Unit 1
What is a trade network?
A group of parts that work together, where one change affects others.
A place where people gather to buy and sell goods.
What is a market?
This Roman innovation carried water long distances using gravity.
What is an aqueduct?
This building has an oculus
What is the Pantheon
This building’s dome appears to “float” because of light.
What is Hagia Sophia?
When one event leads to another event.
What is cause and effect?
A city near water where ships bring goods and people.
What is a port city?
A new way of solving a problem is called this.
What is innovation?
The belief in many gods practiced by Romans.
What is polytheism?
This emperor responded with instructions on how to handle Christians.
Who is Emperor Trajan?
A claim should always be supported by this.
What is evidence?
A place where major routes meet and travelers pass through.
What is a crossroads?
Public buildings like the Pantheon helped strengthen Rome by doing this.
What is bringing people together / supporting civic life / showing power?
The belief in one God practiced by Christians.
What is monotheism?
Why was Constantinople easier to defend than Rome?
It was surrounded by water and had a strategic location.
What is interdependence?
When regions depend on each other for goods or ideas.
The age of a lion can be determined by its
Nose
Groups like the Visigoths and Vandals were called this by Romans.
What are barbarians?
These groups were sometimes allowed to join the Roman army.
Who are foreign soldiers (mercenaries/barbarian troops)?
This phrase from Justinian shows a transformation in government.
What is “In the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ”?
This region sat in the middle of the Silk Road and had wealthy cities like Samarkand.
What is Central Asia?
What usually happens to groups when they meet over time?
What is they change or influence each other?
Studying Rome helps us understand this about societies.
What is how they grow and decline.
A Roman official in charge of a province.
What is a governor (or magistrate)?
Explain one similarity AND one difference between East and West Christianity.
same religion roots; different leadership structure