A system of government ruled by a few wealthy individuals.
What is an oligarchy
100
The difference between a patrician and plebeian
What is a patrician was a member of a wealthy, landowning family with roots in Rome and a plebeian was an ordinary, working, male citizen.
100
He was the first Holy Roman Emperor and under his rule education improved, the government became stronger, and Catholicism spread.
Who is Charlemagne?
100
Mountains that separated Europe and Asia
What are the Ural Mountains
100
Manorialism
What is a system in which the lord received food and work in exchange for his protection?
200
An ancient Greek philosopher who taught Alexnder the Great before he took control.
Who is Aristotle
200
A successful Roman general and famous speaker who before becoming dictator of the Roman world was governor of the territory called Gaul.
Who is Julius Caesar?
200
Nobles gave land to vassals in return for their services in what medieval system?
What is feudalism?
200
A peninsula
What is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides
200
the main purpose of castle's
What is defense?
300
One of the largest and most important Greek city states, located on the Greek peninsula (also one of chief rivals among the other city-states like Sparta)
What is Athens
300
Who ruled the Roman Empire for more than fourty years as the empire continued to expand and is credited for a period of peace and growth called the "Pax Romana"
Who is Augustus?
300
This type of business association protected workers' rights, set wages and prices, and settled disputes.
What is a guild?
300
Water surrounds the continent of Europe to the north, south, and west. The southern coast of Europe borders the warm waters of what sea?
What is the Mediterranean Sea
300
Monks and Nuns lived in these places (double answer)
What is monasteries and convents?
400
City-State
What is a place with its own laws and form of government, united by a common language, shared religios beliefs, and a similar way of life. It includes a central city called a polis.
400
Under his rule, Christianity became the official language of Rome.
Who is Constantine?
400
This document, also known as The Great Charter, limited the king's power and gave the nobles a larger role in the government.
What is the Magna Carta?
400
Europe has a large variety of natural resources. For exmample, rich deposits of what resource in Germany's Ruhr Valley region have helped to make the area of the world's major industrial centers
What is coal
400
Another name for the Middle Ages
What is the medieval era?
500
What do the words oligarchy and democracy mean?
What is "rule by the few" and "rule by the people".
They are both Ancient Greek words.
500
By the end of the 2nd century B.C., the Romans ruled most of the land surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. They even called the sea "mare nostrum," a word meaning what?
What is "our sea"
500
Why do we call the Middle Ages by that title?
What is because it falls between ancient times and the beginning of the modern era.
500
In Western Europe, the Iberian Peninsula includes Portugal and Spain. The Iberian Peninsula is separated from the rest of the continent by a mountain range called the what?
What is the Pyrenees
500
A group of territories ruled by a single, powerful leader, or emperor.