Midterm Study Guide: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Christianity, and Islam

Key Terms to know

1. peninsula2. polis3. agora4. helots5. oracle6. fable7. tragedy8. rhetoric9. Socratic method10. patrician 11. plebeian 12. consul 13. triumvirate 14. Pax Romana 15. proconsul 16. gladiator 17. resurrection 18. apostle 19. salvation 20. gospel 21. Islam 22. oasis 23. caliph

24. Participants and winners of the following battles of the Persian Wars: Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea

25. Differences between Athens and Sparta.

26. Using the following map, which areas are inside and outside the Roman Empire?

27. Explain the differences between a patrician and a plebeian.

28. Which two countries fought in the Punic Wars?

29. How many Punic Wars were there?

30. What animals did Hannibal introduce to war during one of the Punic Wars?

31. Which side ultimately won the Punic Wars?

32. Deity of Christianity and Islam?

33. Main prophet/messenger of Christianity and Islam?

34. Holy Book of Christianity and Islam?

*** You will have two class days to work on this and review for the midterm on Wednesday***