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Rome
Greece
Famous Architecture
Geography
Written Language
Middle Ages
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Roman Dictator-General who was stabbed to death
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Who was Julius Caesar
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A time of peace during the rule of Caesar Augustus
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What was the Pax Romana
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After the fall of Rome, these people attacked and
controlled most of the western Roman Empire
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Who were the Goths or barbarians
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Romans built these to get legions of soldiers
from one province to another quickly
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What are Roman roads
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This ruler made Christianity an accepted religion
in the Roman empire
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Who was Constantine
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This type of Gov. allowed the people to take part
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What is democracy
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This military strategist conquered most of
western Asia, and defeated the Persians
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Who was Alexander the Great
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Alexanders father
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Who was Phillip of Macedonia
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Greek author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
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Who was Homer
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Greek city-states were known as this
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What is a polis
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System of Lords, vassals, and serfs
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What was feudalism
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Frankish king who united the Holy Roman Empire
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Who was Charlemagne
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Battles for the Holy land between Europeans and
Muslims
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What were the Crusades
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This disease killed about a third of Europeans
during the Middle Ages
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What was the Bubonic Plague
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Holding these allowed people to buy things from
far away
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What were fairs
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These huge Mesopotamian structures housed
priests, nobles, and gods
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What were Ziggurats
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These structures carried water to the Romans
homes from far away
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What were aqueducts
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Large Mosque built by Constantine
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What is the Haigia Sophia
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This building was built on the acropolis in
Greece and was dedicated to the goddess Athena
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What is the Parthenon
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This was the site of Roman games
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What is the Coliseum
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Parallel lines used to measure the Earths surface
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What are lines of latitude
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This worlds largest desert, influenced
communication and trade in Africa
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What is the Sahara Desert
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This allowed early humans to migrate to the
Americas from Asia
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What is the Bering Land Bridge
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These mountains in eastern Asia kept people from
the west out for many years
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What are the Himalayas
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This movement involved sharing ideas customs, and
materials
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What is movement for trade
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Some of the first written communication was drawn
on these
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What are cave walls
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Picture writing of early civilizations
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What are pictographs
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First people to give us letter sound
relationships in writing
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Who were the Phoenicians
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Ancestor of our writing system, also used in
sororities and fraternities
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What is the Greek Alphabet
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Letter and symbol system of the early Chinese
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What is Calligraphy
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This severe climate change caused the people of
Axum to abandon their trading empire
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What is a drought