vocab
a form of government in which people elect officials
What is a republic?
printed many books in a short of amount of time
what is the printing press?
body of land surrounded on 3 sides by water
What is a peninsula?
A group of upper class noblemen
What is an aristocrat?
The river that flows through Rome providing water for farming.
What is the Tiber river?
To change your religion
What is convert?
The fall of this Empire led to the Renaissance.
What is the Roman Empire?
hills, mountains and plateaus
What are uplands
An independent community that includes a city and it's surrounding territory
What is a city-state
These twin brothers were credited with founding Rome.
Who were Romulus and Remus.
A government where people can influence law and vote for representatives
What is a democracy?
Used perspective to make a painting look 3 dimensional
Who are Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael
these 2 rivers where important for transportation
What are the Danube and Rhine Rivers?
The 2 largest and most important city-states
What are Athens and Sparta?
Rome was built on these to provide protection from enemy attack.
What was seven steep hills?
a rebirth of art and learning
What is the Renaissance?
Invented the printing press
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
Europe has 24,00 miles of this
What is coastline?
small group ruling council
What is an oligarchy?
The type of government Rome established.
What is a republic?
you buy these to escape punishment for sins committed.
What are indulgences?
wrote the Divine comedy in Italian
Who is Dante Alighieri?
These mountains extend through Poland, Romania and the Ukraine.
What are the Carpathians?
The only Athenian citizens that had the right to vote
What are adult males?
This is what was included on the 12 Tables.
What are the rights and responsibilities of the Roman citizens?