World History Final: Greece and Rome
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 polis | What was the Greek work for city-state government |
| Mycenaeans | What Greek- speaking people dominated the Aegan world from about 1400 BCE to 1200 BCE, and probably started the Trojan War |
| acropolis | the location of temples dedicated to different god and goddesses |
| oligarchy | what was a form of government in the Greek city- state where power was in the hands of a small, wealthy elite |
| monarchy | what was an early form of government in the Greek city-states in which hereditary ruler exercised central power |
| Peloponnesian Wars | what was the name of the war between Sparta and Athens |
| pity fear | Greeks believed the purpose of tragic plays was to arouse and then relieve the emotions of ____ and ____ |
| Zeus | the most powerful Greek god was |
| balance harmony order | Greek architecture, as shown by the Parthenon, seeks to reflect perfect _______ and universal ______ and ______ |
| Alexander the Great | the person responsible for the conquest of the Persian Empire was |
| Aristotle | what Greek philosopher believed good conduct meant pursuing the "golden mean"? |
| India | Alexander the Great extended his empire as far east as |
| citizen | a free resident of a Greek city-state |
| ostracism | banishing a public figure |
| democracy | government by the people |
| Homer | author of the Iliad and Odyssey |
| Socrates | sought truth and self-knowledge by questioning people about their beliefs |
| Etruscans | the group that first ruled over the Italian peninsula were the |
| pay taxes | one reason why most conquered people remained loyal to Rome was that Rome did not require them to _____ |
| Carthaginians | in the Punic Wars, Rome gained control of lands around the Mediterranean Sea by defeating the |
| rivals | Julius Caesar was killed by his ____ |
| Pax Roma | the period of peace that lasted throughout Rome for 200 years is called |
| Jewish | Jesus' teaching were rooted in ____ tradition |
| baptized blessed | to join Christianity, a person had to be ____ or _____ with holy water |
| Paul | who made the greatest contribution toward setting Christianity on the road to becoming a world religion |
| taxed | the Roman emperor Augustus ordered a census of the Roman empire, so there would be records of all who should be _____ |
| Christians | Constantine made and important change in the Roman emperor by granting religious toleration to _____ |
| apostles | followers of Jesus who spread Christianity after his death |
| consul | elected by the senate to supervise the business of the government |
| aqueducts | stone bridge like structures that carried water into Roman cities |
| republic | a form of government in which the people choose some of the officials |
| plebian | farmers, merchants. and artisans who made up most of the roman society |
| imperialism | the policy of establishing control over foreign lands and peoples |
| patricians | in the early roman republic, members of the landholding upper class |
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