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Ancient Greece!
Ancient Greece and The Middle Ages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Ancient Greeks were Europe's first great what? | Philosophers, historians, poets, and writers |
| Who had the right to vote in Greece? | Only freeborn males whose fathers held Athenian citizenship were considered citizens and had the right to vote;this meant that all other people-women,slaves, freed slaves,non-Greeks, and people whose families came from other parts of Greece-could not vote |
| What was the most important city-state in the Greek Empire? | Athens |
| Describe the Golden Age of Athens | During this period, the arts, literature, and phiosophy flourished in Greece. The Greeks studied the nature of plants, animals, and the human body and as a result developed ways of thinking that still influence life today. |
| What was the most important idea that the Greeks left us with? | Democracy |
| What is an empire? | An empire is a collection of lands ruled by a single government |
| Fighting between who led to the downfall of the Greek Empire? | The Roman and the Carthaginians |
| By 146 BC, The Romans destroyed what city | Corinth |
| When the Romans destroyed Corinth it made Greece into a province of what? | The Roman Empire |
| The center of the Greek Empire was in what modern day European nation? | Greece |
| The Ancient Romans came up with a system of what? | Written laws |
| What was the main religion in the Roman Empire? | Christianity |
| How long did it take for christianity to take hold in the Roman Empire | 300 years |
| The center of the Roman Empire was in what modern day European nation? | Italy |
| What invaders from Central Europe broke through Roman lines of defense, terrozing and looting Rome? | German and Goth invaders |
| Invaders ultimately overthrew the Roman Emperor in what year? | 476 AD |
| The term Middle Ages refers to the time between what? | Ancient and Modern times |
| Describe life following the collapse of the Roman Empire? | After the collapse of the Roman Empire in Western Europe, the area was very chaotic because Roman law no longer applied since there was no emperor there to enforce it. |
| Why was the Roman Catholic Church so important to so many people during the Middle Ages? | People needed order and security and as a result a new sturucture of European society arose. In the absence of Roman law, people looked to the next most stable institution: the Roman Catholic Church |
| As centuries passed, Europe began to change in what way? | Trade increased.Business opportunities arose for people in townsTowns grew into cities |
| Democracy | A kind of government in which the citizens, noth the king or other ruler, govern themselves |
| Alexander the Great | He helped to spread the ideas of the Greeks throught the known world. He is considered one of the most succesfful military commanders in history, conquering most of the known world before his death. |
| Alexander the Great | Known to be the greates military strategists and tacticians who ever lived. At age 20, he became king of Macedonia (located in Northern Greece). In 334BC, Alexander set out to conquer the world. In 10 yrs he conquered an empire as lge as US |
| Macedonia | A city-state located in Northern Greece: Alexander the Great became king. |
| Feudalism | A political system in which land was owned by the king, but held by nobles in return for their loyalty |
| King (Lord) | The king held the high position; to maintain control of his county he needed knights and soldiers to build an army |
| Noble (Vassal) | Nobles provided the king with knights and soldiers for his army; in return for their help and unconditional loyalty, the king gave the noble a large piece of land as a reward. But the nobles needed people to tend and take care of the land. |
| Serf (Peasant) | Nobles gave peasants the right to work their land in exchange for the larger portion of the crops and any other income from the land. In return, the nobles would maintain order, enforce laws, and protect the peasants. |
| Serf (Peasant) | Serfs were not free people; they were bound to the land and ould not leave without their lord's permission. But serfs were not slaves because they could not be sold away from the land. |
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