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Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Greek/Rome Leaders
Misc
100

"between two rivers", between Tigris & Euphrates

What is Mesopotamia

100
Greek form of government, where all male land holding citizens could vote
What is democracy
100
Large arena where gladiatorial games were held
What is the Coliseum
100
Greek general who conquered and created a large empire, including the lands of Egypt, Persia, and India
Who is Alexander the Great
100

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: expansion of a desert area, 1 cause & 1 effect

What is desertification?

Causes: overgrazing of livestock, overuse by farmers, overcutting of trees for firewood

Effects: Bantu peoples migrated south and east in search of fertile land, spread knowledge of farming and ironworking, language

200

1st Mesopotamian civilization

What is Sumer

200
The main form of entertainment for Greeks.
What is theater/plays
200

Connected the whole Roman Empire and helped the movement of troops, trade, etc.

What are Roman Roads?

200
The first dictator to take over Rome. Helped improve quality of life and greatly increased Rome's empire. Was assassinated.
Who is Julius Caesar
200

Pyramids, hieroglyphics, calendar, papyrus, irrigation

What are Egyptian Achievements?

300

1st written set of laws

What is Hammurabi's Code

300
Greek author who wrote the Iliad and other epics.
Who is Homer
300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY Rome's form of government where citizens elected officials to rule. Why was it established?

What is the Roman Republic? It prevented any individual from gaining too much power.

300

Name given to Roman officials who were elected to serve as leader of the government. There were 2 elected for 1 year terms.

Who are Consuls?

300

Trade Networks - Gold & Salt

Timbuktu Major Trading City

What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?

400

The first alphabet was from the Egyptians, but their alphabet preceded the Greeks, also known as the "carriers of civilization"

Who are the Phoenicians?

400
War between Sparta and Athens.
What is the Peloponnesian War
400

Concrete structures that brought water from distant land to cities

What are aqueducts

400

Ruler that started off with high moral standards, but used Christians as scapegoats for problems

Who is Nero

400

King of Mali who practiced religious tolerance and expanded the empire to the North and West, based justice on Quran 

Who is Mansa Musa?

500
Roman emperor who was the first to accept Christianity and helped it spread throughout Europe and the Middle East
Who is Constantine
500

Greek Philosopher who influenced physics and biology, the idea that leaders should be virtuous

Who is Aristotle

500
Time period of peace for the Roman empire that lasted over 200 years
What is Pax Romana
500
Roman emperor who started Pax Romana
Who is Augustus
500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Fought in the Punic Wars, 1 cause and 1 effect

Rome vs. Carthage, conflict over Mediterranean Sea, Carthage destroyed - survivors killed or enslaved