Inventions
This group of people developed the first alphabet
Phoenicians
The Name of the gladiator who led a rebellion and raised an army of 70,000, defeating several Roman armies before his death.
Spartacus
A possible reason for the decline of the Mayan civilization
warfare
Volcanic Eruption
Drought
The Olympic games were in honor of which Greek God?
Zeus
This leader conquered enough land to expand an empire including Greece, Egypt to make up the huge Persian Empire
Alexander the Great
Known for making flute stone points out of hard stone
Clovis people
Art and color along with technological advances in a Roman home symbolized what.
wealth and status of a Roman family
Warfare
Drought
Volcanic Eruption
Herodotus and Thucydides were the first Greek ____?
Historians
Two possible leisure activities for Roman men included:
1. attending public entertainment performances
2. Visiting bath houses as a way to socialize
Two inventions of the Mayans
Number zero
Calendar System
Female gladiators were called
Gladiatrix
The Aztec considered what cultural tradition an important part of their religious ceremonies?
Human sacrifices
Athens was known as ____________ due to the start of philosophy, art, literature and the rationally examine the world.
The Golden Age
Alexander the Great was considered great for several reasons but one reason was the way he delivered speeches. Explain tactics he used/form of delivery
Used emotion, manipulation, persuasion and rhetoric through oration
The name of the record keeping system invented by the Inca
Quipus
How many people could the Colosseum hold and what was the purpose of it
50,000
Entertainment, festivals, political events
This Group of people invented first versions of ballgames
Olmec people
Theater started in this location and was based on the myths and legions of the Gods
Athens
What was the purpose of the Chinchorro people's mummification process?
Explain how the Quipus, record keeping system worked.
Different types of ropes were strung together = different colors meant different types of information, knots meant different things based on a decimal system.
An event that took place at the Colosseum, "Bread and Roses, " explain what this event meant during the Roman Empire.
Epic games to distract the people from the weakness of the empire in the Roman government. Idea - hide the unstableness of the Roman Empire. Immediate food given to the people distracted them of the weak government.
Explain three rules and or aspects of Mesoamerican ball games
1. hit the ball with trunks of body instead of hands or feet
2. keep ball in motion the whole time
3. players wore protective material/padding
4. score points by making the rubber ball go through stone circles/goals
Why were ancient women of Greece hardly known about?
women in ancient Greece did not have a recognized voice, those who did speak were considered improper. Proper women were known as quiet and invisible.
Spartan women had a strict physical regimen to uphold, what is the reason for this?
Expected to be as strong a their male counterparts, to defend their homeland when men are away fighting