Ancient Romans
A structure with many bridges that is used to carry water from its source to distant towns
What is an aqueduct?
A simple system that used letters to represent sounds. This also made it easier for people to write and not to memorize pictures or symbols, such as hieroglyphics.
What is the Phoenician Alphabet?
The name of the athletic competitions or games that were held in honour of Zeus.
What is the Olympic Games?
What is a colony?
A term used for a system of money in a certain country
What is currency?
A place in ancient Rome for people to bathe and relax.
What is Roman Baths?
Cities like Sidon, Tyre, Byblos (now known as Lebanon) and Carthage (now known as Tunisia) can be referred to as this term, which means ruled by a king or having its own government and army.
What is a city-state?
Socrates and Plato are known as this.
What is a philosopher?
From the Greek words meaning 'the people rule', this allows people to vote for their leaders.
What is democratic or democracy?
A term that means joining together into one country
What is unite/uniting/unified/unify?
A man trained to fight against other men or animals in a public show in the Colosseum.
What is a gladiator?
The area where the Phoenicians did most of their trading of goods.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Name at least 2 of the Greek gods (4 in total that we learned about).
What are Zeus, Hera, Athena, and Poseidon?
Someone or something that will never die.
What is immortal?
Name at least 3 things that the Emperor of China was known for.
What are laws/government/trade/roads & canals/currency or money/writing system/units of measurement/Great Wall of China/?
Name at least 2 of the Roman gods (there are 4 in total that we talked about in class).
What are Neptune, Minerva, Juno, and Jupiter?
Name at least 3 things the Phoenicians were well known for.
What are glassware, olive oil, cedar wood, and purple dye?
This King conquered much of the known world, from the Mediterranean all the way to the border of India, spreading Greek culture and knowledge among he people.
What is Alexander the Great?
A large group of people with the same culture, language, and history who are united in a state.
What is a nation?
What is the Emperor's grave/Terracotta statues or warriors.
A long period of peace in the Roman empire.
What is Pax Romana?
The skill of determining a ship's position, course, and the distance it travels.
What is navigation?
Name at least 2 of the 3 'Ages' that we talked about in class.
What are Bronze Age, Greek Dark Ages, and the Golden Age?
The beliefs, customs, political systems, and knowledge of Europe and related countries.
What is Western Civilization?
The burial place of Emperor Ch'in lies under a very large hill and has not been excavated due to this/these reasons.
What is mercury below the ceiling of jewels/Chinese government won't allow excavation.