Religion
Who was the king of the gods in Greek mythology?
Who is Zeus?
What form of government was developed in Athens and allowed male citizens to vote?
What is direct democracy?
What sea lies between Greece and Italy and was vital for trade and expansion?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Who were the wealthy landowners in Roman society?
Who are the patricians?
What type of column is the simplest and was used by the Greeks?
What is Doric?
What is the Roman name for the Greek goddess Athena?
Who is Minerva?
What body in the Roman Republic represented the aristocracy and passed laws?
What is the Senate?
What peninsula is home to the country of Greece?
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
What was the name for the common people in Rome?
Who are the plebeians?
What building in Rome was used for gladiator contests and public spectacles?
What is the Colosseum?
What type of religion did both the Greeks and Romans practice?
What is polytheism?
What title was given to the Roman rulers who took power after the Republic fell?
What is emperor?
Rome was built along which river in central Italy?
What is the Tiber River?
In ancient Greece, who was excluded from participating in democracy?
Women, slaves, and non-citizens.
Who was the Greek philosopher who taught Aristotle and wrote about politics and ethics?
Who is Plato?
What major shift occurred in Roman religion during the reign of Emperor Constantine?
Christianity was legalized and favored.
What system of government did Sparta have that included two kings and a council?
What is an oligarchy?
How did Greece’s mountainous terrain affect its political development?
It led to the creation of independent city-states (poleis).
What class of people in both Greece and Rome was typically enslaved and had no rights?
Slaves.
What Roman invention revolutionized water transport and urban planning?
What are aqueducts?
What was the significance of the oracle at Delphi in ancient Greek religion?
It was believed to deliver prophecies from the god Apollo.
What was the purpose of the Roman system of checks and balances?
To prevent any one branch or group from gaining too much power.
How did Roman road and aqueduct construction reflect their geographical challenges?
They adapted to varied terrain with advanced engineering to connect and supply the empire.
How did the Roman practice of client-patron relationships reinforce social hierarchy?
It created obligations between lower and upper classes through mutual support and loyalty.
What lasting contribution did Roman law make to modern legal systems?
The concept of innocent until proven guilty and equality under the law.