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| A democracy and a republic governments both allow citizens to ___________ |
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| people make the laws directly by voting on every issue, originated in Greece |
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| in this type of government, the laws are made by elected representatives such as a Senate, originated in Rome |
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| __________ served as the foundation for the world religions of Islam and Christianity |
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| Gupta was associated with which classical civilization |
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| Han was associated with which classical civilization |
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| Mauryan was associated with which classical civilization |
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| Qin was associated with which classical civilization |
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| Zhou was associated with which classical civilization |
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| Moses was from what classical civilization |
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| This Israelite man was famous for leading the Jews out of Egypt/slavery |
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| This Greek man was famous for Geometry |
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| This Greek man was famous for configuring the Earth's circumference |
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| This Greek man was famous for expanding the Greek Empire and spreading the Hellenistic Culture |
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| This Greek man was famous for philosophy on morality and justice |
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| This Greek man was famous for describing an ideal government |
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| This Greek man was famous for classifying and studying relationships |
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| This Indian man was famous for being the founder of Buddhism |
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| This Indian man was famous for...after a long war renounced violence, then Buddhism, and then gave back to people and the empire |
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| This Chinese man was famous for unifying China through Conquest as well as the Great Wall of China; he created uniform systems of writing and measurements throughout his empire |
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| This Chinese man was famous for developing natural order, social obligations and Mandate of Heaven |
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| This Chinese man was famous for Daoism, and accept the way of nature during the Zhou Dynasty |
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| This geography had an ECONOMIC IMPACT on the development of Greek civilization because it made farming difficult |
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| This geography impacted the development of Greek civilization because it::::::: |
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| This geography had a POLITICAL IMPACT on the development of Greek civilization because it caused separate states to develop |
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Led the Chinese to believe the gods chose their rulers
Chinese believed the gods would overthrow bad rulers
Chinese were taught if a ruler acted selfishly, then heaven would punish him by bringing floods, riots, and revolts to end his region
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| One could claim Mandate of Heaven, but will also be claimed>>>>>> |
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| Created a vicious cycle of corruption, bloodshed, and disasters |
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| Strong military leaders, Access to natural resources, and Good economy/trade |
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| These traits made Persia, Greece, Rome, India, and China strong, powerful, and successful. |
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| Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great |
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| United the Medes and Persians, expanded westward to the Indus River Valley |
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| Built roads, uniform weights and measurements, and unified the Empire |
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| Greece, Political Achievement |
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| Democracy and citizens assembly |
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| Greece, Art and Architecture |
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| Parthenon, sculptors, and architects |
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| Earth's circumference, geometry, lever, pulley, and volume density |
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| Greece, Literature and History |
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| Musical scales, historians told of stories from the past |
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| Human reason was strong enough to understand the world and solve its problems |
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| Written law, rule of law, citizenship, justice |
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| Latin, the major European language that others evolved from |
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| Thousands of miles of roads, bridges, aqueducts, arches, and domes |
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| Rome, Impact on Christianity |
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| Adoption by Roman Empire was a major turning point in the spread of Christianity |
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| India, Mauryan Achievements |
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People of all religions should live peacefully together
Improved roads, hospitals, encouraged education, built Buddhist shrines |
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| India, Gupta Achievements |
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Built universities, painted murals, composed poems and plays
Concepts of zero and infinity, decimal point, Arabic numerals, set bones and skin grafts |
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Confucianism -- natural order, Mandate of Heaven, devotion to parents
Daoism -- Respect for nature and harmony |
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Shih Huang Ti -- United China through conquest, building roads
Great Wall of China, uniform writing and measurements |
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| Invented paper, lead glazed ceramics, examination system, overland trade routes such as Silk Road |
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Monotheistic, prophets Abraham and Moses, ten commandments
Jews called to be God's people; have a covenant with God |
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| Persia and Zoroastrianism |
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| Started polytheistic, converted to Christianity |
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| Polytheistic, reincarnation and karma |
