Ancient Rome
What is the difference between a patrician and a plebian?
Plebians were ordinary citizens of Rome.
What was Greece's geography like?
It was on a peninsula - three sides surrounded by water.
There were many mountains.
a person with absolute power to rule
dictator
a complex society
civilization
a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water
strait
What type of government did Rome have?
a republic - a form of government in which citizens elect their leaders
Explain the lives of women in Athens.
Women were under the control of men. They had no rights.
an object made by people
artifact
people who move from place to place to find food
nomads
performing a specific task to be efficient
specialization
Explain the lives of women in Sparta.
the idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country
civic duty
empire
an amount that is left over after a need has been met
surplus
What is the long era of peace that began with Augustus in the Roman Empire called?
Pax Romana
all citizens
to tame/train animals for human use
domesticate
an official record keeper
scribe
system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
irrigation
Which dictator started the shift from Republic to Empire by declaring himself dictator for life?
Julius Caesar
What effect did the mountains in Greece have on the city states?
The mountains made them fiercely independent.
a line of rulers from one family
dynasty
the arrangement of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord
feudalism
the study of the basic ideas about society, education, and right and wrong
philosophy