He taught his students to "question everything," and was sentenced to death for poisoning the minds of youth.
Who was Socrates?
100
Rule by a king or queen.
What is monarchy?
100
The first Greek-speaking people who invaded the Minoans and dominated the Greek world from 1400 B.C. to 1200 B.C.
Who were the Myceneans?
100
The ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC, beginning the Roman empire.
What is the Roman Republic?
100
Bridge-like stone structures that carry water from the hills into Roman cities.
What are aqueducts?
200
He founded "The Academy" and wrote "The Repulic."
Who is Plato?
200
Rule by two or three individuals.
What is oligarchy?
200
A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city where citizens gathered to discuss city government.
What is an acropolis?
200
Groups comprised of only male citizens who approved laws
and selected candidates for the Roman senate.
What are Citizen Assemblies?
200
The bishop of Rome and supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
What is the Pope?
300
He believed one gains true understanding of the world around him by observation and the scientific method.
Who was Aristotle?
300
Rule by the many.
What is democracy?
300
The ancient Greek, a blind man who was great at storytelling, who is believed to have written the great epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who was Homer?
300
The city-state destroyed by Rome during the Punic Wars, resulting in Roman dominance over the western Mediterranean.
What is Carthage?
300
The germanic peoples driven by the Huns into Rome, destroying the city.
Who were Visigoths?
400
The fouder of Epicureanism, he taught that the true happiness could only be obtained by fulfilling one's personal desires.
What is Epicurus?
400
Rule by a small group of elite men, typically large landowners.
What is aristocracy?
400
A period of blending of Greek cultures with those of Persia, Egypt, and Central Asia following the conquests of Alexander the Great marked by advances in art, architecture, literature, mathematics, and science.
What is the Hellenistic Period?
400
The term means "Roman peace;" it was a period of peace and prosperity under the five "good" emperors of Rome, ending with Marcus Aurelius.
What is Pax Romana?
400
A Roman outdoor arena in which public games, such as chariot races, were held; such expenditures greatly cost the Roman government.
What is Circus Maximus?
500
The founder of Stoicism, or belief in true happiness coming from doing the will of God.
Who is Zeno?
500
Rule by one man with absolute power.
What is a dictatorship?
500
What city-state was growing stonger while Athens and Sparta battled and eventually came to control and unify Greece.
What is Macedonia?
500
Roman emperor who was faced with military problems and decided to divide the empire between east and west; he was the last emperor to conduct persecutions of Christians.
Who was Diocletian?
500
The Roman Emperor who murdered any who stood in his way, including his wife and mother, and thousands of Christians.