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Greece and Rome

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The main geographic features of Greece are?
Because they were surrounded by seas, the Greeks became?
What did the people of Athens believe was most important in life?
What did the people of Sparta believe was most important in life?
Who did the Greeks fight at the Battle of Marathon?
Which two Greek city-states were the main fighters in the Pelopennesian War?
Who were three of the best known Greek philosophers?
Homers epic poem, the Iliad, tells about?
Greece's rugged mountains?
Who won the Pelopennesian War?
Which statement might Socrates have made?
Why did the Greeks tell myths?
The Roman Republic ended when he became emperor?
What does Pax Romana mean?
During the Pax Romana, Rome?
A government not ruled by a king or queen in which citizens vote for their leaders is called a?
The result of the Punic Wars was?
A major contribution of the Roman Republic was?
Roman engineering included?
The Fall of Rome was?
By building a new capital in the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantine?
A major reason for the decline of the Roman Empire was?
The emperor who ended the persecution of Christians in 313 C.E. was?
The most important consequence of the reforms of Julius Caesar was?
Blind poet that wrote the Iliad
Greek traditional stories about their gods
Mountain pass where 300 Spartans delayed a large Persian army
Greek thinkers, "lovers of wisdom"
philosophers who questioned unexamined beliefs
blend of Greek and Eastern cultures
rule by the people
conquered the known world, spread Greek culture, and died at age 32
wealthy Roman landowners who held power
common people--farmers, artisans, merchants
Roman ideal for values of discipline, strength, and loyalty
Hun chieftan that united the Huns and attacked both sides of the Roman Empire
eastern half of the Roman Empire,
combination of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures
Carthaginian general who nearly defeated Rome in the second PunicWar
Byzantine nobleman, became emperor of the Eastern Empire, had a single law code created

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