Question | Answer |
What is the only major continent without a desert? | Europe |
_______ reached its Golden Age in the 400s B.C. | Greece |
Each Greek _________ or city-state was ruled differently | polis |
Why is Classical Greece called the “Cradle of Democracy”? | Our founding fathers liked the Athenian democracy and took some of the ideas of ancient Greece. |
What city-state was the home of the world’s 1st democratic constitution? | Athens |
Who had the right to speak freely and vote in Athens? | Free men who were citizens, at least 20 years old, and who were land owners. |
The word ________ is Greek for “love of wisdom”. | philosophy |
List 3 of the greatest Greek teachers or philosophers. | Socrates (taught Plato), Plato (writer), Aristotle (observer) |
What is democracy? | When the people govern by choosing leaders and law. |
Why did Sparta and Athens briefly unite? | to defeat Persia |
Between 431 and 404 B.C. Sparta and Athens fought each other in the _________ War and weakened Greece. | Peloponnesian |
In the 300’s B.C., Philip II of Macedonia and his son _________ the ________ conquered Greece. | Alexander the Great |
How did Alexander spread Greek culture? | He combined Persian and Egyptian culture |
Alexander founded a museum/library in this city in northern Egypt. Name the city. | Alexandria |
By 130 B.C. the _________ had control of Alexander’s Empire. | Romans |
According to legend the city of Rome was built by twin brothers ________ and _______. | Romulus and Remus |
Rome is built on ______ hills in central Italy. It is near the ______ River. | seven
Tiber |
Founded around ____ B.C. the city of Rome dominated the Italian/Apennine Peninsula by 700 B.C. | 1000 |
Define republic. | People choose their leaders |
What were the 12 Tables? | Law; bronze tablets on which laws were recorded |
The Roman ______ was made up of wealthy landowners who served for life. | Senate |
The Roman Empire surrounded the “Roman Lake”. What was its real name? | Mediterranean Sea |
Name the wars with Carthage that led Rome to become an Empire. | Punic Wars |
What is an Emperor? | an absolute ruler |
Roman Senators killed Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. Why? | He attempted to become the first emperor |
What was the result of Caesar’s death? | This led to a civil war between Caesar’s supporters and those of the Senate. |
In 31 B.C. this man became Rome’s first Emperor. He was Caesar’s nephew. Name him. | Octavius/Augustus |
What did the Romans use the Coliseum for? | fighting, gladiator games |
Where did they get the money to pay for it? | In 70 AD, the Roman army attacked Jerusalem and sold the Israelites into slavery. |
The _________ is a domed temple that the Romans built. | Pantheon |
What major religious group was persecuted by the Romans until the religion was legalized in the 300s A.D.? | Christianity |
______ of Nazareth was born in Israel/Palestine during the reign of Caesar Augustus. | Jesus |
What is an aqueduct? | Overhead channels that carried water for long distances |
There is an old saying: “All roads lead to ____.” | Rome |
In 330 A.D. Constantine I moved the capital of the empire from Rome to ______________. | Constantinople |
When the city of Rome fell in 476 A.D. the eastern half of the Empire began to be called the __________ ___________. | Byzantine Empire |
What group conquered the Byzantine Empire in 1453? | The Ottoman Turks |
Today Constantinople is called ____________. | |
Istanbul is located in what modern country? | Turkey |
What sea is Istanbul next to? | Black Sea |
Which Turkish city is located on the continents of Asia and Europe? | |