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Greece
Rome
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Double or Nothing
100
the art of skillful speaking...promoted in Athens & later Rome
What is rhetoric?
100
basic political unit for Greece...caused by geography
What is a polis or city-state
100
government that belongs to the people
What is a republic?
100
Partricians would serve for life ...and would create laws for Rome
What is the Senate?
100
Philosopher who would challenge people to question their beliefs & answers to questions...seen as threat by Athens & was executed.
Who is Socrates?
200
Theory by Aristanrchus that the universe was "sun"centered...rejectef for 1,000 years.
What is heliocentric?
200
citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of the government
What is direct democracy?
200
use of slave labor on these large estates created an influx of jobless people in the cities...causing a decline in the Republic
What is latifundia?
200
Three principles that lay the foundation for Roman law.
What is 1. innocent until proven guilty 2. accused may face accuser 3. guilt clearer than daylight?
200
policy adopted by Rome...committed to establishing control over foreign lands.
What is imperialism?
300
Form of literature introduced in ancient Rome...would poke fun at subjects.
What is satire?
300
Farmers, Merchants, and artisans who would serve on the Senate...would create the tribunes and have power to veto.
Who are the plebians?
300
In Athens, a Council of 500 were chosen...all were men over 30...and it would become a law making body.
What is legislature?
300
Father of democracy in Greece...would expand citizenship and create the jury.
Who is Pericles?
400
Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey...a story about a Greek ruler who faces many obstacles on the way home from the Trojan War.
Who is Homer?
400
Greatest achievement of Alexander the Great & his conquests.
What is spreading of Greek culture?
400
Emperor that would make Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Who is Theodosis?
400
landowning men in Greece...could participate in government...early on were native born
What is a citizen?
400
Causes for the fall of the Roman Empire. (at least 3)
What is 1. Germanic invasions 2. overspending of gov money on military 3. erosion of values 4. inflation 5. no stable leadership
500
Greek Philosopher who believed that society could be broken into 3 groups (workers, soldiers, and philosophers to rule).
Who is Plato?
500
Civil war between Greece & Sparta...would cause Greece to be vulnerable to outside invasions
What is the Pelopanesian War?
500
Techniques used by Augustus to strengthen control of his empire. (at least 3)
What is 1. census 2. postal service 3. issued coins 4. gave jobless work on public projects
500
Roman astronomer who argued that the earth was the center of the universe.
Who is Ptolemy
500
belief that is seen as being contrary to the official church teachings
What is heresy?