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Birth of Democracy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What made travel and communication difficult for ancient Greek City-States? | Mountainous Terrain |
| The Greek Empire began around which year? | Two Thousand BC |
| Ruled by a small group of noble, land owning families | Aristocracy |
| Government ruled by a few powerful people | Oligarchy |
| Who developed direct democracy and the three branches of government | Greek Empire |
| This Empire began in 753 B.C; created the first republic and the Twelve Tables. | Roman Empire |
| This was a written law code that established the practice that laws would be fairly administered | Twelve Tables |
| When citizens elect leaders who make governmental decisions | Republic |
| These were landowners who held most of the power in Rome | Patricians |
| These were Roman farmers, artisans and merchants. Were citizens, could vote, but could not hold most important government positions. | Plebians |
| The original religion of Rome in which many gods and goddesses were worshiped. | Polytheism |
| Originally the Roman Empire was hostile to the ideas of which two religions? | Christianity and Judaism |
| In 312 AD this Roman Emperor prayed for help before a battle and claims to have seen a Christian symbol in the sky. | Constantine |
| Which phrase did Constantine see in the sky when we prayed for help before a battle in 312 AD? | In This Sign Conquer |
| Which emperor made Christianity the official religion of Rome In 380 A.D? | Theodosius |
| A religious movement by the Protestants to reform the Catholic Church | The Reformation |
| Martin Luther disagreed with the practice of selling ____ for sins. | pardons |
| The Catholic church believed that only the Church could interpret the ____. | bible |
| The Catholic church believed that one could gain salvation only through the ____ | church |
| Protestants believed ____ had no special powers to grant salvation | Clergy |
| in 1066 A.D. who was the duke of Normandy that conquered England | William |
| Developed the trial by jury and established common law | Henry II |
| He fought a costly, unsuccessful war with France. Lost much of its land in France and tried to raise taxes. | King John |
| In 1215, what did angry nobles force King John to sign? | Magna Carta |
| This contract between the king and ____ of England. Limited the power of the monarch. | Nobles |
| This is law based on customs and principles established over time | Common Law |
| England’s national legislature | Parliament |
| This part of the Magna Carta said that the King had to ask for popular consent before he could tax. | Clause 12 |
| This part of the Magna Carta said that a person had a right to trial by jury and protection of the law | Clause 39 |
| Before the Glorious Revolution, Protestants were afraid that which religion would become the official religion of England? | Catholicism |
| The Glorious Revoltion's main event was when William and Mary agreed to which type of government? | Constitutional Monarchy |
| Enlightenment thinkers Wanted to use ____and testing of theories to human affairs. | observation |
| Who believed that people are selfish and ambitious. Need an absolute monarchy to control them | Thomas Hobbes |
| All people have three natural rights; life, liberty and property. People form governments to protect these rights, if they do not they have the right to rebel | John Locke |
| Who believed that only legitimate government came from consent of the governed | Rousseau |
| Who beleived that liberty could be best protected by a separation of powers | Montesquieu |
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