Ancient Greece 2
Persia conquered Ionia. Ionia rebelled. Athens came to help. Persia was resentful.
Plebeians were working class
Patricians were land owning upper class (made up the senate)
True or False: Many Jewish priests felt threatened when Jesus of Nazareth challenged their authority.
True
How did Italy's location help make it a starting point of the Renaissance?
Who did Mary Tutor Persecute?
a) Catholics
b) Protestants
c) Jews
a) Protestants
Who won the Persian War? How?
Greece (Athens). The Athenian navy led the Persian fleets into the strait of Salamis. Using underwater battering rams, the Athenians took out the Persian ships.
Who did Rome crush in order to gain land in the Punic Wars?
Those darn Carthaginians
Who stabbed Julius Caesar soooo many times? Why?
Brutus stabbed him. His enemies were afraid he would crown himself king of Rome.
What were some of the greatest works of Michelangelo?
David
Sistine Chapel
Dome at St. Peter's Cathedral
Pieta
Start naming people who revolutionized scientific thought during the Renaissance. (not the medicine guys)
Copernicus - heliocentric
Galileo
Boyle
Newton (and don't forget Leibniz, though he's not on the test)
Athens was being a jerk. They hogged all the money. Sparta became angry and took sides with Persia.
Why do you think conquered people usually stayed loyal to Rome? (Other than the fact that they might have been scared).
To be able to accurately tax the Roman people
Describe Machiavelli's The Prince.
A philosophical document written for leaders. It encouraged them to be ruthless in achieving their goals (the end justifies the means)
What was the famous work of Thomas More?
Utopia
What were the consequences of the Peloponnesian War?
Athenian dominance of the Greek world ended.
Eventually Rome would rise.
How did the Roman Empire keep its people in line?
Name a political problem that contributed to the fall of Rome.
Corrupt officials undermining loyalty to the government
Define humanism
A movement that encouraged the study of classical cultures. Concerned with human achievement.
What were some of the greatest works of Leonardo da Vinci?
Mona Lisa
The Last Supper
Sketches of Flying Machines
Who was Pericles?
Leader of the Athenians (a statesman) during the Golden Age of Athens
Ushered in a direct democracy
Italy was easier to unify than Greece. Why?
It's all about the geography- location, location, location (also not so many mountains)
What happened to the Jewish Rebellion against Rome?
Who started the Reformation because he was outraged about the Church selling indulgences?
Martin Luther
Why did King Henry the VIII take over the Church of England and make it Anglican (protestant)?
He couldn't get an annulment from the pope