Test 3 Flashcards
image destroyer
iconoclast
common people of Rome
plebeian
educated slave
pedagogue
rule by the few
oligarchy
defender of the faith
apologist
hilltop fortress
acropolis
Hindu belief in “life after death”
reincarnation
criminal forced to fight in public show
gladiator
underground tunnels
catacombs
rule by the many or the common people
democracy
What dynasty was China’s longest ruling dynasty?
Chou
the first tyrant of Athens
Peisistratus
The Pantheon was a _____ temple and an excellent example of classical architecture.
Roman
The Empress _____ was a great influence on the law code of Justinian’s reign.
Theodora
Who was the first emperor of a united China?
Shih Huang Ti
The Battle of Salamis was a great defeat for the _____ navy.
Persian
Who is the supposed king of the Greek gods?
Zeus
Who produced the Latin Vulgate?
Jerome
Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who served the great ______.
Kublai Khan
The _____, who lived on the island of Crete, developed a highly skilled civilization.
Minoans
Hippocrates was a great Greek _____.
physician
The Ottoman Turks were ______ in their effort to conquer Byzantium.
successful
Marius was beaten by _____, champion of the Senate, in Rome’s first civil war.
Sulla
Phillip II was a ruler in ______ before conquering nearly all of Greece.
Macedonia
Cyril and Methodius were famous Byzantine ______.
missionaries
known for his merciless law code
Draco