| A | B |
|---|
| rights of Roman women | legal rights |
| Pax Romana | period of peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire |
| monarchy | state ruled by a king and rule is hereditary |
| Democracy | government controlled by citizens |
| Oligarchy | government controlled by a samll group and they controlled the military |
| Julius Ceasar | dictator for life of early Roman Empire |
| Greece | an ancient civilization associated with Olympic games |
| Fought in the Peloponnesian War | Athens and Sparta |
| Rome's legal code | Twelve Tables |
| Ancient Greece credited with... | establishing government with democratic elements |
| major impact of Ancient Greece and Rome on western culture | Greek sculpture and Roman architecture |
| one part of government in the early Roman republic | Senate |
| one part of government in the early Roman republic | magistrates |
| one part of government in the early Roman republic | assemblies |
| type of government for Sparta | oligarchy |
| immediate cause of the fall of the Western Roman empire? | invasion by Germanic tribes and by the Huns |
| major characteristic of democracy in ancient Athens | all male citizens could vote |
| What did Sparta place an emphasis on? | military |
| gladiators | slaves who fought wild animals or other slaves to the death for entertainment of the Romans |
| Why did ancient city-states of Athens and Sparta develop different political systems? | mountains caused the isolation of the city-states |
| place Romans gathered to watch gladiator fights | colosseum |
| immediate result of the fall of the Roman empire | period of disorder and weak central government |
| How did the Hellenistic culture spread? | Alexander the Great's conquests |
| direct democracy | government in which citizens rule directly |
| What did Athens and Sparta have in common? | both Greek city-states |
| Why was Rome's location an advantage? | trade |
| How are the Code of Hammurabi and the Twelve Tables similar? | legal systems to create order for a society |
| plebeians | poor majority |
| patricians | ran the Roman Republic |
