Ancient Greece - History
This Greek city-state is known as the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
All of the following could have been forced to be a gladiator in Rome, except for one:
criminals
slaves
citizens
prisoners of war
What is a Citizen?
This type of adventure story in Greek literature is very long and has a hero as the main character.
What is an Epic Poem?
This Roman innovation was created using ash, rocks, water, and limestone.
What is Roman concrete?
This worship of one god was practiced by the Israelites.
What is Monotheism?
This Greek city-state was known for its exceptional military.
What is Sparta?
The Romans had a tripartite system, meaning they had 3 branches of these.
What is Government?
"Polis" is the Greek term for this.
What is City?
This Roman general conquered Gaul in 50 B.C. and was later made dictator of Rome.
Who was Julius Caesar?
The belief in multiple gods is known as...
What is Polytheism?
This Greek word means "Rule by the people".
What is Democracy?
The Romans had 2 consuls in their Executive Branch. Instead, we have 1 of these in our Executive Branch.
What is a President?
The Parthenon is a temple built to honor this Greek goddess.
Who was Athena?
This large invention by the Romans transported water to the city
What is an aqueduct?
This man is considered the Father of the Hebrews
Who is Abraham?
A type of government where citizens elect representatives to make government decisions.
What is a representative democracy?
The written code of law of the Romans was known as this.
What is The Twelve Tables?
One major difference between Athens and Sparta is that Sparta valued military training while Athens valued these.
What is arts and education?
Upper-class Romans were known as this, and lower-class Romans were known as that.
What are Patricians?
- and -
What are Plebeians?
This list of rules was the legal and moral code of the Israelites.
What are the Ten Commandments?
This famous Greek conquered the known world creating one of the first empires.
Who is Alexander the Great?
A type of government where citizens vote directly on government policies and issues.
What is a direct democracy?
This famous Greek Poet became famous for writing epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
According to Roman legend, this person founded Rome.
Who was Romulus?
This Jewish holiday celebrates the rededication of the Jewish temple after it was seized by the Syrian-Greeks.
What is Hanukkah?