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32 Cards in this Set
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Seven Wonders of the World
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all made by people
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Oligarchy
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a small group of wealthy, powerful men
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Peloponnesian War
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Sparta became the leading city-state
The Golden Age ended |
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Greece's landscape
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mountains and hills
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Sparta
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strong military
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Herodotus
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historian who wrote about Ancient Greece and its culture
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Pericles
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Athenian leader who worked for poor citizens to be part of the government
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Alexander the Great
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Macedonian king who conquered Greece and made it part of his empire
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Socrates
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Philosopher who questioned Athenian laws, customs, and religion
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Homer
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Greek blind poet whose works were shared by all of Greece
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Roman citizens
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patricians and plebians
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Cleopatra
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Egyptian queen who wanted to rule the world with Ceasar
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senate
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oldest and most powerful branch of Roman Republic
made up of Roman's noble families |
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romance languages
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Portuguese, Romanian, Italian, French, and Spanish
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Punic Wars
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Rome defeats Carthage
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Julius Ceasar
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murded on March 15, 44 B.C.
Ides of March |
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Romulus and Remus
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twins described in the founding of Rome
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Tiber River
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river which flows through the city of Rome
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Appennine Mountains
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from the backbone of Italy
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Pax Romana
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Roman peace- 200 years
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Legacies of Rome
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architecture, government, written laws, language, alphabet
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plebian
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commoner such as farmers, traders, or craftworkers
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Patrician
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member of the noble families who controlled the Roman Republic
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Legend(key)
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a list that explains the symbols on a map
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Physical map
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shows elevation, landforms, and waterways
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Bar scale/scale
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compares the distance on a map to the actual distance it represents e.g. 1 inch=100 miles
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Compass rose
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symbol that shows cardinal and sometimes intermediate directions on a map
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City/town symbol
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usually a dot, circle, or other symbol that represents a city or town
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Lines on a map
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may represent roads, rivers, boundaries
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Plateau
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high flat level land
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Plain
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an expanse of level nearly treeless land such as a prarie
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Mountain peak
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highest point of a mountian
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