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Ancient Greece
Coach Collins Pre-AP Social Studies
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6th Grade
11/30/2009

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Term
Ruled by the people and ruled by majority by voting

a: Republic
b: Democracy
c: Capitalism
Definition
b. Democracy
Term
Athens was considered the __________ center of Ancient Greece.

a. Spiritual
b. Artistic
c. Intellectual
Definition
c. Intellectual
Term
Who could vote in Athens?

a. Men
b. Women
c. Old People
Definition
a. Men
Term
Free _________ had no rights.

a. Animals
b. Women
c. Businesses
Definition
b. Women
Term
Spartan life centered around ________.

a. Poverty
b. Food
c. War
Definition
c. War
Term
____________ was the father of philosophy

a. Spartacus
b. Socrates
c. Napolean
Definition
b. Socrates
Term
_______________ was a student of Socrates and founder of the Academy, the first known higher education facility in the Western World.

a. Plato
b. Socrates
c. Aristotle
Definition
a. Plato
Term
_______________ defeated the Persian Empire and allow him to control the Middle East, Greece, and parts of North Africa and Western Asia. He is known as one of the greatest military leaders of all time.

a. Alexander the Great
b. Aristotle
c. Socrates
Definition
a. Alexander the Great
Term
A ______________ government is where citizens elect other citizens to represent them.

a. Democracy
b. Republic
c. Dictatorship
Definition
b. Republic
Term
_____________ was a Viking emporer who discovered parts of Greenland and established the first European settlement in North America in modern day Newfoundland, Canada around the year 1000 A.D.

a. Prince Henry
b. Leif Erickson
c. Christopher Columbus
Definition
b. Leif Erickson
Term
________________ was the first explorer to successfully lead a sea voyage to India in the late 1490s.

a. Christopher Columbus
b. Vasco de Gama
c. John Smith
Definition
b. Vasco de Gama
Term
Ferdinand Magellan
Definition
first to circumnavigate the globe
Term
Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot)
Definition
landed in Canada in 1497
Term
Sir Walter Raleigh
Definition
first English colony in Roanoke Island, North Carolina, 1584
Term
Hernan Cortez
Definition
Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in 1521
Term
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Definition
Explored the desert Southwest of the US in search of Cibola 1540-1542
Term
John Smith
Definition
established Jamestown, 1607, 1st permanent English colony
Term
Muslims from North Africa

a. Moors
b. Moose
c. Muslims
Definition
a. Moors
Term
How many Spanish Kingdoms united? Which one did not?

a. 5 did, Portugal did not
b. 4 did, Spain did not
c. 5 did, Spain did not
Definition
a. 5 did, Portugal did not
Term
What were the three main reasons for Spanish and Portuguese exploration?

a. money, food, pride
b. gold, God, glory
c. gold, goods, gumballs
Definition
b. gold, God, glory
Term
What are four main countries that make up the United Kingdom?
Definition
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Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Scotland
Term
The United Kingdom was inhabited by groups including Romans, Angles, Saxons and ________________.

a. Virginians
b. Vikings
c. Piets
Definition
b. Vikings
Term
_____________ was given the crown after King Edward died.

a. King Harold
b. King George
c. King Henry
Definition
a. King Harold
Term
After King _______ dies, __________ felt he had legitimate claim to the English throne.

a. Edward - Harold Hardrada
b. Henry - Harold Hardrada
c. Edward - Henry Hardrada
Definition
a. Edward - Harold Hardrada
Term
William "_____ ___________" became the first Norman King of England.

a. The Great
b. The Conqueror
c. The Awesome
Definition
b. The Conqueror
Term
Order according to what level of society you belong to is called _______.

a. Democratic System
b. Feudal System
c. Republic System
Definition
b. Feudal System
Term
__________ was a series of attempts by European countries to retake Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims for the Catholic Church that lasted from 1095-1300 A.D.

a. Crusades
b. Voyages
c. Journeys
Definition
a. Crusades
Term
One of the first women to rule a country - one of the most loved and respected English Monarchs ever

a. Queen Diana
b. Queen Elizabeth
c. Queen Elaine
Definition
b. Queen Elizabeth
Term
Conscripted scholars to translate the verses of the Bible to English - unified the English and Scottish crowns

a. King Henry I
b. King David I
c. King James I
Definition
c. King James I
Term
_____________ or "Great Charter" was a document issued in 1215 A.D. that limited the power of the monarchy.

a. Magna Carta
b. Magno Carto
c. Magnificent Cart
Definition
a. Magna Carta
Term
__________ ___________ a government with a monarch as head of state and a parliament or other legislature that makes the laws. Started under King William and Queen Mary

a. Declaration of Independence
b. Constitutional Monarchy
c. Bill of Rights
Definition
b. Constitutional Monarchy
Term
_________ had problems with Irish Catholics and Protestants.

a. Middle Ireland
b. Northern Ireland
c. Souther Ireland
Definition
b. Northern Ireland
Term
Ruled by a king or queen

a. Dictatorship
b. Monarchy
c. Republic
Definition
b. Monarchy
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