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The Peloponnesian War resulted from conflict between | Athrns and Sparta |
Roman art and literature blended Roman civilization with that of | Greece |
The geography of Greece helped create | many small city-states |
A form of government controlled by a small, powerful elite from the business class is called a(n) | oligarchy. |
The center of the Hellenistic world was | Alexandria. |
The first American civilization emerged along the | Mexican Gulf Coast. |
The first people who migrated to North America came by way of a land bridge across the present-day | Bering Strait |
Mayas developed an accurate solar calendar so they could | hold religious ceremonies at the correct moment. |
From childhood, Spartan boys were trained to be | soldiers. |
Athens enjoyed a golden age under the leadership of | Pericles. |
Ceremonial center of the Mississippian culture | Cahokia |
Largest Mayan city | Tikal |
Aztec capital | Tenochtitlán |
City that dominated the Valley of Mexico from A.D. 100 to A.D. 750 | Teotihuacán |
Capital of Incan empire | Cuzco |
Member of Roman landholding upper class | patrician |
Roman farmer, merchant, artisan, or trader | plebeian |
Foreign soldier who serves for pay | mercenary |
Anointed king sent by God | messiah |
Person who suffers or dies for his or her beliefs | martyr |
Government by the people | democracy |
Art of skillful speaking | rhetoric |
Rule by a landholding elite | aristocracy |
Government in which a king or queen exercises central power | monarchy |
Narrow water passage | strait |