Ancient Greece
What is the name of the governing body in Athens?
The Assembly
What was the name of the governing body in Rome?
Senate
What buildings in the US are influenced by Greeke and Roman architecture? (Name 3)
(List any 3), The US Capitol, The Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, Monticello, The MN state capitol
What people were fed to the lions because of their beliefs?
Christians
Who was Romulus Augustulus?
The last emperor of Rome
Plato had what goal for philosophy?
find the ideal state and perfect forms.
Which Roman ruler was known for conquering Gaul, being power-hungry, and starting a civil war?
Julius Caesar
Who is the Father of Medicine, whose name is on the oath doctor's recite.
Hippocrates
Who do Christians believe is the Messiah who fulfilled 300 prophesies written in the Jewish holy writings.
Jesus (known as Jesus Christ)
The people groups which led to the fall of Rome (476CE).
Goths and Vandals
Who were the 3 Athenian dramatists?
Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles
What made Christianity a legal religeon?
Constantine's Edict of Milan
Classical education with a school of Grammar, Logic,and Rhetoric
What is the name of the man who started the Muslim religion.
Mohammed
Two economic problems that led to the fall of Rome.
Recession and Inflation
What were the 3 Greek column types?
The two ways Romans showed loyalty
Paying taxes and worshipping Roman Gods
What the Latin abbreviations a.m. and p.m stand for.
ante meridiem, post meridian
The two prophets we learned about from the Common Era (CE)
Jesus and Mohammed
The Eastern part of Ancient Rome that lasted almost 1000 years after the Fall or the Western part of Rome.
The Byzantine Empire
Which Greek philosopher was a pupil of Plato and tutor of Alexander the Great; collected and examined insects, animals, and plants?
Aristotle
Who ruled after the death of Julius Caesar and is considered the first Roman Emperor? He established peace that lasted a long time. AND What was that peace time called?
Augustus Caesar: Pax Romana
The United States is influenced by ancient Greek and Roman in 5 ways.
architecture, government, culture, calendar, and language.
What we call religions that worship many Gods like the Greeks and the Romans
Polytheism
The problems caused the decline and fall of the western Roman Empire
economic problems, power struggles, corruption, bad leaders, and attacks by the Goths and Vandals.