Vocabulary
What is a city-state?
an independent community
What is government?
Governing a city or state
What is religion?
a belief and worship a higher unknown power
What is ancient Greece?
The country were democracy began
What are the two main classes of roman Citizens?
Plebeians and Patricians
What is an indulgence?
A payment to the priests or the church for your sins
Who laid the ground work for democratic?
Athens
What two types were the roman Catholic church divided into?
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox.
Greece lies on what two peninsulas?
Balkan and Peloponnesus
Who was Julius Caesar?
He rose to power became the soul ruler of Rome in 46 bc
What does veto mean?
to reject
What type of government did Sparta have?
Oligarchy
What is a crusade?
Military expeditions undertaken by the church
What were the two largest city-States in ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
What is the roman way?
The values of the Romans that include self-control, working hard, dongs ones duty, and pledging loyalty.
What is a philosopher?
a person who examines questions about the universe
Who are the aristocrats?
A group of upper class noble men that set up a ruling counsel
What leading role does religion play in?
Government
What was the earliest form of government in the city-states?
Monarchy
What is the Tiber River
this river flows through Rome and provided water for farms and way for trade.
what is an aristocrat?
a group of upper-class noblemen
What form of government was the aristocratic council?
oligarchy
Who maid Christianity legal?
Emperor Constantine
The routs of what form of government was developed by the Athenians?
Democracy
What were the twelve tables
Bronze tablets that set down the rights and responsibilities of Roman Citizens