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W.H Final Exam Stack
Memorize to pass finals exam in World History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What type of government did Rome have at the beginning of their empire? | Republic |
| Which Roman leader ended the republic and turned it into a dictatorship? | Julius Caesar |
| Who was Rome's main rival? | Carthage |
| where was Carthage located. | North Africa |
| Who was the leader of Carthage that wanted to destroy Rome? | Hannibal |
| A group of 5,000 Roman soldiers? | Legion |
| wealthy class of Roman people. | Patricians |
| Average and lowest class Romans. | Plebeians |
| Two leaders appointed to rule in the Roman Republic. | Consuls |
| Our president can do what to block a law he doesn't like. | Veto |
| Veto means what? | "I forbid" |
| Rome is located in what current country? | Italy |
| What region is Italy in? | Mediterranean Region |
| A name for lawmaking group both in Rome and in the U.S. | Senate |
| Crazy Roman emperor who named his horse as a consul. | Caligula |
| A decline in the value of money causing increased prices. | Inflation |
| What is a mercenary. | A paid foreign soldier |
| What was the free entertainment the Romans provided their poor people called? | "Circuses" |
| What are values? | Things that are important to someone |
| Making sure no branch of government gets too powerful is called? | Checks and balances |
| All roads lead to......... | Rome |
| Religion that was hated but later accepted by the Romans. | Christianity |
| A system that allows voting. | Democracy |
| A POW is a....... | Prisoner of war |
| B.C.E means. | Before Common Era |
| Anno Domini means. | In year of the lord |
| One of the 5 themes of geographic location is where something is. | Location |
| One of the 5 themes. Place describes physical or human characteristics. What makes it different. | Place |
| One of the 5 themes. The way people interact and change their surroundings. | Human-environment interaction |
| One of the 5 themes. Mobility of goods/people/ideas. | Movement |
| One of the 5 themes. Areas defined by certain unifying characteristics. (Great Lakes or Mediterranean region) | Regions |
| Focusing on a particular job. | Job specialization |
| Natural features of land surface. | Land Forms |
| Land that exists outside a country's geographic boundaries. | Empire |
| A leader with absolute control of a country. | Dictator |
| Means "I forbid"-To block a bill or action. | Veto |
| A type of government where citizens vote to select their leaders. | Republic |
| To cut off an area. | Blockade |
| Deadly disease that wiped out 1/4 of European population. | Plague |
| A person who has no single, settled home. Moves from place to place. | Nomad |
| More of a thing or product than is needed. | Surplus |
| A society with cities, a central government, and workers who specialize in certain jobs. | Civilization |
| A group of people with similar backgrounds, wealth, and way of living. Ranking of people within a society. | Social Classes |
| A professional writer. | Scribe |
| Ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in SW Asia. | Mesopotamia |
| The belief in many gods. | Polytheism |
| A time when there is so little food that many people starve. | Famine |
| The belief of one god. | Monotheism |
| A family of rulers. | Dynasty |
| Rebirth of a soul in the body of another living thing. | Reincarnation |
| Lowest class of most societies-typically involved in farming. | Peasants |
| How crowded an area is; the number of people per square mile. | Population Dencity |
| To move from one place to settle (live) in another. | Migration |
| Any of the main large land areas of the earth. (7) | Continent |
| The whole land, or the people, of a region. | Country |
| All those employed in government administration or have government job. | Civil Service |
| The kind of money used by a group or nation. | Currency |
| An area of land nearly surrounded by water. | Peninsula |
| A member of a rich and powerful family. | Aristocrats |
| A form of government in which citizens govern themselves or representatives elected by the people. | Democracy |
| A rise in prices. | Inflation |
| Government of the former Soviet Union. Idea is that the government should own and divide up all wealth. | Communism |
| When a divided country becomes one nation again. Happened to Germany. | Refunification |
| Someone elected or appointed to share the ideas of others. | Representatives |
| Someone who moves into a country. | Immigrants |
| Fighting among people of the same country or ethnic group. | Civil War |
| A cooling of relations between the United States and Soviet Union. 1950-1990. | Cold War |
| Name given to Russia emperor. Similar to a king. | Czar |
| Taking on the cultures and ways of life of Europeans and Americans. | Westernization |
| Countries with similar beliefs that support each other. | Alliances |
| To have extreme pride in a country or ethnic group. Sometimes taken to an extreme. | Nationalism |
| Control of a nation by another in areas of government, economics and culture. | Imperialism |
| Changing from the use of hand tools to machinery. | Industrial Revoluition |
| Country where the industrial revolution started. | Great Britain |
| A piece of land controlled by a foreign country. | Colony |
| A dramatic change. | Revolution |
| Group that is between the rich and poor groups in society. | Middle Class |
| A government with a king or queen is called a..... | Monarchy |
| A time period of great change in knowledge and culture in Europe. | Renaissance |
| What does Renaissance mean? | "Rebirth" |
| A form of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty. | Feudalism |
| Elected officials in Great Britain who help to govern. Similar to American Congress. | Parliament |
| What people do for fun. What is done when not working. | Recreation |
| An area of grassland. | Paririe |
| A treeless plain with ground that is always frozen. | Tundra |
| A city that also may exist as a separate country. Has it's own characteristics. | City-state |
| A plan government have. How they handle situations. | Policy |
| Constantly frozen ground. | Permafrost |
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