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Vocabulary Early Civilizations
Curriculum Standard One:
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Hunter-gathers:
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Nomads:
3.
Bureaucracy:
4.
Tyrant:
5.
Jury:
6.
Empire:
7.
City-State:
8.
Consul:
9.
Veto:
10.
Legislature:
11.
Prophet:
12.
Ethics:
13.
Dictator:
14.
Agriculture:
15.
Civilization
16.
Hammurabi’s Code:
17.
Polytheistic:
18.
Dynasty:
19.
Monotheism:
20.
Polis:
21.
Aristocracy:
22.
Direct Democracy:
23.
Monarchy:
24.
Republic:
25.
Tribute:
26.
Plebeians:
27.
Democracy:
The students will relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy in
Judaism, and in Christianity, to the development of Western political thought.
Identify people, places things or ideas and tell why they are important—why are they significant to us today?
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6.
Socrates:
7.
Carthage:
8.
Julius Caesar:
9.
Augustus Caesar:
10.
Justinian:
11.
Pax Romana:
Plato:
Aristotle:
Pericles:
Athens:
Sparta:
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Critical thinking questions
1.
How did democracy arise in ancient Greece?
2.
How did Plato’s opinion of democracy differ from that of Socrates? Why did it differ?
3.
Does Aristotle believe that human beings are incapable of governing in a just way (page 19)?
You are the Philosopher (try to explain!)
1.
What are ethics? Are we as a society ethical?
2.
Explain this quote, “the unexamined life is not worth living.” What does it mean? There is no right or wrong answer (just try!!)