World History Unit 2: Classical Civilizations

Seized control of Rome for himself and was later assassinated

Criminals that were trained in special schools and forced to fight each other for Rome's entertainment were called:

The praetor of the Roman Senate oversaw:

Which came 2nd?

Greeks who sent their sons into military service at age 7 and allowed women to get an education

In Rome, freed slaves (known as "freedmen") were granted the full rights of citizenship.

Government run by 3 people with equal power is called a:

The “belief that heaven keeps order in the universe through a specific dynasty “is called the:

The Persian Ruler who helped exiled Jews return to and rebuild their homeland

Jews were banished from Judea by Rome following the Jewish Roman War. This is called the:

Which one of these events comes last?

Reorganized and condensed all the Roman laws into one publication and built the Hagia Sophia

Burned great swaths of Rome and blamed it on the Christians

The publicly displayed Roman Laws were called the:

A sequence of rulers from the same family is called a:

China's Bronze Age occurred during what dynasty?

Early persecuted Christians often worshipped and sometimes even lived in these networks of tombs:

A Republic is a form of government where power is held by the people and their elected representative.

The sporting event created to honor the gods on Mt. Olympus was called:

Who was the military genius who named over 80 cities after himself but died at age 33?

A period of relative peace that lasted for 200 years in Rome was called the:

One way Christianity spread was by religious persecution.

The 1st Greek civilization is called:

A story that deals with creation or the origin of something in the natural world is a:

The wealthy, noble class citizens of Rome were known as the:

The war between the Athenians and the Spartans was called the:

The “Eastern Roman Empire” that lasted until the mid-1400’s were also known as the:

Greek city-states were easy to defend but isolated from each other because of:

Minor official who developed a philosophical/political system based on 5 relationships

Which dynasty was the Great Wall of China started in?

A system of government by the whole population is called a:

 A group of gods and/or goddesses from a religion is called a __________.

Who had a wife who plotted the assassination of most of his other wives?

A character in Greek mythology who is mortal but accomplishes great feats is called a:

The archeological find featuring 7,000 lifelike statues of soldiers in China is called:

First Christian Roman Emperor who moved the capital to the East and renamed it after himself

The Greeks who practiced democracy were called:

The wars between Carthage and Rome were called the:

This guy crossed the alps with war elephants during the Second Punic War.

First Roman to official declare himself emporer