Greece & Rome
People who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
A valuable trade item that brought in money and other goods to China.
What is silk?
Factors that push people out of an area and pull people to other areas.
What are push pull factors?
The largest deserts include the this desert in the north and the Kalahari desert in the south.
What is the Sahara?
These invaders conquered vast territories in the Mediterranean world, spreading their religion as they went.
Who were Islamic Invaders?
These people spoke a dialect of Greek and may have been distant relatives of the Bronze Age Greeks.
Who were the Dorians?
A network of trade routes connecting China with Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. That allowed the exchange of goods, ideas, technologies, religions, and cultures.
What were Silk Roads?
Shift in climate.
Population
Resources
What are causes of migration?
The grassy plains where most people lived.
What are the Savannas?
The three main parts of government under the Roman republic.
What are Consuls, Senate, and Assemblies?
This philosopher noted that the middle class is steady and is less eager for change.
Who is Aristotle?
Acceptance of people who held different religious beliefs.
What is religious tolerance?
One way experts can trace the patterns of movement of people over time is by studying this.
What is the spread of languages?
Africa’s earliest peoples were hunter-gatherers who lived this way, moving from place to place.
What is Nomadic?
A renaissance of religion, culture, and learning was the greatest contribution of this empire.
This culture is a blend of Greek, Egyptian, Persian and Indian cultures.
What is Hellenistic culture?
Brahma, creator of the world; Vishnu, preserver of the world; and Shiva, destroyer of the world.
What are the Hindu gods?
Life in a newly populated area changes because of the influx of new people. These may be positive or negative.
What are effects of migration?
These people probably brought with them the technology of iron smelting.
Who were the Bantu?
Rome's population grew significantly, and people generally experienced peace, stability, and prosperity. Trade increased, cities expanded, and living conditions improved for many citizens during this age.
What is Pax Romana?
The two most powerful city-states in early Greece.
What are Athens and Sparta?
The dynasty that ruled China for more than 400 years.
What was the Han Dynasty?
This term means the people.
What is Bantu?
Desert, Savanna (grassland), Tropical Rain Forest, and Mediterranean Vegetation.
What are vegetation types in Africa?
Islamic invaders defeated Aksum by destroying it.
What is the chief seaport?