The Source Spot
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Classical Civilizations
Conflicts
Potpourri
100

Examination of a document's evidence and claims that seeks to figure out the author's point of view.

What is a close read?

100

Location of a place that is expressed using lines of latitude and longitude.

What is absolute location?

100

A diverse culture which embraced many new things, including arts and culture, brought to it by sea.

What was ancient Athens?

100

The most important benefit to peasants during the feudal system.

What is protection?

100

Leader who roused Christians from the Eastern and Western Churches to go on Crusade.

Who is Pope Urban II?

200

A newspaper is an example of this kind of source.

What is primary?

200

Location of a place relative to other places.

What is relative location?

200

A monarchy with two strong kings.

What was the political system of Sparta?

200

The main reason the Crusades first began.

To reclaim access for Christians to Jerusalem so they could go on pilgrimmage ther.

200

Document based on primary sources and the work of other authors.

What is a secondary source?

300

Analyzing the author of a source, including their background, point of view and potential biases.

What is contexualization or sourcing?

300

Feature of Greece's geography that contributed the MOST to the ancient civilization's lack of unity there.

What are mountains?

300

The ancient Romans were committed to a policy of establishing control over foreign lands and peoples which is called this.

What is imperialism?

300

This brought an end to the Golden Age of Athens.

What is the Peloponnesian War?

300

Using plants and animals in a controlled way to benefit humans.

What is domestication?

400

Practice of historians that involves underlining and taking notes in the margins on sources in order to keep track of one's thoughts while examining documents.

What is annotation?

400

Where a historical event took place and why it took place there; includes location, location relative to other places, geographi features and climate.

What is geographic context?

400

In the Hellenistic Empire, Alexander the Great encouraged this.

What is a blending of diverse cultures?

400

Greek state which established the strongest military in ancient Greece because of its constant emphasis on military training.

What is Sparta?

400

Systems that focus on creating and maintaining materials for a whole population.

What are public works?

500

Comparing sources to see where they agree or disagree.

What is corroboration?

500

The ancient Roman empire, at its peak, entirely surrounded this major sea.

What is the Mediterranean?

500

Most significant reason that the Romans were skeptical about Christianity in the beginning.

They mistrusted the religion because it was 'new."

500

In ancient Rome one of these could arranged by the government to rule over the empire in dire situations such as war.

What is a dictator?

500

The first major battle of the Persian War in which the Greeks proved their strenght.

What was Marathon?