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65 Cards in this Set
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_____ lived on the island of Crete, developed a highly skilled civilization.
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Minoans
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Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who served the great _____.
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Kublai Khan
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_____ produced the Latin Vulgate.
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Jerome
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_____ is the supposed king of the Greek gods.
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Zeus
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The Battle of Salamis was a great defeat for the _____ navy.
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Persian
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Who was the first emperor of a united China?
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Shih Huang Ti
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The empress __________ was a great influence on the law code of Jestinian's rain.
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Theodora
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The pantheon was a ______ temple and an excellent example of classical architecture.
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Roman
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Was the first tyrant of Athens
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Peisistratus
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China's longest ruling dynasty
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Chou
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Rule by the many or the common people
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Democracy
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Underground tunnels
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Catacombs
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Criminal forced to fight in public show
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Gladiator
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Hindu belief in "life after death"
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Reincarnation
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Hilltop fortress
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Acropolis
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Defender of the faith
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Apologist
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Rule by few
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Oligarchy
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PedagogueA educated slave
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PedagogueA educated slave
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The common people of Rome
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Plebeian
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Image destoyer
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Iconoclast
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Greek "Father of History"
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Herodotus
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Spartan general
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Leonidas
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Defeated Antony at the Battle of Actium
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Octavian
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Great Athenian statesman
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Pericles
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Emperor of Japan
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Mikado
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Initiated the tenth and greatest persecution
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Diocletian
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Founder of the Japanese civilization
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Prince Shotoku
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Granted toleration to Christians with the Edict of Milan
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Constantine
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Brave Christian girl martyred by her faith
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Blandina
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Wrote City of God
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Augustine
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Tutored Alexander
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Aristotle
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Great Carthaginian general
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Hannibal
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Crossed the Rubicon river and became the master of Rome
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Caesar
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Greatest of the Byzantine rulers
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Justinian
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Known for his merciless law code
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Draco
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Cyril and Methodius were famous Byzantine _____.
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Missionaries
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Philip II was a ruler in ____ before conquering nearly all of Greece.
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Macedonia
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Marius was beaten by ________, Champion of the Senate, in Rome's first Civil War.
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Sulla
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The Ottoman Turks were ____ in their effort to conquer Byzantium.
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Successful
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Hippocrates was a Greek _______.
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Physician
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By A.D. ___ the New Testament had been completed.
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100
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What was the Pax Romana?
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Period of peace and prosperity
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The first major naval battle in history was ____.
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Battle of Salamis
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Famous Greek hero in Homer's works.
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Achilles
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Was NOT a famous pharaoh of Egypt
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Aksum
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Hebrew name for the "Anointed One".
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Messiah
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Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
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Homer
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What great ruler United the Medes and Persians to begin the Persian empire?
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Cyrus
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"Rule by the Best"
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Aristocracy
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What is the name of the strict social class system in India?
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Caste system
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Name the magnificent cathedral built by Justinian.
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Hagia Sophia
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What were the wars between Rome and Carthage called?
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Punic
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What Roman emperor began the first great persecution of the Christians?
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Nero
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What type of Greek was the New Testament written?
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KoineIn
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What was Sumerian writing called?
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Cuneiform
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Why was Arianism such a threat to the early church?
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Arianism denied the deity of Jesus Christ, thereby denying his Holiness and redemptive work.
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Why was it wrong for Theodosius to make Christianity the only legal religion in the empire?
A. God's church does not need Roman law to aid its growth, as evidence the persecutions. B. To force someone to make a confession of Christianity does nothing for their relationship with God. C. It brings unregenerate paga thinking into the chuch as many join the church because it is the legal thing to do. D. All the above |
D. All the above
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What is true regarding Roman persecution of the Christians?
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The testimony of those persecuted and martyred spurred many others to become Christians themselves.
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What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative democracy?
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Representative democracy allows voting
citizens to elect people to rule for them. |
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What church is known for its use of Greek liturgy?
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Eastern Orthodox
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Was NOT a name for the city called the New Rome.
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Persepolis
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Mt. _____ erupted, burying Herculaneum and Pompeii in volcanic ash.
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Vesuvius
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Old Babylonian rulerWho was _____.
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Hammurabi
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On March 15, 44 B.C, ____ was murdered by a group of Roman senators.
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Julius Caesar
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What African empire was founded by Mansa Musa?
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Mali
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