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Ch.05: Classical Greece

Given:
Use the World History: Patterns of Interaction (POI) textbook to complete the assignment below.

Refer to the to the course calendar to acquire due dates and other instructions.

Task:

A.

Cultures of the Mountains and the Seas

Read pages 123 126. On page 126
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Mycenaean Dorian Homer Epic Myth

B.

Warring City-States
Read pages 127 133. On page 133
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
polis
acropolis
monarchy
aristocracy
oligarchy
tyrant
democracy
helot
phalanx
Persian Wars

C.

Democracy and Greeces Golden Age

Read pages 134 139. On page 139
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
direct democracy
classical art
tragedy
comedy
Peloponnesian War
philosopher
Plato
Aristotle

D.

Alexanders Empire
Read pages 142 145. On page 145
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Philip II Macedonia Alexander the Great Darius III

E.

The Spread of Hellenistic Culture

Read pages 146 149. On page 149
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Hellenistic
Alexandria
Euclid
Archimedes
Colossus of Rhodes

Ch.06: Ancient Rome and Early Christianity

A.

The Roman Republic

Read pages 155 159. On page 159
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
republic patrician plebeian tribune consul senate dictator legion
Punic Wars Hannibal

B.

The Roman Empire

Read pages 160 165. On page 165
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.

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civil war
C.

Julius Caesar

triumvirate

Augustus

Ch.05 - Ch.09

Pax Romana

The Rise of Christianity

Read pages 168 172. On page 172
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Jesus
apostle
Paul
Diaspora
Constantine
bishop
Peter
pope

D.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Read pages 173 176. On page 176
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
inflation
mercenary
Diocletian
Constantinople
Attila

E.

Rome and the Roots of Western Civilization

Read pages 178 183. On page 183
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Greco-Roman culture
Pompeii
Virgil
Tacitus
aqueduct

Ch.07: India and China Establish Empires

A.

South Asias First Empires

Read pages 189 192. On page 192
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Asoka
religious toleration
Tamil
Gupta Empire
Mauryan Empire
matriarchal
patriarchal

B.

Trade Spreads Indian Religions and Culture

Read pages 193 197. On page 197
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Mahayana Theravada Brahma Vishnu Shiva Kalidasa Silk Roads

C.

Han Emperors in China

Read pages 200 207. On page 207
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Han Dynasty
centralized government
civil service
monopoly
assimilation

Ch08: African Civilizations

A.

Diverse Societies in Africa

Read pages 213 219. On page 219
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Sahara
Sahel
savanna
animism
griot
Nok
Djenn-Djeno

B.

Migration
Read pages 220 224. On page 224
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.

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push-pull factors
C.

Ch.05 - Ch.09

Bantu-speaking peoples

The Kingdom of Aksum

Read pages 225 229. On page 229
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Aksum
Adulis
Ezana
terraces

Ch09: A Separate World

A.

The Earliest Americans

Read pages 235 239. On page 239
TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Beringia
Ice Age
Maize

B.

Early Mesoamerican Civilizations

Read pages 240 243. On page 243

TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Mesoamerica
Olmec
Zapotec
Monte Alban
C. Early Civilizations of the Andes
Read pages 244 249. On page 249

TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
Chavin
Nazca
Moche