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Roman Accomplishments Christianity

Rome Meets Byzantine

Islam, Africa, and Mongols

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Early Rome

Where was Julius Caesar headed whenhe crossed the Rubicon?

$100 Answer from Early Rome

Rome(40)

$200 Question from Early Rome

What were the rich land owning citizens of Rome (who made up 5% of

the population) called who also made upmost of the Senate and Assembly of

Centuries before the Conflict of Orders?

$200 Answer from Early Rome

Patricians(11, 17)

$300 Question from Early RomeWhat was the other name for the

Roman artisans, peasants, laborers, andshopkeepers (who made up 95 % of the

population) who paid the most taxes and had the most people

in the Roman Army?

$300 Answer from Early Rome

Plebeians(12, 13)

$400 Question from Early Rome

Who taught the Romans the idea of building lotsof roads throughout your empire

to improve trade and communication?

$400 Answer from Early Rome

The Persians(28)

$500 Question from Early Rome

What was the name of the huge plantations owned by theRoman government and run by the Roman army

which hurt the smaller farmers in the empire?

$500 Answer from Early Rome

Latifundia(34)

$100 Question from Roman Accomplishments

Octavian/ Augustus was Rome’s 1st

Emperor/imperator and led the empire Through the Pax Romana

- What does Pax Romana mean?

$100 Answer from Roman Accomplishments

“Roman Peace”(thanks to Augustus more people got civil Service jobs, there was a return of family

values, and equality between the patricians and plebeians)

(42, 44)

$200 Question from Roman Accomplishments

What special “forbidding” power did the consuls (the heads of the executive

branch) have?

$200 Answer from Roman Accomplishments

The power of the veto(15)

$300 Question from Roman Accomplishments

Who fought in the Punic Wars?

$300 Answer from Roman Accomplishments

Rome and Carthage(30)

$400 Question from Roman Accomplishments

What Roman architectural structure brought water into the towns?

$400 Answer from Roman Accomplishments

Aqueducts(25)

$500 Question from Roman AccomplishmentsWho wrote the Aenied?

(the tale of a fighter from the Trojan War eventually helping to establish

Rome)

$500 Answer from Roman Accomplishments

Virgil(26)

$100 Question from Christianity

Who do the followers of Christianity believe is the messiah (the savior/second

coming of God)?

$100 Answer from Christianity

Jesus of Nazareth(followers of Judaism disagree that he is the

messiah)(51, 128)

$200 Question from Christianity

What is an apostle?

$200 Answer from Christianity

An early follower of Jesus (or a religion)(54)

$300 Question from ChristianityWhat emperor changed his mind about Christianity

and declared it the new religion of the empire(because he used the symbol of the cross as a good luck

symbol in battle)?

$300 Answer from Christianity

Constantine(60)

$400 Question from Christianity

What man established some of the earliest churches all around the Roman Empire to spread Christianity?

$400 Answer from ChristianityPeter

(Paul/Saul helped spread Christianity throughout the empire through his Latin letters and by accepting converts of other religions)

(55, 56)

$500 Question from Christianity

What was the name of the series of rules whichhelped organize the early beliefs of the Catholic

Church?

$500 Answer from Christianity

Nicene Creed(61)

$100 Question from Rome Meets Byzantine

Who is the head of the RomanCatholic Church?

$100 Answer from Rome Meets Byzantine

The Pope!(he’s considered more powerful than a king)

(69, 129)

$200 Question from Rome Meets Byzantine

A mercenary is a paid soldier – Why did the Roman government hire so many mercenaries

towards the end of the empire?

$200 Answer from Rome Meets Byzantine

Because no Roman citizen wanted to serve in the armyand they had lots of invaders (like Attila who

eventually conquered the western half of the empire)(47, 63)

$300 Question from Rome Meets Byzantine

What was the name of the split over icons(religious statues) in Christianity which

caused the forming of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox/Byzantine Churches?

$300 Answer from Rome Meets Byzantine

Schism(the Roman Catholics wanted

icons in the church the Byzantine/Eastern Orthodox did

not)(68)

$400 Question from Rome Meets Byzantine

What is Hagia Sophia?

$400 Answer from Rome Meets Byzantine

An Eastern Orthodox/Byzantine temple in Constantinople(later a mosque in Istanbul)

(it was so beautiful, it was one of the reasons along with the Cyrillic alphabet that Prince Vladimir made the religion of

Russia the Eastern Orthodox Church!)(72, 81, 82)

$500 Question from Rome Meets Byzantine

What happens when you have inflation?

$500 Answer from Rome Meets Byzantine

When too much money is being printed so that its not worth anything

while prices keep rising(48)

$100 Question from Islam, Africa, and Mongols

Which religion’s followers are also known as Muslims and read a holy book

written in Arabic called the Qur’an?

$100 Answer from Islam, Africa, and Mongols

Islam(100, 105,110 )

$200 Question from Islam, Africa, and Mongols

The Golden Horde was another name for what group (also called the Tatars)

when they conquered Russia?

$200 Answer from Islam, Africa, and Mongols

The Mongols(they were eventually defeated by Ivan III)

(83)

$300 Question from Islam, Africa, and Mongols

Which religion (Islam/ChristianityAnd Judaism) is monotheistic (meaning they

worship one god) and considers Abraham and Jerusalem important?

$300 Answer from Islam, Africa, and Mongols

All three do!

(104, 125, 130)

$400 Question from Islam, Africa, and Mongols

Who is the holy (human) leader of

Islam?

$400 Answer from Islam, Africa, and Mongols

The Caliph(a fight over the Muslim Empire, also known as Dar al-Islam,

who was to be caliph split Islam into the Sunni and Shia branches –

the Sunni believe that the caliph should be chosenBy the people, the Shia believe that he should be a

Descendent of Ali)(112, 120)

$500 Question from Islam, Africa, and Mongols

What was the name of the largest trading and education city in the Mali empire?

$500 Answer from Islam, Africa, and Mongols

Timbuktu(143)

Final Jeopardy Question

We all know Istanbul is the new name for Constantinople …

But what peopleconquered Constantinople and made it Istanbul?

Final Jeopardy Answer

The (Ottoman) Turks!(76, 123)