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World History
The Rise of
Democratic
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Section 1 & 2 - 1. What is the purpose of a government?
2. What is a Monarchy?
3. What is an aristocracy?
4. Greek civilization began as separate _________________. Describe them.
5. What is the main idea behind democracy?
6. How does direct democracy work? How does indirect democracy work?
7. How did Pericles strengthen democracy in Athens? What ideas arose in ancient Greece that contributed to the development
of democratic values in the modern world?
8. Who developed the idea of a “Republic”? Describe what type of democracy it was.
9. Who are senators and what do they do?
10. Identify the Roman legal code and Justinian’s Code. List 4 principles we see today from this code.
11. How did Plato’s opinion of democracy differ from that of Socrates? Why did it differ?
12. Does Aristotle believe that human beings are incapable of governing in a just way? Support your conclusion with evidence from p.19.
Section - 13. What is the religion of the Hebrews? What did the Hebrew believe was God’s wish for people?
14. The first five books of the Hebrew Bible are called the ______________________, which include….
15. According to the Torah, God chose ____________________________ to be the father of the Hebrews.
16. What is moral freedom? Explain
Crash Course – Roman
Republican Leadership
17. What are the written laws of the Bible God gave to Moses?
18. Why did the concept of law mean so much to the Jews? What important democratic ideas did Judaism promote through its ethical
view of the world?
EXTRA CREDIT
8 ½ x 11” paper
Recreate the
10 Commandments
19. Who are prophets? What was their goal for the individual?
Extra Credit – p.32 Writing About History – Isaiah (on a separate paper)
Section 4 - 20. Who was Jesus Christ? What is Christianity?
21. How was Jesus’ message similar to or different from the teachings of Judaism?
22. Name three areas of Europe that became Christian between 476 and 1050 A.D.
What can you conclude about the spread of Christianity from this map?
23. Who was Paul? How did he contribute to the spread of Christianity?
Crash Course –
Christianity
24. What factors contributed to the spread of Christianity?
25. How did the Roman Catholic Church control the spiritual lives of Christians throughout Europe? Explain
26. Where did the moral and ethical principles of the Judeo-Christian tradition come from? Identify two Judeo-Christian principles that
contribute to Western democratic beliefs?
27. What was Henry II greatest achievement? How did this change the legal system in England?
28. Identify common law and what was it based on?
29. What was the “Magna Carta”? Who was it presented to, why and what did it do?
30. Explain “due process of law”.
31. What is Parliament? What body in the U.S. represents this idea?
32. Explain the “Divine Right” theory.
33. What were the three issues that caused conflict for King James?
34. What was the “Petition of Right” presented to Charles I? How did it limit his power?
35. Explain the idea of “Habeas Corpus”.
36. Explain the “Glorious Revolution” and identify the idea of a “Constitutional monarchy”
37. Identify the key rights guaranteed in the English “bill of rights”