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According to the gospels what are the 2 most important Jewish laws?

1. you shall love the lord with all your heart and soul 2. you shall love yourself as you love your neighbor

What age did Athenian children begin military training

18

At what age were spartan men given a military test?

20

When did Alexander the Great unite a Macedonian and Greek army to invade Asia minor?

334 BCE

When was Alexander the Great named King?

336 BCE

When did King Philp Conquer most of mainland Greece?

338 BCE

What happened during the warring states period?

6 or 7 large Chinese states fought for power

At what age did Spartan boys begin military training?

7

What age did Athenian children start learning

7

When was Rome founded?

753 BC

Who is Paul?

A man who had an enormous influence on Christianity's development. He spent the rest of his life, after the vision, spreading and interpreting Jesus' teachings.

How was democracy in Athens different from other ancient forms of government?

All citizens shared ruling power

How did the Praetorian Guard cause problems for the emperors?

Although their job was to protect the emperor, sometimes they plotted against him

The oracle of Delphi was a priestess whose words were believed to come from...

Apollo

Farmers faced farming challenges by...

Building wide earth steps to create flat land and, growing crops that need less water

how did the Haung He most influence settlement near its banks?

By fertilizing the soil, it attracted communities of farmers

How did Alexander plan to build his empire?

By using a strategy of terror

What was one cause of the end of the Roman Republic?

Caesar defeated Pompey

Who is Constantine?

Constantine was a Roman emperor who officially made Christianity legal in Rome

Who ruled early Rome?

Etruscan kings

Why was Athens called a democracy?

Every citizen could participate in the cities government

How did Spartans get the goods they needed for everyday life?

Farming

What did Greek settlements fight over the most?

Farmland

Which of these factors most affected the outcome of the battle of Salamis

Greek knowledge of local waterways

How did the Peloponnesian War contribute to the expansion of Macedonia?

Greek's weakness made it easy for Philip to conquer them and expand

How did the general Hannibal surprise the Romans?

He crossed the Alps with elephants

How did Octavian become Rome's first emperor, Caesar Augustus?

He defeated his rivals in battle

Why did Romulus kill Remus?

He was angry because Remus jumped over his wall

Why was Alexander The Great well trained to be a leader?

He was trained by Aristotle

How did Athens educate their children?

Instructors taught reading, arithmetic, and literature

Why is the belief of the resurrection important to Christians?

It convinces them Jesus is the messiah

Why was the battle of Platea important?

It ended the Greco Persian wars

Where was Judea and why was it important to the Jews?

Judea was the Birth place of Christianity and was where Solomon and David ruled

Farming was challenging in Greece because...

Land was rocky, there was many mountains, and there were no rivers

What was one reason that actors wore masks in ancient Greek theater?

Men played all characters

In a tyranny what allowed the leader to rule?

Military force

which form of government in a Greek city state usually came first

Monarchy

How did Rome's expansion affect the plebeians?

More plebeians had to serve in the army

Why was Sparta called an Oligarchy?

Only a few people ran the government

What was a result of the conflict of orders?

Patricians gave up some power.

What was the legalist view of human nature?

People are basically selfish

What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens?

People should rule themselves

How did the Zhou, a frontier state, most affect the Shang Dynasty?

Rebels from Zhou overthrew the king

Travel was challenging in Greece because...

Roads were unpaved and sharp rocks shattered wagon wheels

What did Romulus and Remus found?

Rome

The Zhou dynasty came after what dynasty?

Shang Dynasty

How were slaves treated in Sparta?

Slaves: Slaves or helots were people that Spartans had conquered, they were treated harshly, and got killed when expected of rebellion

Why did King Darius ask for presents of Greek earth and water?

Such gifts would mean the Greeks had accepted to be under the Persian rule

What are the Gospels?

The Gospels are the four accounts of Jesus Christs written about in the books, Matthew, John, Mark and Luke in the New Testament.

What wars ended in 404 BCE?

The Peloponnesian wars

What was an outcome of the Ionian Revolt?

The Persian army punished the Ionians

Where did ancient Chinese people develop rice fields

The chang jiang baisins

Why did fewer people settle in Outer China than in Inner China?

The climate was more extreme in outer China

Why were ancient Greek communities isolated from each other?

The mountains and seas

Why are both the Roman Republic and the United States today considered republics?

The people elect representatives to make laws for them

What happened at the Battle of Thermopylae?

The persians defeated the Greeks

Why was Jesus condemned to die on the cross?

The romans were afraid he would lead a revolt

Why did Athenians start new construction after the Persian wars?

Their city had been destroyed

How did the Romans build a strong navy?

They copied ship designs from Carthage.

What roles did Athens and Sparta play in the Peloponnesian wars?

They fought each other and Greece was weak and easy to conquer

Why were plebians unhappy when the roman republic was first set up?

They had no say in laws

How did most kings in ancient Greece come to power?

They inherited it from a relative

What was an important result of the Greco Persian Wars?

They prevented Persia from conquering Greece

Where did the ancient Greeks mostly settle?

They settled south near the coastline

How did Spartans educate their children?

They taught children how to fight and defend their city state

Why was Mount Olympus important to the Greeks?

They thought the gods lived there.

