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The northwest border of India is: |
Kither Range and the Sulaiman Range |
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The northeast border of India is: |
the Himalayas |
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The west border of India is: |
the Arabian Sea |
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The east border of India is: |
the Bay of Bongal |
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The south border of India is: |
the Indian Ocean |
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3 rivers of India are: |
Ganges, Krishna River, and the Narbada River |
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The civilization that probably lasted from 2200 to 1300 B.C. was the |
Indus |
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The chief cities of the Indus civilization were |
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa |
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The Indus civilization carried on trade between the Indus valley and |
Sumer |
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The Indus people had all of the trappings of civilization except |
the printing press |
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From about 1500 to 900 B.C., India was invaded by __________ peoples from the Caucasus area. |
Aryan |
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The language of ancient India is called |
sanskrit |
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The Indo-Aryans developed a system that still exists today, called the ________ system. |
caste |
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What was an "untouchable"? |
People outside the caste system |
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Who crossed into India in 326 B.C.? |
Alexander the Great |
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From 321 B.C. to 185 B.C., which dynasty ruled India? |
The Mauryan Dynasty |
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How did the Bactrians lose power? |
Nomadic tribes had begun to invade India from central Asia |
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The oldest Sanskrit literature were the |
Vedas |
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The Vedas were a kind of ______ literature |
wisdom |
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Commentaries upon the Vedas were the |
Upanishads |
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The Upanishads have been compared to the Greek epics of |
Homer |
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Is Hinduism a development of the thought of the Vedas and Upanishads? |
yes |
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what is pantheism |
the belief that everything is God |
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Where does the Hindu belief in reincarnation come from? |
Upanishads |
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Is Buddhism athiestic? |
yes |
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What're the 4 Noble Truths of Buddha |
The truth of pain, the truth of the cause of pain, the truth of cessation of pain, and the truth of the way that leads to the cessation of pain |
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What're 2 major rivers of ancient China? |
Yangtze, and Hwang Ho |
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Approximately when does China's recorded history begin? |
1500 B.C. |
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What dynasty overthrew the Shang? |
the Chou Dynasty |
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Who was the most significant Han emperor? |
Wu Ti |
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What was Pax Sinica? |
200 year period of peace |
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How did emperor Shih Huang Ti attempt to protect his empire against Asian invaders? |
the Great Wall of China |
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What metal was used primarily in Chinese art? |
bronze |
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Which dynasty ruled during the "Era of Contending States"? |
the Chou Dynasty |
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The most influential Chinese philosopher was |
Confucius |
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Confucius believed in a polite manner observed among members of the aristocracy called |
li |
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Mencius, a follower of Confucius, believed the way to treat a bad ruler was to |
rebel |
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Chinese thinkers were not metaphysicians like their Greek and Indian counterparts; they were _________ philosophers |
social |
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Confucius believed that government should be like a ___ to his family |
father |
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Taoists believed men should be in harmony with the laws of |
nature |
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The first dictionary and a solar calender were accomplishments of the _____ dyansty |
Han |
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The young aristocrat who was stuck by the misery of the poor and founded a new religion in India was |
Gautama Buddha |
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subcontinent |
India |
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Mohenjo-Daro |
ancient Indus city |
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Sanskrit |
early language of India |
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Vedas |
oldest Sanskrit literature |
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Buddha |
aristocrat who pitied the poor |
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reincarnation |
successive lives |
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pantheism |
everything is god |
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Upanishads |
resembled Greek epics |
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Great Wall |
protected China against invaders |
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Taoism |
harmony with nature |
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The Ganges and the Indus are 2 main rivers of |
India |
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Brahams, Vaisyas, and Sudras are 3 main parts of the _________ system |
Cante |
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The first Chinese dynasty was the _______ dynasty |
Shang |
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The language of ancient India was |
Sanskrit |
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Indian pantheism claimed that everything was ______ |
God |
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Reincarnation was part of the ______ religion |
Hindu |
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The calender, as we know it today, was first developed by the |
Chinese |
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The Himilayas are ____________ that isolate India from its neighbors |
mountains |
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Mencius was a follower of _____- |
Confucius |
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Modern theosophy is derived from _______ thought |
Hindu |
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Is Burma 1 of the countries that borders India? |
yes |
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The Caste system was one of 3 "____________" of India society |
pillars |
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Why is Buddhism essentially an atheistic religion? |
Because it doesn't require the belief of a god |
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What are 2 examples of Buddha's "Truth of pain"? |
death and birth |
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What is Chinese history divided into? |
dynasties |
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What was the Pax Sinica in China? |
200 year period of peace |
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How are the Chinese best remembered for their use of bronze? |
their art |
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The early history of the Greek people took place on the shores of the ________ sea |
Aegean |
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Greeks turned early to fishing and commerce because the Greek soil was too ______ to farm |
