Vocab
A government in which people can influence law and vote for representatives.
A democracy
What government did Athens have?
Democracy
What was the lower class of citizens of Rome?
Plebeians
Who were at the lowest level of the Feudal System?
Serfs
What is an independent community that includes a city.
City-State
In ancient Greece, what were wealthy landowners called?
Patricians
Who, in Athens, laid the groundwork of the democracy?
Solon
According to an ancient legend, what two brothers were thought to have started Rome?
Romulus and Remus
What were military expansions undertaken to take back holy lands?
Crusades
Consisted of upper-class noblemen who acted as advisors to the kind in Greece?
Aristocrats
What people in the Middle Ages were at the bottom of the Feudal System?
Serfs
Who ruled Athens during it's golden age?
Pericles
Who lead during the pax romana
Octavian or Agustas
Who was at the top level of the Feudal system?
King
What is rejecting a law called?
Veto
What type of government is where the people elect officials who govern according to law?
A Republic
What two countries fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta
What carried water to parts of the empire?
Aqueducts
What plague swept through Europe in 1347, killing millions of people?
The black plague
When did the Middle Ages last?
500-1500
What people examine questions about the universe and look for truths?
Philosophers
After the Peloponnesian War, who took advantage of the weakened city-states and conquered Greece?
King Philip II of Macedonia
What the people who invaded Rome from the north called?
Barbarians
Who was the main leader of the Franks?
Charlemagne
In the Middle Ages, what controlled the government?
Church