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40 Cards in this Set
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What event left Rome w/o a leader?
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Julias Caesar's death
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What event happened in 31 BC?
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Antony and Octavian met in a sea war near Actium, Greece
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Who was Rome's 1st emperor?
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Augustus Caesar
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What is the Pax Romana?
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A Roman declaration of peace
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Give an example of a law passed by the Romans?
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A person is innocent until proven guilty
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What was the purpose of the Roman road system?
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It united the Roman people to the armies
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What is a basilica
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A marble gov't building
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What was the name of Rome's largest arena?
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The Colosseum
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What is an aqueduct?
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A system of bridges and canals that's used to carry water
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What language became common throughout the Roman Empire?
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latin
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Where was the birthplace of Democracy?
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Ancient Greece
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What is a democracy?
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A gov't that's led by the people (right to vote, etc)
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What do we mean by Republic?
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It's a form of democracy, but you elect representatives to speak for you
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Why was greece not a democracy in our sense of the word?
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because it's a country where only 30% get to vote (an oligarchy)
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A Natural Born Citizen -
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born in the US
born on US property -military bases, embassy, US ships 1 parent is American |
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Naturalized Citizen
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- can't become president;
- live here for a certain amt of time - know how to speak/write english - take an oath |
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what is the difference between a passport and a visa/
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passport - identifies you & your country
visa - allows you to go into another country |
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what is the most impt thing you should remember about Greece?
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birthplace of democracy
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who was Homer & what did he do?
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Homer was a a blind poet who wrote the poems "the Illiot and the Odysee"
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what is an epic poem?
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it's a impt historical event for a culture written in poetic form
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what is city state?
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a city that acts like a country (acts like a govt)
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what is Sparta and Athens known for
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Sparta - military
Athens - culture, democratic government |
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what are Doric, Ionic, Corinthian?
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Types of pillars
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what was the relationship between the Greek Gods and the Greek people?
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people were controlled by gods in good and bad ways but people always respected them
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who was Alexander the Great and what did he accomplish?
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he was the greatest military leader of Greece and conquered the "known world"
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what was a pharaoh?
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a pharaoh is an Egyptian king
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what wre hieroglypics
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hieroglypics are written records using symbols and drawings
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what was papyrus
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papyrus is a paperlike amterial the egyptians sometime wrote on
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what were the purpose of pyramids
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to preserve the dead bodies of pharoahs in a tomb (pharaohs and their family)
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what is a mummy & how did they fit into the egyptian religion?
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a mummy is a dead preserved body of a pharaoh kept in the pyramid in a tomb; their religion believed in reserving the body for afterlife
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social pyramid of Egypt
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- at top pharaohs-living god
- military, nobles, priest controll land & temples - craftworkers provide goods/services - farmers provide food & build monuments -slaves were prisoners of war |
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what was the rosetta stone
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stone filled w/ heiroglypics that had both old & new heiroglypics but they determined what it said in greek
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Greek culture
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1 story houses;basic;mud bricks;ramarkable building Parthelon;small # statues;for gods not display;"potter" makes pottery;art on walls as wallpaper; drama between 600-200 BC; waers mask & costumes; masks for greek theater
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Paraoh gets throne from: Pharaohs daughter, gets it, can't rule & has to marry.
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then the groom gets it, if he gets killed, another man can marry the oldest daughter.
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Iron Triangle
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locked into your position
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how to determine social classes and position
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money/wealth
position (career) (religion) vertical mobility - changing from a lower class-> higher one |
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a civil war between sity states
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Sparta & Athens
Athens won 3 out of 5 Sparta won 2 out of 5 |
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how many legionaries made up the Roman army
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134,000 legionaries
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what protective itmes did the legionaries wear
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woolen tunic, plumed iron helmet, gladius, iron trimmer shield, leather sandals, hobnailed soles & pilum
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what weapons did Roman soldier carry
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gladius, pilum
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