Ancient Greece
What were the two main city states of Ancient Greece?
Sparta and Athens
Who is considered to be the 1st emperor of the Roman Empire?
Octavian
What empire split into two with the eastern portion becoming the Byzantine Empire?
Roman Empire
What are the African empires?
What protected India from invaders?
Himalaya Mountains
What do we call the period of Ancient Greece history that occurred before the Greeks introduced democracy?
Archaic Period
Which of the following was a luxury item that the Roman acquired from trade?
Silk
Gems
Spices
What city became the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
How long did Africa rule the world?
15,000 years
What is the third largest religion?
Hinduism
What major civilization that came soon after the Greeks was greatly influenced by the Greek culture?
Romans
Which of the following describes the main concern of the Roman economy?
Feeding the soldiers and city dwellers
What Byzantine emperor embraced Christianity and made it the religion of the empire?
Constantine
What is the main reason that Ghana became a powerful empire in West Africa?
The Ghana Empire lay in the Sahel region to the north of the West African gold fields, and was able to profit by controlling the trans-Saharan gold trade, which turned Ghana into an empire of legendary wealth.
What is caste based on?
Birth
What was the primary focus of much of the culture of the city of Sparta?
War and fighting
The year historians claim the Roman Empire reached it's peak is
117 CE
What was the Corpus of Civil Law?
A single book that recorded all of the Roman laws
What were the three main West African empires?
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
What did the Mauryan Empire trade through?
They traded through the silk road and the Indian Ocean trade routes
What was the primary focus of much of the culture of the city of Athens?
Art and Education
Augustus increased taxes so that he could pay for all his improvement plans and additions to the city. Did he really do this true or false?
False
What is the Hagia Sofia?
A church in Constantinople built by Justinian I
Who was the greatest African warrior?
Hatshepsut
What are monsoons?
Monsoons are a season wind that impact agriculture and trade