rocky |
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Greek civilization probably began on the island of |
Crete |
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The first Greek capital was located at |
Knossos |
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Knossos was excavated in the twentieth century by the English archaeologist _________ |
Sir Arthur Evans |
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The massive ruins on Knossos were the remains of the palace of |
King Minos |
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Clay tablets found on Crete indicate a conquest of the island around 1500 B.C. by invaders from |
Mycenae |
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The Trojan War was best described by the Greek poet |
Homer |
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Heinrich Schliemann, the archaeologist, excavated ancient |
Troy |
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Troy was located at the straits known as the |
Hellespont |
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According to Homer, Troy was conquered through a trick involving a |
wooden horse |
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The period in Greece from around 1100 to 750 B.C. was one of |
invasions or migrations |
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The 2 most important Greek city-states between 700 and 500 B.C. were _________ and _________ |
Athens and Sparta |
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2 causes for Greek colonization and expansion throughout the Mediterranean were _________ and ________ |
overpopulation and the fact that Greece was rocky |
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Southern Italy and the island of Sicily once contained so many Greeks they were called |
Great Greece |
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Spartans had native serfs which they called |
helots |
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In Sparta, all authority came not from God, but from the |
state |
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The 3 primary virtues of Spartan youth were |
self-control, modesty, and strict obedience |
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2 modern states characterized by Spartan suppression of the individual have been |
Nazi Germany and Russia |
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At 1 time, Greece had colonies in |
Spain, Southern Italy, and Sicily |
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In Greek times, the modern city of Istanbul was called |
Byzantium |
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The greatest purely mental exercise of Spartan youths was |
memorization |
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Unlike Spartans, the Christian's authority comes from |
God |
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Which Green city-state was Sparta's greatest rival |
Athens |
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Who was Homer? |
a Greek poet |
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What was an administrator called who was appointed by the Athens Council? |
archon |
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What kind of powers was Solon given to control the arguing factors of Athens? |
dictatorial |
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From whom did the Ionians learn to mint coins? |
Lydia |
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Why was Athens a limited democracy? |
Not a lot of people were eligible to vote; not everyone were citizens |
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What was the purpose of an ostracon? |
To have the people vote on someone they wanted banished and if more than 6,000 citizens voted, the person was banished for 10 years |
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What was a despot? |
A person with absolute power who came to power outside the constitutional means |
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What was the most important contribution of Cleisthenes? |
His change and advancement of democracy |
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What was the contribution of Anaximander? |
Made the first world map |
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Marathon |
humiliating Persian defeat |
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Bosporous |
narrow slit of water between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea |
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Xerxes |
Persian leader |
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Cyrus |
ruled the Medo-Persian empire |
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Persians burned |
Athens |
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Ephialtes |
Greek traitor |
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Salamis |
Athenian naval victory |
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The ruler over the "Golden Age" of Athens was |
Pericles |
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Pericles was descended from the family of |
Cleisthenes |
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One feature of the Golden Age was energetic |
commerce |
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Built on the Acropolis in Athens, the famed Parthenon was used as a |
temple to the goddess Athena |
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2 famous Athenian playwrights were |
Aeschylus and Aristophanes |
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Herodotus and Thucydides wrote ___________ that are still read today |
histories |
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The attitude of Athenians toward themselves and their empire can be described as one of |
arrogance |
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Athens' chief commercial and cultural rival was |
Corinth |
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The Peloponnesian War began as a commercial rivalry between Athens and |
Corinth |
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In an attempt to strengthen its western trade routes, Corinth attacked |
Corcyra |
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While under siege, Athens was further seriously weakened by |
plague |
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Pericles died of |
disease |
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Demosthenes was a |
military leader |
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The philosopher Socrates fate was to be executed for |
his beliefs |
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Socrates died by |
drinking poison |
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At Syracuse, the Athenian navy was |
destroyed |
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The result of Pericles' death was |
a political vacuum |
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During the Peloponnesian War, the Athenians massacred the men of |
Melos |
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Years of fighting in the Peloponnesian War weakened the ____ states |
Greek |
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_______ was a strong state located north of Greece |
Macedonia |
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Philip of Macedonia was an admirer of ______ culture |
Greek |
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Was Philip's Greek strategy to march immediately into Greece and proclaim himself its dictator? |
no |
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__________ was a great Greek orator |
Demosthenes |
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Philip of Macedonia was finally able to defeat the ____ states and bring them under his control |
Greek |
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At the time of his assassination, Philip of Macedonia was planning to invade _____ |
Persia |
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List some of the qualities and accomplishments of Alexander the great |
gifted thinker, gifted soldier, gifted athlete, outstanding conqueror |
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Name the country where Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria and state why the city was destined to be outstanding |
In Egypt he established Alexandria. It was destined to be outstanding because of its intellectual qualities. |
