Vocabulary
Terms to Know
People
What
Where
100
A member of the common people in ancient Rome.
What is a Plebian?
100
This is a system of writing made up of thousands of picture symbols developed by the ancient Egyptians.
What is hieroglyphics?
100
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle all shared this profession in Greece.
What is philosopher?
100
Weak emperors and invaders by outsiders were factors that lead to this.
What is the fall of Rome?
100
The Egyptians relied on this to provide them most of what they needed to survive.
What is the Nile River?
200
A scientist who learns about past human lives by studying fossils and artifacts is called this.
What is an archaeologist?
200
It's a body of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
200
The Pax Romana began under this ruler.
Who is Augustus?
200
Under mercantilism Europeans were encouraged to do this.
What is set up trading posts and colonies in Asia and North America?
200
The earliest known civilization began here.
Where is Mesopotamia?
300
This philosophy was founded by Zeno in Hellenistic Athens. It taught that happiness came from following reason and doing one's duty.
What is Stoicism?
300
This means the buying and selling of goods in large amounts over long distances.
What is commerce?
300
This man wanted to reform the Catholic church.
Who is Martin Luther?
300
The name of the holy book of Islam.
What is the Quran?
300
This is a mountainous country that borders the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Greece?
400
A word meaning the study of religion and God.
What is theology?
400
This is a Muslim house of worship.
What is a mosque?
400
He was the founder of Islam.
Who is Mohammad?
400
Disease, tobacco and corn were all a part of this.
What is the Colombian Exchange?
400
Besides Greece and Asia Minor, Alexander spread Greek culture here.
What is throughout Persia and Egypt?
500
This type of artwork is a picture made from many bits of colored glass, tile or stone.
What is a mosaic?
500
This term is used to describe a political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals.
What is feudalism?
500
Under whose reign did the Franks conquer part of Italy?
Who is Charlemagne?
500
This famous document was signed in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?
500
This city was built at the former site of Byzantium but is now called Istanbul.
What is Constantinople?
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