Ancient Greece and Rome Test Study Guide – Flashcards

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Language of Ancient Rome
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Latin
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Time period when Greece was ruled by Alexander the Great
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Hellenistic age
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Empire
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A government that includes as many different peoples and lands under a single ruler
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Roman Numerals
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Roman numbers
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Parthenon
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A temple built for goddess Athena
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The Romans are famous for their
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Roads
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"All Lead to Rome"
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Roads
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The olympics
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It started in Ancient Greece,every 4 years city states would compete against each other
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Senate
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A council of rich and powerful Romans who helped run the city and make decisions
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Rome is the capital city of
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Italy
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Greece's 3 great philosopher(in order)
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Socrates,Plato, Aristotle
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war between Athens and Sparta
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The Peloponnesian war
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Pax Romana
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Romes golden age
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Athens was the first to invent this type of government
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democracy
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Julius Caeser
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roman's greatest general and politicion
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Republic
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a type of government where the people elect leaders to make laws and decisions about the government for them
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Hellenistic
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is 'Greek-Like '
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2 main city-states in Ancient Greece
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Athens and Sparta
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city-state
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an independent city with its own government and way of life
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Aqueducts
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channels used to carry water overlong distances
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Acropolis
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the hill in the middle of city states where the fortress and temple were located
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The government of Rome changed from a
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republic to an empire
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The Forum
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Rome's public square
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Twelve tables
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the set of laws of Rome
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Alexander the Great
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created one of the largest empires in the world
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Christianity
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spread during the Pax Romana replacing a polytheistic religion system
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Rome used its to become an empire
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army
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as an empire,rome was ruled by series of
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emperors
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City destroyed by Mt.Vesuvius
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Pompeii
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Gladiators
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slaves,criminals,or prisoners of war who were forced to fight to death in the Colosseum for the entertainment of Romans
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Trojan Horse
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the horse to trick the Trojans
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War between Greece and Persia
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The Persian War
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