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Word Wise (Vocab!)
Athens / Sparta
Alexander the Great
Rome
Rise and Fall
100
The main part of Greece is this, a piece of land which is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
100
Women were allowed to do these three things in Sparta.
What is own land, own businesses, and participate in sports
100
Most common name of a city founded by Alexander.
What is Alexandria
100
What were the names of the twin brothers that found Rome?
Romulus and Remus.
100
This term means the peek of the Roman Empire
Pax-Romana
200
An independent city and its surrounding countryside. The ancient Greek word for it is "polis"
What is a city-state?
200
Spartan society was focused on this
military / war
200
What was the name of Alexander's empire...(blending of Greek, Egyptian, and Persian cultures)
The Hellenistic Empire
200
What is the name of Rome's first code of laws?
Twelve Tables
200
This architecture achievement allows water to be carried over far distances
Aqueducts
300
A type of government popular in ancient Greece in which citizens participate directly
What is democracy or direct democracy?
300
Name one of the three famous Athenian philosophers
Socrates, Aristotle, Plato
300
How old was Alexander the Great when he became king?
20 years old
300
What language did early Romans speak?
Latin
300
At its height this was the largest and most well known athletic arena in all the world
The Coliseum
400
A type of government popular in ancient Rome in which the people elected representatives to carry out their wishes in government.
What is a republic?
400
Athens and Sparta fought against each other in these series of wars
Peloponnesian Wars
400
This famous Athenian philosopher was a teacher of Alexander
Socrates
400
Who was third to join Crassus and Pompey to form a coalition that historians call the First Triumvirate? (HINT HINT STAB STAB: FAMOUS GUY)
Julius Caesar.
400
This military leader took his army of soldiers and elephants through the Alp Mts. of northern Italy to try and attack Rome
Hannibal of Carthage
500
The name for a type of religion in which people believe in only one god.
What is monotheistic?
500
This writer is most known for his epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey
Homer
500
This is the blending of the Greek and Roman cultures?
Greco-Roman Culture