Students’ Questions about History Page 44

The Roman Empire officially ended in 476 AD, although it had been in decline for several hundred years before that.

The ancient Greeks lived in city-states. The landscape of Greece is mostly mountains with some coastal plains.

Nelson Mandela fought for equality and justice for all people, regardless of race. He believed that every person deserved to be treated with respect and dignity.

Hinduism has no one founder, no one scripture, and no one set of beliefs or practices. Hindus have many gods and goddesses, which they worship in temples and home shrines.

The mythical figure who flew too close to the sun was Icarus. Icarus flew too close to the sun with wings made of wax and feathers. The heat from the sun melted the wax and Icarus fell into the sea and drowned.

Production refers to the process of creating goods or services. It includes the entire process from the initial gathering of resources to the final delivery of the product or service to the customer.

Helen of Troy was married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta. She was abducted by Prince Paris of Troy, which caused the Trojan War.

The United States entered World War I in April 1917 because the German government had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, and because of the Zimmerman Telegram.

The treaty of versailles was unfair because it placed the blame of world war one squarely on the shoulders of Germany, when in reality, other countries were also responsible for the war. In addition, the treaty forced Germany to pay huge reparations to the victorious allies, which further destabilized the country.

Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.