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Early Humans and Mesopotamia
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Middle Ages and Renaissance
100
The locations where the earliest civilizations probably developed
What are Egypt and Mesopotamia?
100
The most important resource for the Egyptian Empire
What is the Nile River?
100
The geographic factor that contributed to the formation of independent city-states in ancient Greece?
What are mountains?
100
The capital of the Byzantine empire bore the name of this emperor.
Who is Constantine?
100
The societal structure that developed best during the early Middle Ages out of economic necessity?
What is feudal system or manorialism
200
The river systems found in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
200
These men ruled Egypt absolutely and later were credited with being gods themselves.
Who are the pharaohs?
200
The Greek political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding plans and valleys was known as:
What is a polis?
200
One of the main reasons for the downfall of the Roman Republic.
What is the take-over of Julius Caesar and the constitution being unable/inadequate to stop it.
200
One of the reasons that the Renaissance began in the Italian city-states was that they
They were organized, had had gained wealth from trade with Constantinople
300
The present consensus among scholars is that the oldest fossil remains of man are found here.
What is Africa?
300
Egyptian religious beliefs can be classified using this word.
What is polytheistic?
300
Man associated with the beginning of Western philosophy who was sentenced to death for "corrupting the youth"
Who is Socrates?
300
The Romans were ___(more/less)_____ group-oriented and were ___(more/less)____ intellectually creative than the Greeks.
What is MORE and LESS
300
The GREATEST patrons of the arts during the Renaissance.
Who were the MERCHANTS?
400
What the word "Mesopotamia" means.
What is "Land between two rivers"?
400
Of the 5 major world religions, this religion (the oldest), has it's history intertwined with the Egyptian empire.
What is Judaism?
400
One of the outstanding contributions of the Ancient Greeks to Western Civilization.
What is their emphasis on training the body, mind, and spirit.
400
The Second Punic War finally ended when _____________ defeated Hannibal at ____________ in 202 BC.
What is SCIPIO AFRICANUS and ZAMA
400
Luther's 95 theses of 1517, attacked this abuse in particular.
What are the granting of indulgences.
500
The Ancient Persians divided their empire into these.
What are satrapies (20)?
500
The most unique characteristic about the Nile that sets it apart from many of the other major river systems in the world. (think directions)
What is the northward flow of the Nile.
500
Which were enemies in the Peloponnesian War?
Who are Athens and Sparta?
500
Within the Roman Empire, Christianity first took hold where:
What is in the cities.
500
The term Renaissance best applies to this change.
What is the rebirth of knowledge at the end of the Middle Ages.