Pre Renaissance

Question 1

What were the first Greeks called?

Answer 1

Myceneans were the first Greeks.

Question 2

What city state overtook Athens during the Peloponnesian war?

Answer 2

Sparta overtook Athens during the Peloponnesian war.

Question 3

What did Athens and Sparta dominate?

Answer 3

Athens dominated the sea and Sparta dominated the Land.

Question 4

What kind of society did Sparta have?

Answer 4

Sparta revolved around a military society.

Question 5

Early Greek epic poems. Go.

Answer 5

Iliad and Odyssey were early Greek epic poems.

Question 6

What kind of government did Athens develop?

Answer 6

Athens developed the first Direct Democracy.

Question 7

Who was a famous Greek philosopher who used questions to increase learning?

Answer 7

Socrates was a Greek philosopher.

Question 8

What language did Romans speak?

Answer 8

Romans spoke Latin.

Question 9

In Ancient Rome, who headed the family?

Answer 9

The oldest male of the family was the one who headed the family.

Question 10

What building material was developed during the Ancient Roman period?

Answer 10

Concrete was developed during the Ancient Roman period and helped build large public buildings.

Question 11

What system developed in the Middle Ages in exchange of land, service, and protection?

Answer 11

The feudal system did all that.

Question 11

What happened at the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus?

Answer 11

Public entertainment occurred at the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus.

Question 12

What time period is the Fall of Western Rome in 476 CE to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 14th century?

Answer 12

The Middle Ages

Question 12

When Muslim Turks claimed the Holy Land, the Christians tried to ___ this land from the Islamic in a series of Holy wars called Crusades.

Answer 12

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Question 12

What plague killed 30% of the European population during the Middle Ages?

Answer 12

The black plague killed 30% of the European population from 1347-1350. It was caused by fleas on rats that bit humans and animals.

Question 13

What was the most powerful institution in the Middle Ages?

Answer 13

The Roman Catholic Church was the most powerful institution in the Middle Ages.

Question 14

What buildings were built to show devotion to the church in the Middle Ages?

Answer 14

Cathedrals and monasteries were built during the middle ages to show devotion to the church.

Question 15

What social code did Knights follow in the Middle Ages?

Answer 15

Knights followed chivalry in the middle ages.

Question 16

What is the early period of the Middle Ages referred to as?

Answer 16

The early period of the Middle Ages is referred to as the Dark Ages.

Question 17

Why did knights have to be wealthy?

Answer 17

Knights had to be wealthy to afford their armor, weapons, and horses.

Question 18

When did knights begin training?

Answer 18

Knights were trained to be a paige beginning at seven and became a squire around age 14-15.

Question 19

Who were the slaves of the middle ages?

Answer 19

During the middle ages, peasants worked hard and long hours tending crops and animals.

Question 20

Who was the head of the church in the Middle Ages?

Answer 20

During the Middle ages the head of the church was the pope.

Question 21

What were the names of the commoners and the rich mfers in Ancient Rome?

Answer 21

The wealthy people in Ancient Rome were called praticians and the ordinary/poor people in Ancient Rome were called plebians.

Question 22

What religion did Emperor Constantine convert to?

Answer 22

Emperor Constantine I converted t Christianity then allowed his people in the Roman Empire to practice Christianity.

Question 23

What culture was Ancient Rome influenced by?

Answer 23

The Ancient Roman culture was strongly influenced by the Ancient Greeks.

Question 24

What games were held in the Colosseum during Ancient Rome?

Answer 24

Gladiator Games were held in the Colosseum during Ancient Rome and some of these people were treated like celebrities of the time period.

Question 25

Where were chariot races held during Ancient Rome?

Answer 25

Chariot races were held at the Circus Maximus.

Question 26

In 395CE the Roman Empire split into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire because it was too large to govern and it had political and instability challenges.

Answer 26

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