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Describe the goal of Alexander the Great |
He wanted to fuse East and West into an empire |
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What led to Alexander the great's early death? |
heavy eating and drinking |
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Briefly describe the fate of Alexander the Great's empire |
it was divided into 3 parts |
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Give the dates of the Hellenistic period |
323 B.C. until 31 B.C. |
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Name the culture that Alexander the Great adopted and that most influenced him |
Greek |
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Name the culture that rose from the ruins of ancient Greece |
Rome |
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Every 4 years Greek athletes met near the west coast of Peloponnesus for the |
Olympic Games |
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The apostle Paul used some of the terminology of Greek games in his |
Epistles |
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From Homer to about 330 B.C. is known as the ___________ period in Greece |
Classical |
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Generations down to our own time have been influenced by Greek philosophers and the ________ heritage |
Judeo-Christian |
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Thales, the Greek astronomer, concluded that everything that exists comes ultimately from |
water |
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The Greek mathematician whose name is still used for a geometric theorem was |
Pythagoras |
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The most distinguished pupil of Socrates was |
Plato |
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The Socratic method was a form of teaching based on |
asking questions |
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Plato wrote a utopian treatise called the |
Republic |
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The term utopian refers to |
an ideal society |
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Plato believed an ideal society would be governed by |
a philosopher-king |
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Plato's finest student was the philosopher |
Aristotle |
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The "dark ages" of Greece were marked by repeated |
migrations or invasions |
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Athens and Sparta can best be described as |
city-states |
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At one time Greece did not have a colony in |
France |
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Representative democracy as we know it in many countries today had its origins in |
Athens |
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A battle considered decisive in the history of Europe, in which the Persians were defeated by an Athenian force only half their number, was fought at |
The Bay of Marathon |
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During the "Golden Age" of Athens it was ruled over by a leader named |
Pericles |
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The result of the Peloponnesian War was that Athens came under the control of |
Sparta |
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During the Peloponnesian War the Athenian navy was destroyed at the battle of |
Syracuse |
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Who was the great Greek orator |
Demosthenes |
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Thales, the astronomer, concluded that everything existed frm water. We know he was wrong but why is it important anyway |
Because of his way of reasoning |
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What was the concept developed by Democritis |
the atom |
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The 3 historical divisions of the Roman empire are |
Pre-Republic, Republic, and Empire |
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2 brothers who, according to legend, are responsible for the founding of Rome were |
Romulus and Remus |
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500 years before Christ, Rome was controlled by neighboring |
Etruscans |
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The life style of ancient Romans centered around the |
family |
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Romans were monogamous, meaning that a man married only |
one woman |
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Republican Rome began with a revolt against the |
Etruscans |
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Patricians in Rome were members of the ___ class |
upper |
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The 12 tables were a written set of |
laws |
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Those who struggled longest and hardest before winning political equality in Rome were the |
plebeians |
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a pyrrhic victory is one that |
costs the winner too much |
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the number of Punic Wars was |
3 |
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Rome's adversary in the Punic Wars was |
carthage |
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the general who was famous for his march into Italy with an army and a company of elephants was |
Hannibal |
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Latifundia were |
large estates |
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Tiberius Gracchus was |
a reformer |
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"bread and circuses" is a term still used to refer to a system of public |
handouts |
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Before he became dictator of rome, Julius Caesar was a famous |
soldier |
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Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, which was |
March 15 |
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Caesar was killed because of his belief in |
perpetual dictatorship |
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Rome was the greatest empire since, and rose from the ashes of, |
Greece |
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Rome borrowed much of its architecture from |
Greece |
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Circuses and bloody games were held in the Roman |
colosseum |
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the work of the Senate was held in the ________ in Rome |
Forum |
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Romans learned to carry huge amounts of water by building |
aqueducts |
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the famous poem, the Aenead was written by |
Virgil |
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the city of Alexandria was famous for being the cultural and _____________ center during the Roman era |
intellectual |
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__________ moved the Roman capital to Byzantium calling it _____________ |
Constantine and Constantinople |
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built a wall in northern England |
Hadrian |
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wrote Meditations |
Marcus Aurelius |
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193 to 285 |
time of anarchy |
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last man to rule a Roman empire |
Theodosius I |
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After Caesar's death, Rome was ruled by Octavian and |
Mark Antony |
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Augustus died in the year A.D. |
14 |
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The emperor who was accused of setting Rome on fire was |
Nero |
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At the height of trade in the empire, materials were bought from __________ and _________ |
China and India |
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Diocletian tried to restore order to the empire during his reign from 284-_______ |
305 |
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Pax Romana refers to an extraordinary 200 yeras of |
peace |
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Literature declined after the death of |
