Ancient Greece
Who were the Minoans?
Name one thing that the Greeks traded or traded for.
What is wheat, timber/wood, dye/linens, papyrus, furs and hides, iron and copper, goats and sheep, salted fish, Greek pottery, Greek olive oil, metalwork, honey? (any one of the above)
An area of land that is surrounded on water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
Laws that were written down for everyone to see.
What are the Twelve Tables?
Greek civilization known for huge stone walls that came after the Minoans.
Who were the Myceneans?
City's open air marketplace and social center.
What is an agora?
Through cultural diffusion, the Greeks adapted the _____, a major influence on modern day language.
What is the alphabet?
Rome was founded on ____ hills.
What is 7?
The equivalent of a king - there were two of them and they shared power.
What is a consul?
Greek version of storytelling to establish ideas about culture/nature
What are myths?
The highest point in the city that provides protection from attack.
What is the acropolis?
Name one the seas near Greece that allowed for sea travel.
What is the Mediterranean Sea or Black Sea?
A powerful person that seizes power and becomes the one sole leader.
What is a tyrant?
The three branches of Roman government.
What are the executive, judicial, and legislative branches?
This geographic formation made travel and farming difficult.
What are mountains?
Small group of elite landowners that ruled the government.
Who are the aristocracy?
The main reason why Greek city-states engaged in colonization.
What is a republic?
This geographic area with a lot of water made travel easier and allowed for the exchange of resources/ideas.
What is the sea?
One powerful person who seizes power in the government.
What is a tyrant?
Colonization helped spread Greek ideas - the _______ was the spread of the the Jewish people from their original homeland.
What was the diaspora?
The civilization that greatly influenced Roman culture.
Who were the Etruscans?
If the consul did not like a decision the other one made, they were able to _____ it.
What is a veto?