hera

Who is Zeus?

300

Working class (majority of Romans) all free citizens who were not part of the upper classes (farmers, bakers, builders, craftsmen)

Who are Plebeians?

300

The most powerful institution during the Middle Ages in Europe

What is the Church?

300

Country that was the center of the Renaissance

What is Italy?

400

Leader of the Babylonian Empire from 1792 BC to 1750 BC - Developed a law code to unify the diverse groups of the Babylonian Empire- 282 in all

Who is Hammurabi?

400

Believed to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets- author of the first known literature of Europe - Iliad and the Odyssey

Who is Homer?

400

Legendary twin founders of Rome

Who are Romulus and Remus?

400

A social system in medieval Europe in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and land in return

What is feudalism?

400

Michelangelo painted the ceiling of this building in Vatican City

What is the Sistine Chapel?

500
Two rivers that framed Mesopotamia

What is the Tigris and Euphrates

500

Most powerful fighting formation in ancient world- foot soldiers stood side by side- holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other

What is a phalanx?

500

A once thriving Roman city- buried in meters of ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

What is Pompeii?

500

Gave military service to lords/king- rode horseback in time of war

Who are knights?

500

Powerful banking family from Florence, Italy

Who is the Medici Family?

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