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Question 1

Who invented democracy?

Answer 1

The Athenians (Greece)

Question 2

What were the names of the two leagues of Greek city-states that grouped up and fought each other?

Answer 2

The Delian League (Athens and its allies) and the Peloponnesian League (Sparta and Athens’ enemies)

Question 3

Who won the war between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League?

Answer 3

The Peloponnesian League (Sparta and Athens’ enemies)

Question 4

Who eventually conquered the Greek city-states?

Answer 4

The Macedonians

Question 5

Who ruled the Macedonian empire while it was expanding very rapidly?

Answer 5

Alexander the Great

Question 6

The Macedonian empire spread ______ ideals throughout the Middle East, Asia and eastern Europe

Answer 6

Greek ideals

Question 7

Who ruled after Alexander the Great died?

Answer 7

Cleopatra

Question 8

Who invented geometry, basic concepts of engineering, and the philosophy of self-control?

Answer 8

Hellenistic scholars

Question 9

The body of myths of the gods and the natural world, devised by the Greeks, is known as

Answer 9

mythology

Question 10

Dominant political system of the Western world?

Answer 10

Democracy

Question 11

When the Latins formed a single city-state called Rome, they became known as the _____

Answer 11

Romans

Question 12

Who ruled Rome in the early days?

Answer 12

The Etruscans, a cultural group all over Italy. They were thrown over in 508 BC and a republic was formed.

Question 13

The Roman republic consisted of a ____-member senate

Answer 13

300. To keep anyone from having too much power.

Question 14

The system of checks and balances (senate having some power, executive branch had some power) was created by the _____

Answer 14

Romans

Question 15

How did Rome expand?

Answer 15

Through conquests and invasions

Question 16

How did a Roman emperor come to be?

Answer 16

There were a lot of civil wars because of social inequality, and powerful leaders ended up becoming dictators (and then emperors)

Question 17

A 200-year span of peace and prosperity in Rome

Answer 17

Pax Romana

Question 18

Eventually, the Roman empire was split into the Western and Eastern Roman empires, with capitals in:

Answer 18

Western Empire - Rome. Eastern Empire - Constantinople.

Question 19

Did the Roman empire fall quickly?

Answer 19

No, it was gradual, through heavy taxes, poor leaders, etc.

Question 20

When was the Medieval Era?

Answer 20

500 - 1500 AD

Question 21

In the 700s, which emperor expanded what was located in modern-day France into what is now Italy and Germany?

Answer 21

Emperor Charlemagne

Question 22

Charlemagne saw himself as the founder of a new _______ ______ ______

Answer 22

Christianized Roman Empire

Question 23

After Charlemagne died, his heirs couldn’t maintain it

Answer 23

TRUE

Question 24

Another great empire of the 700s was the _______ ______

Answer 24

Byzantine Empire

Question 25

The Byzantine Empire emerged from the ruins of the ______ _____ _____

Answer 25

Eastern Roman Empire

Question 26

Who rebuilt Constantinople as ruler of the Byzantine empire?

Answer 26

Emperor Justinian

Question 27

Where did the Byzantine Empire expand to by 1360 AD?

Answer 27

As far west as Italy, as far south as Spain

Question 28

Around the 1300s, the Christians split into two different churches:

Answer 28

the Roman Catholic church, and the Eastern Orthodox Church

Question 29

When did the Byzantine empire fall?

Answer 29

in the 1450s, when the Turks invaded Constantinople

Question 30

An English document that reserved some rights for the nobles, later extended to include common people as well

Answer 30

Magna Carta

Question 31

In 1215, nobles forced ____ ____ to sign the Magna Carta

Answer 31

King John

Question 32

When was Parliament created?

Answer 32

When the Magna Carta was reformed

Question 33

A war between France and England, very long and bloody

Answer 33

The Hundred Years War

Question 34

A global plague that swept through Europe from ____ to _____

Answer 34

Black Plague, 1347 to 1353

Question 35

Where was the Black Plague from?

Answer 35

China, brought to Europe by fleas on rats on ships

Question 36

How many people died from the Black Death in Europe?

Answer 36

25 million (1/3 of the European population)

Question 37

In later medieval times, _______ spread to the upper and middle class

Answer 37

education

Question 38

Under this system, local lords governed their own lands, having farmers and peasants who work the land for protection and basic services

Answer 38

feudal systems

Question 39

People from the feudal system didn't have much opportunity, so they went to cities to seek their fortune. These people were known as:

Answer 39

Merchant class