Early civilization located in southern Greece (1650 - 1100 BC)
Who are the Mycenaeans?
100
Democracy was preserved for future western cultures when the Persians were defeated in this naval battle.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
100
The first to settle what became known as the city of Rome (ca. 1200 BC).
Who are the Latins?
100
A Roman general who finally defeated Hannibal in North Africa.
Who is Scipio?
100
King of Macedon, he conquered all the Greek city-states except Sparta.
Who is Philip II (382 - 336 BC)?
200
Diminished trade, decreased bronze-making, lost writing.
What is the Dark Age (ca. 1200 BC)?
200
Greek scientists, one who theorized that all matter is composed of atoms, and the other who became known as "the father of medicine".
Who are Democritus and Hippocrates?
200
These two classes were represented in the Roman republic, with one class consisting of about 90% of the population.
What are patricians and plebians?
200
One of Rome's greatest contributions to Western culture.
What are its body of laws, or legal code?
200
Alexander fulfilled his father's dream of conquering the Persian Empire, primarily through the use of this military formation.
What is a phalanx?
300
Rugged hills, poor farmland, and irregular coastline.
What are reasons why many small, independent city-states developed in Ancient Greece?
300
One wrote the Republic, one emphasized the "golden mean", and one was poisoned for corrupting youth.
Who are Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates?
300
These two assemblies of the Roman Republic voted on issues and passed laws.
What are the Assembly of Centuries and the Assembly of Tribes?
300
From 78 - 51 BC, these two powerful Roman generals conquered areas that included the eastern Mediterranean and present-day France.
Who are Pompey and Julius Caesar?
300
Alexander's conquests brought a blending of Greek culture of the West with the Eastern cultures of the Middle East, resulting in this mixture of ideas and achievements.
What is Hellenistic Civilization?
400
Four types or systems of government that developed in Greek city-states (poli).
What are monarchy (not a divine king), oligarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, and democracy?
400
In Spartan society, boys were taken to military camps at age ____, started military training at age ____, and stayed in the military until age ____.
What are 7, 12, and 60?
400
One of two reasons why Rome and Carthage fought the three Punic Wars from 264 - 146 BC.
What are control of trade in the (western) Mediterranean Sea and possession of of the island of Sicily?
400
Two principles of Roman law that are a significant part of our legal system today.
What are "innocent until until proven guilty" and "all citizens are equal under the law" (or "no one is above the law")?
400
These Hellenistic philosophers debated the question as to how an individual should live.
Who were the Cynics (Diogenes), Epicureans (Epicurus), and the Stoics (Zeno)?
500
Women, slaves, and foreigners were excluded from the benefits of citizenship.
Why was Athenian democracy limited?
500
True/False. The Peloponnesian War resulted in Athens defeating the Persians with the help of Sparta.
What is false? (The Peloponnesian War resulted in Sparta defeating Athens with the help of the Persians)
500
Five major officials during the period of the Roman Republic (509 - 133 BC).
Who are consuls, magistrates, quaestors, aediles, praetors, dictator, Senate, and tribunes?
500
Two Roman engineering achievements; two architectural achievements.
What are roads, dams, aqueducts, and drainage systems?
What are the rounded arch, the dome, public baths, the Coliseum, and the Circus Maximus?
500
Hellenistic scientists respectively who concluded the earth revolved around the sun and who devised a pulley to move heavy objects with minimum effort.