Ancient Greece
What is a golden age?
A period of wealth and power during which democracy developed further and Greek culture flourished.
Patricians
Explain democracy.
A democracy is a government in which people can influence law and vote for representatives.
Who is at the top of the feudal pyramid?
King
What is humanism?
Focusing on humans rather than other religious values.
What war, fought between Athens and Sparta, was fought for 27 years?
Peloponnesian War
What is a republic?
A form of government in which the people elect officials who govern according to the law.
A small group of people who rule.
In 1096 the Church began a series of ______ which were military expeditions to take back holy lands in Southwest Asia.
Crusades
Johannes Gutenberg developed what machine that changed many lives back then?
Printing Press
Define philosophers.
People who examine questions about the universe, and search for truth.
What was an advantage of Rome being built on 7 hills?
It provided protection from an attack.
What is a city-state?
An independent community that includes a city and its surrounding territory.
What are two reasons for the end of the feudal systems?
1. Growth of cities and towns.
2. The bubonic plague, or the black death.
What are indulgences?
Funds to relax the penalty of sin.
What were Pericles' 3 goals for Greece?
1. Strengthen the democracy
2. Expand the empire
3. Make Athens more beautiful
What were two uses on the Tiber River back then?
Farming and a travel/trade route.
What were the two largest/important city-states?
Athens and Sparta
What is the name of the other church that split from Christianity other than the Roman Catholic Church?
Eastern Orthodox Church
Martin Luther wrote how many Theses?
95
What was the name of the mathematician who developed the principles of geometry.
Euclid
List at least 3 values of the Roman Way.
1. Self-control
2. Hard work
3. Doing one's duty
4. Pledging loyalty to Rome
You had to be an ____ ____ to be a citizen in Athens.
Adult Male
Charlemagne
Define Reformation.
The movement to reform Christianity.