Prehistoric Cultures
What is it came before humans were able to write
This is a political unit made up of a city and the land surrounding it
What is a city-state
Define a Republic?
What is a type of government in which people elect leaders to make laws for them
What is Constantinople
How did the ice ages make it easier for Stone age people to migrate from Asia to North America?
What is during the ice ages, large sheets of ice formed, causing ocean levels to drop, which exposed land bridges between Asia and North America to be exposed
This city was the center of Greece's Golden Age?
What is Athens
Why did a group of senators kill Julius Ceasar?
What is they thought he was becoming too powerful
Unlike the emperor of the western Roman Empire, the emperor of the eastern Roman Empire was the head of the ______________.
What is the Church
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds and fruits, and nuts to survive are called?
What are hunter-gathers
Who is Alexander the Great
Who is Octavian?
What is Rome's first emperor
Who is Justinian?
What was the first part of the Stone age called?
What is the Paleolithic Era
Why was the government of ancient Athens so important?
a. it was the world's first democracy
b. it sided with Persia against Sparta
c. It ruled over different Greek city states
d. It established new city-states and colonies
What is a. it was the world's first democracy
What does Pax Romana mean?
What is Roman Peace
How did Constantinople become a great trading city
What is because of its location, merchants came from all over Europe, Asia, and Africa
What important advancement did early humans make during the Paleolithic era?
a. They started making fire to cook food
b. They started making and using stone tools
c. They started using news to catch food
d. They started growing crops and raising animals
What is b. they started making and using stone tools
Why did the ancient Greek establish city-states?
What is to protect themselves from invaders
a. Better technology
b. Fewer invasions
c. increased trade
d. poor leadership
What is d. poor leadership
What was the empire named in the East after the fall of the eastern Roman Empire?
What is the Byzantine Empire