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23 Cards in this Set
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Direct rule of the people
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Democracy
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_______ reached its Golden Age in the 400s B.C.
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Greece
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empire that ruled land around the Mediterranean Sea
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Roman
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Greek city-state that was the home to the world's 1st constitution
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Athens
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Greek word for "love of wisdom"
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philosophy
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The 3 greatest teachers/philosophers of Greece were Socrates,_______, and Aristotle
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Plato
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In Ancient Greece, Athens greatest rival was the Greek city-state called _______.
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Sparta
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The historical time period for ancient Greece and Rome is called the____ Period.
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Classical
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The distribution of people, diseases, and ideas around the world is called the _____ _______
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Columbian Exchange
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What leader spread Greek culture throughout southwest Asia and Egypt?
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Alexander the Great
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A Germanic people that France was named after
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Franks
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The people that England was named after
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Angles
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period in history when there was a rebirth of knowledge
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Renaissance
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groups of protesters that wanted to reform the Catholic Church
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protestants
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a great center of learning was this city in northern Egypt. This city was created by Alexander the Great
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Alexandria
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Name the city that was the capital of Rome during its decline
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Constantinople
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Today Constantinople is called ________.
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Istanbul
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What Sea is Constantinople/ Istanbul located near?
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Black
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With the decline of Rome a new age called the _____ _____ began
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Middle Ages
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Beginning in the A.D. 1000s the church sponsered a series of holy wars called _______
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Crusades
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What were the Christians and the Muslims fighting over in the Crusades?
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Jerusalm
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What 1450 invention of Johannes Gutenburg made books more numerous and less expensive?
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printing press
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The period of peace and prosperity initiated by Ceasar Augusts was the _____ _______
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Pax Romana
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