What does the Greek love of sports show about ancient Greeks?

They valued physical fitness

Why did ancient Greek settlements trade?

To get goods they didn't have naturally in Greece

Why was the Parthenon built?

To honor the goddess Athena

How did Athens get the goods they needed for everyday life?

Trade

According to legend, events on a visit to the oracle Delphi determined ...

Who would govern Rome next

How were Women and Slaves treated in Sparta?

Women and slaves had rights, but not as many as normal citizens

How were women and slaves treated in Athens?

Women and slaves weren't considered citizens

Did women work in ancient Sparta?

Women didn't work but they protected their homes while men were at work

During the Punic Wars, the Romans first fought the Carthaginians over the most important source of grain in the western Mediterranean. Where was it?

a city state in North Africa

Who were Romulus and Remus raised by?

a she-wolf

several groups of invaders from the northeastern plain traveled to inner china

along a narrow coastal plain

Oligarchs were thrown out of power by a partnership between

army leaders and poor people

How did plebians serve the republic during its early years?

as soldiers

For what crime was Socrates arrested?

asking questions that seemed to dishonor the gods

What protected Inner China from invasion from the northwest?

barren deserts

what was an advantage that Greece had over the Persians in the Battle of marathon?

better strategy

Shang weapons were especially strong because skilled artisans made objects from...

bronze

How did the Huang He most influence settlement near its banks?

by fertilizing the soil, it atracted communities of farmers

Which issue first led to war between Rome and Carthage?

control of trade in the Medditeranean

In the later years of the Zhou dynasty what condition in China led to new philosophes ?

disorder

Which later practice in China most shows the influence of Confucian thought?

exams for civil servants

what did Hanfeizi say that rulers must do to avoid being overthrown?

exercise absolute power

What led archaeologists to conclude that the Shang believed in life after death?

finding food and weapons buried with kings

In inner china which natural events enriched the soil

floods

How could a Roman become a tribune?

get the plebeians to elect him

A city conquered by Rome might become an ally. What was a disadvantage for the conquered city?

it had to pay roman taxes

How can you tell if you're looking at a Doric column?

it is simple

Why did most of Rome burn in 390 BCE?

it was attacked by Guals

in the shang civilization Anyang was important because...

it was home to artisans, it was where the king lived, and many royal tombs were located there

why is the tibet plateu called the roof of the world

its high above sea level

which geographical features made governing China as a unified state most difficult

large size

What kinds of laws did the oligarchs pass?

laws that favored the rich

Why is the North China Plain sometimes called the "Land of the Yellow Earth"?

limestone silt from the gobi desert covers the soil

Daoist taught that people could gain happiness by?

living in harmony with nature

which phrase best describes public buildings in Athens?

made of stone

One of the greatest achievements of Greek sculptors was

making lifelike statues in natural poses

Although Persian kings were tolerant to those under their rule, they still demanded that people...

paid tributes

If the white portion of the yin and yang symbol shown here represents pleasure, what would the black portion represent?

pain

Plebians became nearly equal to patricians when they won the right to...

pass laws for all romans

Who set up the Roman Republic?

patricians

How is the Gobi Desert different from the Taklimakan Desert?

pebbles cover much of the surface

Of all countries in the world China has the most...

people

How did the natural vegetation of the Northeastern Plain affect the lives of ancient settlers there?

prairie grass provided food for grasses and sheep

what limited settlement in the chang jiang basins

rainforest vegetation may have limited space for farming

Which of these would Confucius have valued highly?

respect

Hanfeizi, whose teachings were the basis for Legalism, wrote that rulers should emphasize

rewards and punishments

Who belonged to the councils of aristocrats

rich men who had land from their families

What made the Taklimakan Desert one of the most dangerous deserts in the world?

sandstorms and shifting dunes

What work did slaves do in Athens?

slaves worked on farms, were artisans, or worked on mines

Why did the plebians want the laws to be written down?

so patricians couldn't change laws whenever they wanted

Which of the following did Rome do during the first period of expansion in 264 BCE?

take over the Italian peninsula

What might an oligarch do on an ordinary day?

take part in a chariot race

because rice requires warm wet weather where did the ancient Chinese develop rice fields?

the Chiang Jiang Basins

According to belief in the mandate of heaven, earthquakes and floods might be signs that

the king didn't govern well

why did ancient people on the Tibet Qinghai plateau herd yaks rather than grow crops

the region was too cold for crops

What do the Turfan Depression and the Chang Jiang Basins have in common?

they are both lower than many other parts of china

How did scholars learn that the Shang dynasty was real and not just a myth?

they found artifacts

How may the Shang king and his nobles have weakened their economy?

they spent too much on their palaces

After the Persians burned Athens to the ground, how did the Athenians continue to fight?

they used their navy

What purpose would a Shang leader most likely use an oracle bone for?

to ask advice from his ancestors

What was one major job of the consuls?

to command the army

Why did Greeks agree every four years to stop fighting for a brief period?

to let athletes go to the Olympics

The power of tribunes increased when they gained the right to...

veto actions by the senate

In roman republic patricians referred to

wealthy land-owning families

Did women have jobs in Athens?

women had few jobs but greatly influenced home


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