3rd Nine Weeks Test/Study Sheet

Consul and general who encouraged poor people to join the army

The largest group has the power to decide government actions

A young Senator who was once a friend and ally of Caesar's

Body of stories about gods and heroes that tries to explain how the world works

Clear and ordered thinking

People with the right to participate in government

Biblical father of the Hebrew people

Famous dictator who defeated a powerful enemy and then resigned his powers

Type of government in which people rule themselves

A series of wars between Rome and Carthage

Greek word for city-state

Jews must rest on the Sabbath is this type of law

The two most sacred Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

The world's oldest monotheistic religion

A time for Jews to remember the Exodus

Powerful king of Macedonia

Style of writing that pokes fun at people or society

Author of the world's most famous set of fables

Fearsome Hun leader who attacked Rome's eastern empire

The areas outside of Italy that the Romans control

Israel's first king

The journey of the Israelites made from Egypt to Canaan, led by Moses

The dispersal of Jews outside of Israel and Judah

Writings by Jews who lived about 2,000 years ago

Moral code of laws that God handed down to Moses

Jews who rebelled against their Roman rulers

The languages that developed from Latin

The first emperor of Rome

Athenian leader who ruled at the height of Athenian democracy

The proper name for the Jewish New Year

Leader who rules by the use of force

The first of the great Greek thinkers and teachers

The sacred text of Islam

Name for the blended culture that developed in Alexander's empire

Money

Commentaries, stories, and folklore recorded to explain Jewish laws

An astronomer who was the first person to propose that the earth moves around the sun

Decay in people's values

Rome's public meeting place

Language developed by Ashkenazim

Emperor who divided the Roman Empire into two parts

Roman general who became dictator for life

Judge who helped protect the Israelites against harm

Rival of Marius who raised his own army to defeat Marius and take control of Rome

A powerful general who ruled Egypt and whose dynasty became the most powerful and wealthiest of Hellenistic kingdoms

Philosopher who taught that people should live lives of moderation based on reason

Greek doctor who lived in the Roman Empire in the AD 100s

An agreement to work together

The emperor under whom the Romans conquered most of the island of Britain

Common people of Rome

Teacher and thinker, student of Socrates, founder of the Academy

A war between the two geat Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta in the 400s BC

Ruler with almost absolute power, elected during time of war

Hebrew leader who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt

Elected officials

Country homes belonging to rich Romans

Great Greek doctor who taught how to treat disease by understanding what caused illness

A powerful man in Rome who fought against the Roman Senate

A powerful general who seized most of Alexander's Asian conquests

Powerful nobles of Rome

The Roman Peace, a peaceful period in Rome's history

Council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised officials

Religion that has the most followers and is influenced by Jewish beliefs

A raised channel used to carry water from mountains into cities

Language spoken by the ancient Romans

King of Macedonia who built the largest empire the world had ever seen

Brilliant Carthaginian general who attacked the city of Rome

Methods of balancing power

The sister of Moses and served as a spititual leader of the Israelites

Rich landowners

A powerful general of Alexander's who became the king of Macedonia

Society rules by rich landowners

Celebrates the miracle that a small amount of oil burned for eight days

Frankish king who built a huge kingdom in Gaul

Legendary twin brothers who are said to have founded Rome

People said to receive messagers from god to be taught to others

Most famous lyrical poet of ancient Greece

Groups of up to 6,000 soldiers

Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

A fortress atop a tall hill in the center of the city-states

Short stories that offer lessons on living

A legal system based on a written code of laws

An author who wrote a great epic about the founding of Rome, the Aeneid

A group of warriors who stood close together in a square

Jewish house of worship

Great and influential mathematician

The last and most famous Ptolematic ruler of Egypt

The queen of Egypt

To prohibit an official action

Slave and former gladiator who led a slave revolt

Government in which people elect leaders to govern them

Caesar's former assistant who took control of Roman politics

Government in which only a few people have power

Belief in only one god

Great Trojan hero who fled Troy for Italy in a journey in Virgil's Aeneid

Teachers who guide Jews in their religious lives

A gifted philosopher and orator

Two most powerful elected officials

David's son; became king of the Israelites