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Siddhartha Guatana, self-denial and meditation, reincarnation and Nirvana
4 noble truths |
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| Social role and obligations must be fulfilled to create harmony, natural order to universe and human relationships |
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| Nature and harmony, people achieve enlightenment by "non-striving" and contemplation |
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| Series of connected roads between China and the Roman Empire, that moved trade and goods, and communicated and spread ideas |
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| Age of Discovery and the Silk Road |
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| When the Ottoman Empire closed the Silk Road and boycotted trade with Europe in 1453, it led to the Age of Discovery as explorers went to the seas to trade |
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| American Government Ideas from Judaism and Christianity |
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| Written law (ten commandments,) "thou shalt not..." kill, steal, bear false witness |
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| American Government Ideas from Greece |
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| Democracy, rule of people, citizenship requirement to vote |
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| American Government Ideas from Rome |
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| Twelve tables, rule of law, contracts, court systems, trial by jury, rules of ownership of property, innocence until proven guilty |
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| System of Laws Based on Human Reason |
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| System of laws that originated in Greece |
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| Concept that no one is above the law, all must follow it, originated in Rome |
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| Innocent Until Proven Guilty |
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| Concept of law that originated in Rome |
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| Concept of law that fellow citizens and peers will decide if a person is guilty, originated in Rome |
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| Legal agreements enforced by the government, originated in Rome |
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| Ideal relationship between a leader and people, originated in Israel between the Jews and God |
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| Concept that people take their disputes before an official to argue their case, originated in Rome |
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| Concept that there are classes of people determined by birth; jobs and spouses are determined by caste, originated in India under Hinduism |
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| Importance of Social Roles |
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| Concept of fulfilling your social roles creates harmony in society, originated in China under Confucianism |
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| Superior and Inferior Relationships |
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| Concept of relationships between superior and inferior people, loyalty and obedience, originated in China under Confucianism |
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| Concept of showing respect for parents, and devotion to family by achievements, originated in China under Confucianism |
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| Idea of Beauty Based on Harmony and Proportion |
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| Poems and Plays in Sanskrit |
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| Sophisticated Road Systems |
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| Advances in Physical Sciences |
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| The Greek Empire is divided into these which led them to develop their own gov't and laws |
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| The Greek Empire had this type of government which is a form of gov't which means "rule by the people" |
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| In this empire, the people of each city-state spoke the same language and worshiped the same gods and goddesses |
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| The Greeks believed this was powerful enough to understand the world around them and solve its problems |
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| Socrates, Plato and Aristotle |
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| 3 Greek philosophers who asked questions and tried to find answers to them. |
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| Erusthones and Archimedes |
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| 2 Greek mathematicians who made important advances |
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| A Greek soldier who conquered a huge amount of territory and spread Greek culture across the world. |
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| Greek culture spread across the world and mixed with the cultures of the Middle East and India, spread by Alexander the Great |
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| An arched building with columns |
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| A visual image of the Greek Empire |
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| This empire started where Rome elected representatives made the laws |
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| The Roman Empire had these 2 social classes |
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| Wealthy landowner families |
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| Small farmers, craftsmen, and merchants |
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| This assembly of patricians (wealthy landowner families) ruled the Roman Empire |
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| A system of government by electing representatives, started in Rome |
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| Elected officials in Rome |
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| Speakers who were chosen by plebians to represent them in Rome (small farmers, craftsmen, and merchants) |
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Issued by the Roman Republic
They were placed in public meeting places for all to see
Provided a foundation for later Roman law codes
These strongly supported the "Rule of Law" which stated, All Romans were "equal under the law." |
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| Stated government officials were not above the law, nor could the act outside the law |
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| The idea that a private agreement can be enforced by the gov't once people have entered into it |
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| If someone did not like the judgement of a Roman official they could pursue this process |
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| In the Roman Empire, this person was an official who listened to legal disputes brought before them by the people |
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| This person was considered innocent until proven guilty in the Roman Empire. We still use this same practice today in our American courts. |
