Ancient Israel
What was the name of the religion followed by the Ancient Israelites?
What is Judaism
What was the name of the empire that conquered Mesopotamia and stretched into parts of India and Egypt?
What is the Persian Empire?
What type of government was developed in Athens?
What is democracy?
What type of government did Rome have before it became an empire?
What is a republic?
What is the term for a society ruled by kings or queens?
What is a monarchy?
Who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt?
Who is Moses
Who was the founder of the Persian Empire?
Who is Cyrus the Great?
Who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?
Who is Homer?
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Who is Augustus?
What major sea connected Greece, Rome, and parts of the Middle East?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
What is the name of the holy book of Judaism?
What is the Torah?
What was the Royal Road?
What is a road used for trade and communication across the Persian Empire?
What were the Olympic Games originally held to honor?
Who is Zeus?
What structure did Romans build to bring water into cities?
What is an aqueduct?
What was the main language of Ancient Rome?
What is Latin
Which king built the First Temple in Jerusalem?
Who is King Solomon?
What was the name of the wars fought between Persia and the Greek city-states?
What are the Persian Wars?
What were the two most powerful city-states in Ancient Greece?
What are Athens and Sparta?
What was the Roman law code written on tablets called?
What are the Twelve Tables?
What does the term “polytheistic” mean?
What is the belief in many gods?
What are moral laws given to Moses by God?
What were the Ten Commandments?
Which Persian king invaded Greece but was defeated at the Battle of Marathon?
Who is Darius I?
Who was King of the Palace on Crete where the minotaur from mythology lived?
Who was King Minos
What religion was allowed to become the official religion of Rome around 400 A.D.?
What is Christianity
Name a civilization that had a lasting impact on modern law and government.
What is Rome?