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
greatest of the Byzantine rulers
Justinian
crossed the Rubicon and became master of Rome
Ceasar
great Carthaginian general
Hannibal
Who tutored Alexander?
Aristotle
Who wrote City of God?
Augustine
the brave Christian girl martyred for her faith
Blandina
Who granted toleration to Christians with the Edict of Milan?
Constantine
Who was the founder of Japanese civilization?
Prince Shotoku
Who initiated the tenth and greatest persecution?
Diocletian
the emperor of Japan
Mikado
great Athenian statesman
Pericles
Who defeated Antony at the Battle of Actium?
Octavian
Spartan genera
Leonidas
Greek “Father of History”
Herodotus
What was Sumerian writing called?
cuneiform
In what type of Greek was the New Testament written?
koine
What Roman emperor began the first great persecution of the Christians?
Nero
What were the wars between Rome and Carthage called?
Punic
Name the magnificent cathedral built by Justinian.
Hagia Sophia
What is the name of the strict social class system in India?
caste system
What type of government means “rule by the best”?
aristocracy
What great ruler united the Medes and Persians to begin the Persian empire?
Cyrus
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
the Hebrew word for “Annointed One”
Messiah
Ramses, Tutankhamen, and _____ were all famous pharaohs of Egypt,
Cheops
Which was a famous Greek hero in Homer’s works?
Achilles
What was the first major naval battle in history?
Salamis
What was the Pax Romana?
period of peace and prosperity
By A.D. ____ the New Testament had been completed.
100
What African empire was founded by Mansa Musa?
Mali
On March 15, 44 B.C, _____ was murdered by a group of Roman senators.
Julius Ceasar
Who was Hammurabi?
Old Babylonian ruler
Mt. _____ erupted, burying Herculaneum and Pompei in volcanic ash.
Vesuvius
Constantinople, Byzantium, and _______ are all names for the city called New Rome.
Istanbul
What church is known for its use of the Greek liturgy?
Eastern Orthodox
______ democracy allows voting citizens to elect people to rule for them.
representative
The testimony of those persecuted and martyred spurred many others to become _______ themselves.
Christians
Why was Arianism such a threat to the early church?
It denied the deity of Jesus Christ thereby denying His holiness and work
Why was is wrong for Theodosius to make Christianity the only legal religion in the empire?
God’s church does not need Roman law to aid its growth, forcing someone to make a confession of Christianity does nothing for their relationship with God, and it brings unregenerate pagan thinking into the church as many join because it is the legal thing to do.
