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What was the plebeians' government called?
Assembly
100
What was the patricians' government called?
Senate
100
The Mayas inlaid their teeth with __________.
jade
100
What was the name for soldiers, farm workers, and laborers in Mayan society?
peasants
100
What is moving to another region?
migration
200
Who are people that study languages and the way they change?
linguists
200
Who was the person that reminded the village of their ancient history and traditions?
official rememberer
200
Which culture made large stone sculptures of heads?
Olmec culture
200
Taxes called ________ were a paid to a ruler by conquered peoples.
tribute
200
The fifteenth day of March is called the _______ ________ _______.
ides of March
300
_______ _______ killed Cicero in 43 B.C. (first and last name)
Mark Antony
300
Christians held secret worship services in __________.
catacombs
300
What did the Mayas use for money?
cocoa beans
300
What number was very important in Mayan calculations?
zero
300
The people of the kingdom of Mali were lovers of _______ and _________.
justice and honesty
400
The empire of Aksum covered what is now the modern nation of ________.
Ethiopia
400
What is an area that receives no rain because it lies beyond another area where water vapor is blown?
rain shadow
400
Who are people that study plants and trace the movements of people by their crops?
botanists
400
Caesar refused to disband his army at the ________ River.
Rubicon
400
Octavian was first to hold the title __________.
imperator
500
What calendar do we use today?
Gregorian
500
Long strips of bark from fig trees were used for ________.
paper
500
There was a civil war between Caesar and _________, the strongest Roman leader.
Pompey
500
__________ divided the Roman Empire in half.
Diocletian
500
Explain how the Sahara Desert has affected African culture.
The Sahara Desert kept Africa isolated from European cultures because Europeans traded only along the coast, never venturing inland.