Augustus |
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the original basis of the legal systems today is |
Roman law |
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French, Italian, and Spanish languages and many English words are based upon the ___________ language |
Latin |
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3 conditions that led to a decline in the Roman empire after A.D. 180 were |
leadership dispute, decline in trade hurt the economy, mercenaries hired |
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What was the most significant event of the Roman period |
the birth, life and death of Jesus Christ |
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Jesus was born during the reign of |
Augustus Caeser |
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how much was written about the boyhood of Jesus? |
not much |
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The ministry of Jesus lasted only _ years |
3 |
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______ was the name of the place where Jesus was crucified |
Golgotha |
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Paul took the Gospel to as far as ____ and _____ |
Greece and Rome |
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Paul was executed by emperor |
Nero |
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The last of the apostles to die was |
John |
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2 conditions in the empire that helped early Christians to spread the Gospel were |
Trade routes and highway systems |
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Rome's attitude toward Christians up to the time of Nero was |
Tolerant |
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He first major persecution was ordered by |
Emperor Decius |
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The Arians rejected the doctrine of the ________ and taught that Christ and the Father were not of the same essence or nature |
Trinity |
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In response to the false teaching of the Arians, Emperor ________ assembled a Council in A.D. 325 to settle the matter and produced the _______ Creed |
Constantine and Nicene |
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A ___________ is an archbishop who ruled a province of the Roman. Church |
Metropolitan |
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By _____, Christianity was the official religion of the Roman Empire |
381 |
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A.D. 313 |
Edict of Milan |
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St. Jerome |
The Vulgate |
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Heresy denying Christ's divinity |
Arianism |
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father of Christian monasticism |
Anthony of Egypt |
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Accused Christians of burning Rome |
Nero |
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Compared to what we know about ancient India, little is known about early ____ |
China |
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The ______ produced the first dictionary |
Chinese |
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___________ was the lat emperor to rule a united empire |
Theodosius I |
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First Greek capital |
Knossos |
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Burning of Rome in A.D. 64 |
Nero |
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Tried to revive Christian persecution |
Julian |
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Spartan serfs |
Helots |
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Built aqueducts and walls |
Hadrian |
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Spartan enemy |
Athens |
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Issued Edict of Milan |
Constantine |
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Established early democracy |
Cleisthenes |
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Used for banishment |
Ostracon |
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The Council of Nicaea was in |
A.D. 325 |
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Primary Spartan virtue |
Strict obedience |
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Persian defeat changed history |
Marathon |
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Early name for istanbul |
Byzantium |
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When was the Edict of Milan |
A.D. 313 |
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Latin vulgate |
St. Jerome |
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One of the charges that led to the execution of Socrates was that he corrupted the ______ of Athens |
Youth |
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The son of Philip of Macedonia was |
Alexander the Great |
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People living on the site of Rome 700 years before Christ were called |
Latins |
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The upper class in Rome were the |
Patricians |
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The lower class in Rome were the |
Plebeians |
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He Romans borrowed much of their culture from the |
Greeks |
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The author of the Aenead was |
Virgil |
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Rome fought 3 wars against Carthage for commercial supremacy, known as the _____ wars |
Punic |
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The Carthaginian General who crossed the Alps into Italy with an army and elephants was |
Hannibal |
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Julius Caeser was assassinated because he wanted to be perpetual |
Dictator |
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St. Anthony of Egypt was sometimes called |
The father of monasticism |
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Diocletian tried to restore the economy with ________ and _______ |
Taxation and price control |
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The monastic orders became known as _____ because they followed a rule |
Regular clergies |
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He Arians rejected the doctrine of the Trinity and taught that Christ |
And the Father were not of the sam essence or nature |
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Mercenaries are soldiers |
That served in foreign places for money |
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A metropolitan is |
An archbishop that watched a providence in Rome |
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The Latin vulgate was |
A Greek and Hebrew translation of the Bible |
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By 133 B.c. Corruption in Rome was widespread, and the time was ripe for a reformer whose name name was |
Tiberius Gracchus |
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One of the accomplishments of Julius Caesar was the establishment of a _____ that is still in use |
Calendar |
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March 15 marks the date of the assassination of |
Julius Caesar |
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A major step toward democracy in Rome was the writing down of the laws on what was known as the |
Twelve tables |
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The most important event of the roman period was the |
Life and death of Christ |
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During the Great Galilean Ministry, Jesus resided at |
Capernaum |
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Jesus offered Himself to the Jews as their |
Messiah |
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What was the middle division of the 3 historical divisions of the roman emoire |
Republic |
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What is a Pyrrhic victory |
A victory that costs the winner greatly |
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What was the Nicene creed |
It was a formal declaration that the trinity consisted of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit |
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What is St. basil known for? |
For spreading the Gospel to the East |