3rd 9 Weeks Test Flashcards
The Mycenaeans were different from the Minoans in that they lived on the __________ ___________.
Island Crete
Land travel was very difficult in Greexe so the Greeks became expert ___________.
Shipbuilders
A government in which the citizens elect officials to make the laws best describes a _______________ _____________.
Representative democracy
A leader who uses force to hold power is called a ________.
Tyrant
A body of stories about gods and and heroes that tries to that tried to explain how the world works is called ___________.
Mythology
People who have the right to participate in government are called ___________.
Citizens
Alexander the Great was the _____ of of Philip of Macedonia.
Son
After winning the Peloponnesian war, __________ became the most powerful city-state in Greece.
Athens
The 1st people to consider explanations for events other than that they were the works of gods were the early Greek _____________.
Philosophers
King _________ appointed satraps to govern his provinces for him.
Darius the first
The people of _________ valued physical training, education, clear thinking, and the arts.
Athens
Who was the founder of the Persian empire?
Cyrus the great
The Roman government had a system of ___________ & ___________ to keep one part of the government from becoming too strong.
Checks and balances.
Killing of the ___________ Brothers convinced Romans that violence could be used as a political weapon.
Gracchus
The Roman trade network grew because Romans needed to bring in
___________ from other parts of the Mediterranean.
Food
Rome fought the ________ wars against Carthage.
Punic
A noble, powerful citizen of Rome was known as a ____________.
Patrician.
The most powerful magistrates in Rome were known as…?
Consuls
Who traveled and taught people his ideas and gained a great following?
Jesus
The Romans built __________ so that their armies could travel throughout the empire.
Roads
The Romans invented _________ to help structures last.
Cement
The word messiah means Gods chosen one in the ___________ language.
Hebrew
The capital of the eastern Roman Empire was called ______________.
Byzantine
The Romans created lasting structures by building ___________.
Arches
Muhammad taught that there was only one __________ which differed from beliefs of other Arabs.
God
The teaching that Muhammad was not the son of God is an ______________ belief.
Islamic
Caliph was the title given to a Islam’s highest leaders following ________________ death.
Muhammad’s
A __________ life is one in which people travel through deserts with with their herds in search of food and water.
Nomads
A _____________ is a building for Muslim prayer.
Mosque
The 5 pillars of ___________ are required acts of worship for all Muslims.
Islam
