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Chapter 7-8 Ancient Rome And China Revision Flashcards

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What are all non-patrician citizens if Rome.

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Plebeians

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What is the system of government in which the head of the state is not a monarch?

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A republic

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What is a monarch?

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A monarch is a ruler who is from a royal family.

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What is the myth by which ancient Romans explained their origins?

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The myth is Romulus and Remus.

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What is the myth of Romulus and Remus?

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The myth is about two twin boys who were abandoned and then they were raised up by a wolf called Lufa, eventually Romulus killed Remus and then became the found of Rome.

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What is the Roman King of the gods whose symbol was a thunderbolt.

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Jupiter

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What is the powerful North African naval and trading city from the third century?

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Carthage.

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What is the name of the plain in Italy where the Romans originated?

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Latium

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What is the name of the people that lived to the North of Latium, who controlled Rome before the Romans rebelled?

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Etruscans from Etruria

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What is the name of the Carthaginian general who rode an elephant into battle against the Romans in the 2nd Punic war?

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Hannibal

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True or False- The Romans conquered Britain but never Sotland

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True

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What goodies or property taken from a defeated enemy after a battle?

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Loot

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What are all non-patrician citizens if Rome.

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Plebeians

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What is the system of government in which the head of the state is not a monarch?

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A republic

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What is a monarch?

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A monarch is a ruler who is from a royal family.

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16
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What is the myth by which ancient Romans explained their origins?

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The myth is Romulus and Remus.

17
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What is the myth of Romulus and Remus?

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The myth is about two twin boys who were abandoned and then they were raised up by a wolf called Lufa, eventually Romulus killed Remus and then became the found of Rome.

18
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What is the Roman King of the gods whose symbol was a thunderbolt.

A

Jupiter

19
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What is the powerful North African naval and trading city from the third century?

A

Carthage.

20
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What is the name of the plain in Italy where the Romans originated?

A

Latium

21
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What is the name of the people that lived to the North of Latium, who controlled Rome before the Romans rebelled?

A

Etruscans from Etruria

22
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What is the name of the Carthaginian general who rode an elephant into battle against the Romans in the 2nd Punic war?

A

Hannibal

23
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True or False- The Romans conquered Britain but never Sotland

A

True

24
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What goods or property taken from a defeated enemy after a battle?

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Loot

25
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What are the members of aristocratic families that founded the Republic of Rome?

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Patricians.

26
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Why did Romans see Christianity as a threat?

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Because Christians refused to worship the emperor, only their God.

27
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What is the meaning of philosopher?

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Philosophers is one who studies the fundamental principles and causes of things

28
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What was the most memorable act of the Qin emperor?

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He had turned a group of rival states into an empire

29
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Why was China isolated for so long?

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This is because they had everything to supply their population.This meant that they didn’t need to seek trade. They had pintails and flat land to make it easy to build structures.

30
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What was the social structure of China?

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At the top is rulers and emperors, following them were lords, then came the land owning get tries and farming peasants, then following merchants traders and lastly slave.

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What were the four most famous inventions of China?

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Compass, paper, printing and gunpowder.

32
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What does acupuncture mean?

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It is a medical practice in which long, sharp needles are inserted under the skin as means of diagnosing, relieving or curing illness.

33
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What are some Daoism ideas?

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Daoism ideas include ;Lao Zi , the possibility to become immortal and that we should see ourselves as a part of nature.

34
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What is an aqueduct?

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It is a structure built to channel water.

35
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What was Qin Shi Huangs greatest achievement?

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He turned a group of rival states into an empire and created a central system of government that lasted for many centuries.

36
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What were the modern countries that used to be part of the Roman Empire.

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England, Britain, Spain, Syria, France, Turkey, Switzerland and parts of Germany.

37
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What was the reason that contributed to the fall of Rome?

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I believe the declining health contributed to the fall of Rome the most because it affects much more than just a group of people. If the armies were effected and the civilians and slaves were effected too then there would be no replacements for the army.

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What is the Mandate of Heaven?

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It was the belief that the ruler has been chosen by the gods, they must be able to protect the civilians to keep their Mandate of Heaven.

39
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What is the Silk Road?

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It is the name of a great trading route that stretched from China to turkey.

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