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This group settled Rome and built it up from a village into a great city
Who are the Etruscans
100
This mountain range runs along the northern part of a peninsula that bears that same name
What is the Balkan Mountain/Alps
100
These were held to honor the gods and included events such as foot-racing, wrestling, and horse racing
What is the ancient Greek Olympics
100
This is a self-governing unit
What is a city-state
100
Name one Greek god and their job/what they ruled
What is Zeus, Athena, Hera, Aphrodite, etc....
200
This emperor expanded the empire to its greatest extent and implimented the construction of many public works
Who is Trajan
200
This sea lies in the middle of the Greek Empire
What is the Aegean Sea
200
This took place between the two leaders of Rome's second triumvirate
What is the Battle of Actium
200
an absolute ruler
What is a dictator
200
The Coliseum was used for this
What is gladiator fighting (to the death!), religious festivals, naval battles, and chariot races
300
This emperor introduced a new state religion in the Roman Empire
Who is Constantine
300
These two cities are where the Greek Olympics took place
What is Athens and Olympia
300
This is the period of "Roman peace"
What is the Pax Romana
300
organized system of thought, from the Greek for "love of wisdom"
What is philosophy
300
Name the titles for the lower and upper classes in Ancient Rome
What is lower class-plebians, upper class-patricians
400
He fought against Antony in the Battle of Actium and was also a part of the Second Triumvirate
Who is Octavian
400
This is the name of the continent on which the capital of the Roman Empire lies
What is Europe
400
an age that saw the expansion of the Greek language and ideas to teh non-Greek world of Southwest Asia and beyond
What is the Hellenistic Era
400
school of thought developed in Hellenistic Athens; it held that happiness is chief goal in life and the means to achieve happiness was the pursuit of pleasure
What is Epicureanism
400
Name three buildings in our country's capital that are architecturally influenced by the Romans
What is the Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, the White House
500
Name 3 groups that invaded the Roman Empire during its decline
Who are the Persians, Huns, Visigoths, and Vangals
500
Name 3 city-states and one important fact about each
What is Athens-oldest and largest city in ancient Greece &capital city; Sparta-dominant military power. Thebes-setting of many Greek myths, leader of Boeotian confederacy; Corinth-one of wealthiest city-states; Argos-invented coinage in ancient Greece, famous for art and music; Megara-famous for textiles and building of many temples
500
name 3 events that lead up to the fall of the Roman Empire
What is struggling economy, invaders from north and east, military government established following civil wars, Diocletian and Constantine bring new life to empire, fall in 410 A.D. when Visigoths overran the city of Rome
500
These teachings include the belief that all people are equal,love one another, and the acceptance of Jesus as Christ and Savior would save one from the penalty of his/her sins
What is Christianity
500
Name 3 differences between slavery in the United States and slavery in the Roman Empire
What is...Slaves were worked to the death in most cases in Roman Empire; slaves were considered part of household in Roman Empire; both rich and poor owned slaves in Roman Empire; slaves were acquired through conquest in the Roman Empire