Test Questions: Greece and Rome

Representative Democracy - is when the citizens elect people to represent our interests in the running of our country

Direct Democracy - when the people the rule without a representative

Theocracy - a form of government that gets its power from religion

Monarchy - a government having a single ruler (king)

City-States - a city and its surrounding region controlled by a central government

Polis - A Greek city-state

Drama - a written work that is usually displayed on stage

Comedy - Light hearted Drama with humor/ making fun of situations 

Tragedy -  Serious drama with themes like love, hate, war, betrayal

Alexander the Great - comes to power at the age of 20 and dies at the age of 32. Expands the Roman Empire. Student of Aristotle

Ptolemy - an astronomer, incorrectly placed the Earth at the center of the solar system

753 BC - when Rome was founded

509 BC - created the Roman Republic

Patrician- wealthy landowners who held most of the power 

Plebeian - common farmers, artisans, and merchants, the majority of the population 

476 AD- the fall of the Western Roman Empire