Chapter 4+5 GSPRITE NOTES

*Please Note: Test will be on Friday 9/24/12

Geography

Where else in the world are civilizations taking shape in the world by the end of the classical era (besides the Middle East, India, China and Europe)?

Extent of Roman Empire

Extent of Alexander’s Empire

Social

The word “Barbarian” by 600 c.e.

Roman slaves used for………?  Not used for………?

“breads and circuses”

Roman Empire= multinational

Political

Athenian Democracy

Senate of Rome represented whom?

Roman and Greek government (what do they have in common)

Government styles found in ancient Greece

Religious

Polytheism in Greece and Rome

Monotheism adopted late in Roman Empire (Christianity)

Basic beliefs of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism (See Chart)

Why is Confucianism not a religion?

Intellectual/ Technology

Contributions of Greek/Hellenistic and Roman culture

Greeks=Democracy

Romans=Engineering/ Architecture

Socratic Method

Economic

Greek and Roman Agriculture (what did it look like?)

Other: Empires side-by-side

Decline of Greece and Rome (Across many GSPRITEs)

Roman decline compared to Gupta India?

Roman decline compared to Han China?

Greece and Gupta (regional governments)

Which traditions survived the Hun invasions in India?