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Greek culture originated on the island of __

Crete

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__ led the Israelites out of Egypt

Moses

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__ was the capital of the island of Crete

Minos

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The Tenth Commandment said __

You shall not covet your neighbor's goods

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__ was the belief that you could never truly know anything, so you ought not worry about right and wrong

Sophism

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__ was the belief that you could do anything you wanted as long as it didn't infringe on other's rights. Means dog or doglike.

Cynicism

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__ was the belief that you could never know what was right, so you should do nothing.

Skepticism

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__ was the belief that you should maximize pleasure and minimize displeasure.

Epicureanism

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__ was the belief that none of your choices matter so you should never show emotion.

Stoicism

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The barbarians who attacked Rome in the early days of the Republic were called __

Etruscans

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The Egyptians used a form of writing called __

hieroglyphics

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The period when Greek culture was located on the island of Crete was called the __

Minoan period (2000-1450 B.C.)

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The period when the Greeks migrated from Crete and established cities was called the _. The Trojan War took place during this period.

Mycenaean period (1500-1200 B.C.)

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The period of regression of technology and writing when family groups established places of sacrifice together was called the

Dark Ages (1200-800 B.C.)

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The period when the polis was established was called the ___

Classical/Hellenic period (800-500 B.C.)

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The period when philosophies rejecting the polis appeared was called the ___

Hellenistic period (500-100 B.C.)

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The two barbarian groups who forced the Greeks to migrate from Crete were called the _ and the __

Thracians, Dorians

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It is thus clear that, just as some are by nature , so others are by nature ___…

slaves, freemen

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…not all those who are actually , or actually , are natural or natural ____.

slaves, freemen

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_ wrote "Crito"

Plato

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During the Middle Ages, architecture changed from Romanesque to

Gothic

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_ led the revolt against Antiochus IV

Judas Maccabeus

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A Greek citizen-solder was called a _

hoplite

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Knights were given pieces of land called

fiefs

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__ wrote many epistles

The Apostle Paul

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_ was the last queen of Egypt

Cleopatra

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The system of hierarchy that unified the Roman Empire was called __

patronage

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_ means language of the common people

vernacular

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God made man in

his own image

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_ divided the Roman Empire in half

Diocletian

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declared that God and Christ are of one substance

The Council of Nicaea

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King John was forced by the nobles to sign the

Magna Carta

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If a man knocks out a tooth of a man ____, they shall knock out his tooth

of his own rank

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was the Frankish king crowned by the Pope on Christmas day in 800

Charlemagne

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_ was the Norman king who won the Battle of Hastings and conquered England

William the Conqueror

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_ was the capitol of the Eastern Roman Empire

Constantinople

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was the first Roman general to subvert the Roman gov't with his army

Marius

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The _ who is worthy to rule over a ought always to bear in mind by what name he is called and to justify his life by his title of ___

abbot, monastery, superior

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stubborn

obdurate

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King John inserted into the document that he was forced to sign

point 13: "The city of London shall enjoy all its ancient liberties and free customs…"

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_ was a forerunner of cuneiform

Pictographs

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The first set of written laws are

Hammurabi's Code

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_ was the author of The Republic

Plato

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wrote about Pericles' Funeral Oration

Thucydides

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wrote the letter to Menoeceus/ The Discourses

Epicurus

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The three pillars to the Roman additive identity , _, and ___

Commerce, Patronage, Citizenship

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The ___ identity is the basis of the Roman Culture

additive

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_ wrote the biography on Marcus Cato

Plutarch

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Cato was a good role model, because he cared about Rome, but

He didn't care about the people

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__ wrote "On Duties"

Cicero

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On Duties was a letter Cicero wrote to ___

His Son (Marcus)

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__ is the last person to try to stop the corruption in Rome as elected tribune

Tiberius (163-132)

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____ tried to get elected tribune, but was killed soon after

Gaius (154-122)

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__ defeated Jugurtha with his army and soon took control of the senate

Gaius Marius

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__ was the assistant of Marius that rose up against him later and took control of Rome

Sulla

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Sulla's political heirs were and ____

Caesar and Pompey

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__ is the first crowned Roman Emporer

Octavian (Augustus)

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Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar made up Rome's ____

First Triumvirate

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Octavian and kill the senators in retaliation of his father's death

Mark Antony

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and Cleopatra were lovers

Mark Antony

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Octavian, Mark Antony, Lepidus created the _

Second Triumvirate

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Res Gestae Divi Augusti was written by

Augustus

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The Res Gestae Divi Augusti is composed of

Deeds of the Divine Augustus

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Diocletian created a form of government known as _

Tetrearchy

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The hierarchy of the Medieval ages was _

The feudal system

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The adjective form of Charlemagne's name is

Carolinian

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In the medieval ages every was bound to their Lord by an oath

Vassal

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_ wrote a letter to the Abbot Baugful expressing his concerns about the education of the clergy

Charlemagne

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The ceremony by which power is given is known as _

Investiture

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The Investiture controversy was primarily between the and the _

King, Pope

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That the _ is the Minister of the Priests and the Inferior to them

Prince

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__ is the hero of the story on what it means to be Catalan (Northern Spanish)

Guifu el Pelos

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_ is the main character of the story on what it means to be Castilian (Southern Spanish)

Rodrigo De Virar

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_ is the main character of the story on what it means to be Swiss

William Tell

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Heirs may be given in marriage, but not to someone of _

lower social standing

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The plague would hit a town in the middle ages roughly every ___

30 years

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In 1309 the kidnap the pope

French

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Common people in the renaissance were called the ___

popolo

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Many cities in Italy became ___ in the Renaissance, which means one man ruled but didn't have any actual power

Signori

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In the Renaissance ____, an appreciation of human nature and achievements became more prevalent

humanism

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The Renaissance is characterized by the _ system

money

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In the Renaissance it was believed that everything existed , ___ and ___

Intellectually, Spiritually, Physically

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means to become plant-like

Vegetative

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sparked the Reformation, by writing the __

Martin Luther, 95 theses

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The catholic bishop hired a professional debater named to debate with Martin Luther to address the questions he asks

Eck

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_ was the first scientist to explore human anatomy

Vesalius

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___ was the first scientist to introduce a heliocentric universe

Copernicus

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_ was the first to introduce the idea that objects fall at the same rate, as well as defend Copernicus with evidence

Galileo

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___ was known as the father of chemistry

Boyle

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____ discovered the idea of blood circulation

Harvey

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_ and _ were the first two scientists to pose a scientific "theory"

Bacon, Descartes

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_ was the person to create many of the fundamental laws of physics

Issac Newton

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In the medieval ages, the military power laid in the hands of the _

knights

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The invention of causes a massive shift in social order in the renaissance -- kings had more power

gunpowder

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___ is the form of government where all unconstrained power is reserved to the monarch by God

Absolutism

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laws are laws that come from God Directly

Divine

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_ are laws of nature

Natural

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____ laws are laws that have been around for so long that they cannot be changed

Fundamental

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are physical, man-made laws

Positive

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To execute the _ is to sign a document that allows another person to do anything legally in your name

Power of Attorney

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