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Mesopotamia
Democracy
Italian Renaissance
100
Word that describes good soil for growing crops.
What is fertile?
100
Place where democracy originated
What is Ancient Greece (Athens)?
100
Country where the Renaissance Began
What is Italy
200
The Two rivers that belonged to the river system of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
200
What type of Democracy did they have in Athens? How were people elected?
Direct Democracy: citizens were chosen at random to be part of the council of 500
200
Explain Humanism. What does it value?
Humanism values the intellectual. This means that they value LOGIC and REASON. Rennaissance man
300
The military King that united Sumerian city-states into empire of Mesopotamia
Who is Hammurabi?
300
What type of Democracy do we have in the United States, and what is the main difference between that and direct democracy?
We have a Representative Democracy. Difference: in a representative democracy we elect officials and they are not chosen at random
400
Code of laws created by the King of Mesopotamia.
What is Hammurabi's Code of Law
400
What are the names of the two founders of Athenian Democracy?
Cleisthenes and Solon
500
What is Cuneiform, and explain how Hammurabi used it.
Cuneiform is the first written language of Mesopotamia, and it is important because it was used to write the code of laws that united people under a system of punishments.
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!! (Your team can wager points) Describe Characteristics of Athenian Democracy during the rule of: Solon Cleithenes
Solon: all citizens could participate in assembly, but only top 4 wealthiest classes could be officials. Cleisthenes:broke up the nobility, and established a democracy where any citizen (male-athenian) could be in office.