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| What is the order of historical events? | Ancient Greece, Roman Empire, Middle Ages, Renaissance |
| What type of government did Greece have? | Democratic |
| What form of government did the Romans have? | Republic |
| The Greek Peninsula is mountainous, which made travel difficult. How did this affect the development of Greece? | Small city-states were formed in Greece. |
| What are the three forms of government in the Greek city-states? | Oligarchy, Monarchy and Republic |
| Sparta was the only city-state with a permanent army. Who did they train? | Spartan boys at age seven were sent for military training. |
| Until what age did the Spartams remain in the army? | Age 30. |
| What did Sparta do to guard against attacks and invaders? | They built a strong army. |
| What type of government did Athens develope? | A democratic form of government. |
| What does a philospher do? | Studies and thinks about why the world is the way it is. |
| Name three acient Greek philosphers? | Socrates, Plato, and Heraclitus. |
| How did Greek culture spread throughout the city-states? | King Phillip II died and his son Alexander the Great conquered vast new territories. |
| When did Rome become a republic? | In 509 B.C. |
| What was a member of a wealthy landowning family called? | A Patrician. |
| What area did the romans rule most of? | The land surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. |
| What did the Roman Senate do after Juluis Ceasar became dictator of the Roman world? | Senators stabbed him to death on the floor of the Roman Senate. |
| What was the official religion of Rome under Constantine? | Christianty |
| What happen during the Medieval era? | Many of the advances and inventions of he ancient world were lost. People turned to the Catholic Church for leadership and support. |
| Why was the Church so important during the Medieval times? | The church provided support for the sick, poor elderly, and hosted feast and festivals. |
| What is feudalism? | A system in which lords gave land to less powerful nolbes,clled vassels,in return for which the vassels agreed to provide various services to the lords. |
| What was the importance of a guild? | It protected workers'rights, set wages and prices, and settled disputes. It was similar to a modern trade union. |
| What is the Magna Carta? | This document limited the king's power and gave nobles more power. King John was forced to sign this. |
| What were the Crusades? | A series of expeditons that opened up trade routes and introducing new opportunites to Europe. |
| What was considered the rebirth of Europe? | The Renaissance period. Many artist, architects, writers and scholars created works of great importance. |
| Who was one of the most famous artist snd scientists during the Renaissance? | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Who was a famous writer during the Reniassance? | William Shakespeare |
| What was the importance of Gutenbergs printing press? | It had movable type, which meant multiple copies of books could be printed quicker and cheaper. |
| Who was Martin Luther? | The most important critic of the church and his followers were called Protestant because they protested the church. |
| Why were Europeans searching for a new route to Asia? | Transporting goods were costly and they would be able to make an enormous profit |
| What European explorer rounded the southern tip of Africa, naming the tip the Cape of Good Hope? | Bartolomeu Dias |
| Who were the first Europeans to discover a sea route to Africa? | Vasco da Gama and his crew. |
| What was an an unexpected result from the European expeditions? | European explorers and colonists carried diseases with them and killed tens of thousands of people. |
| Scientific discoveries changed the way Europeans looked at the world. This led to the Scientific Revolution with the help of what Scientists? | Leeuwennoek,linnaus,and Galileo. |
| Many inventions of the Scientific Revolution led to great changes. More work was done by machines which led to what? | The Industrial Revolution. |
| The Industrial Revolution created a need for workers to run all the machines. What did they create? | A labor force made up of mostly woman and children who worked long hours. |
| Since more people were needed to run the factories, where did the people come from? | More people were leaving the country to relocate in the cities. |
| What is capitalism? | When factories and businesses make and sell goods that are privately owned. |
| Why was the prison of Bastille attacked? | The citizens of France demanded changes in the government. This became sybolic to the French Revolution. |
| Who led France to victory in what became known as the Napoleonic Wars? | Napoleon Bonaparte |