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| In the Roman Empire and even today in American courts, a person accused of crimes had/have the right to __________ |
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| By 275 B.C., Rome ruled this entire area |
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| This was Rome's main trading rival until after the Roman Empire united Italy and Rome, and the Roman Empire became the leading power in the Mediterranean when they defeated them |
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| This was was Rome's main trading rival and was located just across the Mediterranean in North Africa |
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| This Roman General completed the conquest of Spain and Gaul (present day France) |
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| When Caesar's enemies in the Senate recalled him to Rome, Caesar returned with his army and made himself ______________ |
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| Leading Roman officials feared the loss of ________ |
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| Because of Roman officials fear of losing their freedom, they assassinated this man on the floor of the Senate in 44 B.C. |
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| __________ was the heir after Julius Cesar was assassinated and became Rome's next ruler |
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| Rome's Republican institutions |
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| Augustus Cesar assumed monarch-like powers but also preserved these |
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| He removed corrupt officials and tried to revive the "old" Roman values of responsibility and self-discipline |
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| Successors of Augustus Cesar became known as _________and were worshiped as gods |
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| They made Roman conquests to the North and East and greatly expanded Rome's frontiers |
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| A long period of peace brought by Augustus from 27 B.C.-395 A.D. to the Europe and the Mediterranean world |
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| Centralized political authority |
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| This in addition to trained officials, and traditions of law allowed the Roman Empire to rule effectively over Europe and the Mediterranean world during Pax Romana |
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| Romans saw their culture as this in comparison to the culture of others |
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| Romans generally respected local customs, provided a system of laws, promoted trade, and offered_________ to people throughout the empire |
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| They were great engineers and developed concrete for their large buildings |
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| They built a network of almost 50,000 miles of roads to help run their huge empire |
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| Western Europe and the Mediterranean World |
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| Rome became the center of communication, commerce, trade, politics, culture and military power for ______ and the _______ |
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| A large force of these performed much of Rome's labor |
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| Blood thirsty for games in the Roman Empire |
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| Gladiator games were provided at no expense by Roman emperors to help maintain their popularity and were held in the___________, a large concrete stadium |
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| Roman Senators became_____ while generals developed political ambitions and fought against each other for wealth and power |
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| In the Roman Empire, they were responsible for household chores |
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| In the Roman Empire, they were responsible for representing the family in public life |
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| In the Roman Empire, women passed from the authority of their ______ to that of their households |
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| They were not allowed to hold office but could give advice in private |
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| Among this class, ________, Roman women worked outside the home |
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| Romans placed a high value on marriage, home, and family. Even these in Rome could own property and make wills |
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| Although Romans permitted the existence of different religions throughout the empire, they expected people to worship _______ as divine |
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| Who refused to recognize the emperor as god |
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| Their temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, they were crushed by Rome, fled to the North and West of Europe and settled in areas in the Middle East for their rebellion including their refusal to abandon their religion |
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| The dispersion of Jews after they refused to abandon their religion in the Roman Empire |
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| Christianity began about 2,000 years ago and was based on his teachings |
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| Jesus was a Jew born in this city |
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| Jesus preached _______, mercy,sympathy for the poor and helpless |
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| These were Jesus' followers who believed Jesus rose from the dead to redeem mankind |
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| A belief that all would be rewarded this, including the poor and humble, helped the new Christian religion to spread |
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| The sacred book of Christianity which consists of the OT and NT which describes the life of Christ and the works of the Apostles |
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| Christian belief, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." |
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| This religion believes they will be saved and will go to Heaven after death if they have faith in Christ as their Savior and treat others with love and respect |
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| They were murdered in the Colosseum because they refused to worship the emperor |
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| Unlike Jewish leaders, Christians wanted to spread their faith to these _________ |
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| Christianity's simple message of love, hope, and ________ inspired many living in the Roman Empire |
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| This Roman converted to Christianity when he had a vision right before an important battle, and he proclaimed freedom of worship for all Christians |
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| This became the official religion of the Roman Empire by the end of 4th century |
