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100

Is the Trojan War historically valid?

  • Yes, historians agree that there was a Trojan war or wars that were combined into one story.
100

Who killed Julius Caesar?

The senators

100

What are 3 ways the Black Death spread?

  • Fleas
  • Rats
  • Coughing/Sneezing
100

Persian War

  • War fought between the Greeks and Persian Kings Darius and Xerxes. Famous battles included Thermopylae and Salamis. Greek victory.
100

Augustus Caesar

First emperor of Rome

200

What are Athens and Sparta associated with respectively?

Athens - Democracy

Sparta - War

200

What are the upper class and lower classes of Rome named?

  • Patricians: Upper class
  • Plebians: Lower class
200

What are the four levels of feudalism in order?

  • King
  • Lord
  • Knight
  • Serf
200

Punic War

  • War fought between Rome and Carthage. Famous event was Hannibal crossing the Alps with elephants. It ended as a Roman victory. 
200

Martin Luther

  • German theologian who protested the indulgences of the Catholic Church; key figure of the Protestant Reformation.
300

List and describe the 3 types of Greek columns

  • Doric – very simple, just the column and base
  • Ionic – characterized by a scroll or swirls at the top of the column
  • Corinthian – fancy, has lots of detail, usually with flowers
300

What is the difference between the Parthenon and the Pantheon?

  • Example of Greek architecture that sits on top of the Acropolis in Athens. Temple to Athena, was used for many different purposes throughout its history. The sculptures on it are argued over between Britain and Greece.
  • The Pantheon is a prime example of Roman architecture. It was built in Rome and has the world’s largest unsupported concrete dome.
300

What is the heliocentric system?

  • The heliocentric system, originally developed by Nicolaus Copernicus, is the belief that the Earth orbits around the sun, with the sun at the center of the solar system. This replaced the belief by the Church that the Earth was at the center of the solar system, called the geocentric system. This heliocentric system was defended by Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei.
300

Peloponnesian War

  • War fought between two leagues: Athens heading the Delian League and Sparta heading the Peloponnesian League. Spartan victory. 
300

Johannes Gutenberg

  • Man who invented the printing press and printed many Bibles
400

What rivers are on both sides of Mesopotamia and what river runs through the Egypt?

Tigris and Euphrates, the Nile

400

What are the Roman Numerals for the following numbers: 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000

  • I – 1
  • V – 5
  • X - 10
  • L - 50
  • C - 100
  • D - 500
  • M - 1000
400

What are 2 main differences between medieval and Renaissance art?

  • More realistic: Renaissance painters focused on realism/naturalism, which was trying to make paintings as they would look in real life/nature. 
  • More colorful: with wider access to trading networks, artists were able to use much more color in their paintings. 
400

Crusades

  • Series of wars fought over the Holy Land against the Muslims. They were often called for by the Pope. Some were a success and some were failures. 
400

Socrates

  • Greek philosopher who was known for the Socratic method, which was a series of questioning to reach a deeper understanding on a subject. 
500

What do BC, AD, BCE, and CE stand for?

  • BC – Before Christ
  • AD – Anno Domini (In the Year of Our Lord)
  • BCE – Before Common Era
  • CE – Common Era
500

Order the following events from oldest to most recent: 

Christianity begins - Great Schism - Judaism begins - Protestant Reformation - Islam begins

  • Judaism begins, Christianity begins, Islam begins, Great Schism, Protestant Reformation 
500

What are indulgences and what was the Catholic Church’s view on them?

  • Indulgences are a cancellation of punishment of sins, forgiven by God. Within the Catholic Church, they can be bought to get loved ones out of Purgatory or to cancel out sins. The Catholic Church often used them to raise funds for projects, such as the construction of St. Peter’s Basilica.
500

Hundred Years' War

  • War fought between England and France that lasted over 100 years. It mainly took place in France. Famous battle is Agincourt, where a much smaller English army defeated the French. The French won the war. 
500

Justinian

  • Emperor of the Byzantine Empire whose goal was to restore Rome’s lost empire.