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100
What was the name of the temple to the goddess Athena?
The Parthenon
100
In Rome, who were encouraged to vote and to run for office?
citizens
100
What were the crusades?
religious (holy) wars
100
What is a political unit made up of a city and all the surrounding land?
city-state
200
Name one of the three most influential Greek philosophers who studied people.
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
200
What was the only religion allowed in the Roman Empire by the end of the 380s?
Christianity
200
Which of the following led to the increasing power of kings in Europe?
Hundred Years' War
200
A famous war leader of the French troops during the Hundred Years' War at age 16.
Joan of Arc
300
The most famous leader in all of Athenian history.
Pericles
300
A long period of peace in Ancient Rome was called ______ ________.
Pax Romana
300
Cities grew as a result of an increase in _________ in Europe.
trade
300
What is a period in a country's history marked by great achievements called?
golden age
400
Who invaded Greece in 500 BC?
Persians
400
What were channels used to carry water over long distances?
aqueducts
400
Europe's feudal system was based on relationships between what two groups?
nobles and knights
400
Soon after the murder of ________ _________, Rome changed from a republic to an empire.
Julius Caesar
500
Who was the conqueror that created an empire stretching from Greece to India?
Alexander
500
What was a rich and powerful group of Romans who helped run the city called?
Senate
500
Many Europeans felt tied together by what after the breakup of the Roman Empire?
Christianity
500
What new capital was built in present-day Turkey in an attempt to keep the empire together?
Constantinople