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| Their corruptness and ineffectiveness as leaders was one of 4 reasons blamed for the fall of the Roman Empire |
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| Political weakness, military decline, economic problems, and _______ were the 4 main reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire |
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| These invaders/tribes invaded Rome and were blamed for part of the Roman Empire's decline |
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| a member of a community or tribe not belonging to one of the great civilizations |
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| This was and empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople |
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| These were built by the Romans to supply water to their cities |
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| They developed concrete and the use of arches and domes |
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| This was the language of Rome, and several European languages (Spanish, French, Portugese, Italian, and Romanian), evolved from it |
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| Trade route that connected China and Europe from the time of the Roman Empire onwards. China exported silk, porcelain, and tea |
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| Rescued the Jews/Israel/Ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt and gave them the law |
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| The visual symbol for Israel/Ancient Hebrews |
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| Set of laws given to Moses and the Israelites/Ancient Hebrews |
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| Belief in only one, universal God |
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| Hebrews believe in only one, universal God. This belief is known as |
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| United the Medes and Persians |
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| Unified the Persian Empire |
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| The building of these helped unify the persian empire |
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| Introducing uniform weights and measures establishing several capital cities helped build this empire |
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| Divided the empire into provinces, each ruled by local leaders |
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| Persians collected these and taxes from provinces |
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| This religion was developed by the Persian Empire |
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| Zoroastrianism had two gods, one of truth and light and the other of ______, and the two were at war with each other |
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| The Persians used _____ to create a money economy |
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| The Persian Empire developed this service which we use today to deliver mail |
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| Griffin (Eagle-winged bearded man) |
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| Visual symbol of the Persian Empire |
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| Visual symbol of the Roman Empire |
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| Visual symbol of the Indian Empire |
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| Aryan invaders brought this world religion in India around 1500 B.C. |
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| Created by Siddhartha Gautama around 500 B.C. in the Indian Empire |
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| The Aryans, who conquered the Dravidians, created this system that made them the rulers of India |
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| In the Indian Empire, this determined your social class. You could not move up during your lifetime. Your social class determined your job and whom you could marry. |
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| After years of warfare, he brought Buddhism to his kingdom and gave up violence |
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| He improved roads and built hospitals, and he sent teachers through the land in the Indian Empire |
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| The Golden Age of Hindu Culture happened under this dynasty |
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| During the Gupta Dynasty, this time was called______, to describe when the emperors built universities and supported learning, the arts, and literature |
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| zero, infinity, the decimal system |
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| Under the Gupta Dynasty, great advances were made in math like______, |
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| solar year, movement of heavenly bodies |
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| Under the Gupta Dynasty, great advances were made in astronomy like______ |
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| setting bones and doing skin grafts |
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| Under the Gupta Dynasty, great advances were made in medicine like_____ |
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| Rule over a country for a long period of time by a family |
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| Group of countries or regions that are controlled by one ruler or one government |
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| The spread of ideas, inventions, or other cultural elements from one society to another |
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| The belief that there is only one God |
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| Which one was MUCH larger, the city-state of Athens or the Roman Republic? |
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| Which one made it MUCH EASIER for someone to become a citizen, the city-state of Athens or the Roman Republic? |
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| One could argue that Athens was better than Rome because their citizens enjoyed______ |
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| Who in pairs counted Roman citizens |
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| Censors ranked classes of Romans by wealth, heritage, administrative competence, marital status, physical/moral __________ |
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| Political privileges, level of taxation, and military service of a Roman citizen were determined by whom? |
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| If a Roman citizen did not meet the standards of the Roman censor what could happen |
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| The numbers of citizens eligible to vote in the Athenian assembly, and eligible to be chosen for the Council of 500 |
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| The method for choosing citizens to be a part of the Athenian Council of 500 |
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| The number of men eligible to serve in the Roman Senate |
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| The length of service for an average Roman Senator |
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