The Ancient World

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Greek Civilization Alexander’s Empire

The RomanRepublic

The Roman Empire

Ancient North Americans

Toltec, Aztec, and Inca.

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A sheltered place along a coast where boats can

land.

What is a harbor.

A tidal wave.

What is a Tsunami

A person who seeks wisdom and the right way to live.

What is a Philosopher.

Where the Minoans lived.

What is Crete.

The Greeks believed the Gods and Goddess’s lived here.

What is Mount Olympus.

This was the Phoenician’s greatest invention.

What is the Alphabet.

______ was responsible for killing Pericles and ending the

Peloponnesian war.

What is the plague.

A government where all citizens participate.

What is a democracy

A cruel and unfair ruler.

What is a tyrant.

A kind of government where a king rules.

What is a monarchy.

At the age of 32, this person was the ruler of the largest

empire in the world.

Who is Alexander the Great.

These two city states were known as the most powerful.

What is Athens and Sparta

The Roman Senate had this many patrician members.

What is 300.

A government in which the leader is voted into office.

What is a republic.

A war between groups within a country.

What is a civil war.

He said, “I came. I saw. I conquered.”

Who is Julius Caesar.

A man from a wealthy family in Rome.

What is a patrician.

A poor farmer or shopkeeper in Rome.

What is a plebian.

Literally means “Roman Peace”

What is Pax Romana.

A count of people in a specific area.

What is census.

In A.D. 311, this Roman Emperor became a Christian.

Who is Constantine.

A bridge-like structure that carries water.

What is an aqueduct.

A period when prices shoot upward.

What is inflation.

He became emperor in the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527

Who is Justinian.

A Spanish word meaning “People”.

What is Pueblo.

Mounds that are shaped like birds, bears, turtles and other

animals.

What is a totem.

Clay that has been formed into sun-dried bricks.

What is adobe.

These peoples carved “colossal heads” from hard volcanic

rock called basalt.

What is the Olmec people.

The Mayans dried sheets of animal skin that were folded

into a long book called?

What is a codex.

Mayan’s language was writing in?

What is called glyphs.

Earthen roadways that reached the shores.

What is a causeway.

Aztecs settled on Lake Texcocco because of this

legend.

What is they should settle where they saw an eagle on a

cactus holding a snake.

The Inca farmed in _______, flat areas dug out of hillsides.

What is a terrace.

Inca farmers grew their crops on water.

What is called hydroponics.

A set of colored and knotted strings is called?

What is called a quipus.

What people settled in the city of Tula, around A.D. 900.

What is the Toltec.