Geography
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Africa
Vocabulary
100
Looking at the map on page R21 what is the estimated location using latitude and longitude of Bamako of the Mali region?
What is about 12*N and 8*W
100
The first Greeks were
Who are the Minoans
100
The common people in ancient Rome who included artisans, shopkeepers, and owners of small farms. They had little power in government.
Who were plebeians
100
Storyteller who teaches and spread oral traditions/history of their ancestors
Who were griots
100
To mistreat or kill someone for their religious beliefs and/or differences
What is persecute
200
About what location would you find Swaziland?
Where is 31*E and 26*S
200
Greeks contributed
What is democracy, written language, science and math theories.
200
Members of the wealthy landowners and the ruling class of ancient Rome.
Who were patricians
200
Believed there is one creator of all things, and that he governs events, especially our deaths and captivity.
Who was Igbo
200
an embankment to keep a body of water from flooding also known as a dike or dam
What is Levee
300
Seas that surround the peninsula of Greece are:
What are Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Crete, and Aegean Sea.
300
Government of the Greeks
What is democracy - direct democracy - representative democracy (used by US)
300
Ruled by 2 consuls who were patricians voted in for 1 year. Included a senate who were also patricians who advised the consuls. Had an assembly who was made up of plebeians. In cases of emergency a dictator was invited to rule, but lost his position as soon as the emergency was over. Made up of 3 branches much like U.S.
What is the Roman Republic
300
Bantu
What is in Africa means "the people"
300
All citizens share in running the government - Government of the people.
What is democracy
400
The Greek civilization created city-states
Why is because the geography is rugged mountains, deep valleys, and is a peninsula, making communication difficult.
400
Great leader of Athens who reformed democracy, helped make Athens wealthy, but believed to have died of the plague.
Who was Pericles
400
The reason for the fall of the Roman Republic
Was that the empire had gotten to large to manage.
400
Built mosques, set up Muslim libraries, invited Muslim scholars to Mali
What is How Mansa Musa attempted to strengthen Islam in Mali
400
A form of government in which the leader is not a King or Queen, but someone put in office by citizens allowed to vote.
What is Republic
500
Hunter-gatherers live around a fresh water source
What is to begin farming
500
The great Greek philosophers
Who were Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and Sophists
500
The new capital city of Rome, which was moved to Byzantium.
What is Constantinople
500
Travelers and traders such as Ibn Batutta and King Mansa Musa, did not force faith on those they conquered. Mansa Musa built mosques, libraries, palaces, and brought teachers, architects, and writers to Timbuktu
What is How Muslim Empire spread
500
A form of government where a small group of wealthy people hold power.
What is Oligarchy