5039860625 | Rock and Pillar Edicts | Ashoka Maurya was known for his _____________ which had laws, Buddhist values, and directions to certain places inscribed on them. | 0 | |
5039860626 | Arabic Numerals | These numerals were previously Hindu but were named after the Arabs. Some examples include: 1, 2, and 3. | 1 | |
5039862603 | Han Dynasty | This dynasty lasted over 400 years and followed the Qin. | 2 | |
5039862604 | Satrap | These government officials ruled over satrapies. | 3 | |
5039864669 | Delian League | Pericles, the ruler of Athens, created this alliance between the Greek city-states. It is like the NATO of the past. | 4 | |
5039864670 | Hellenism | The term describing Greece's culture, ideals, and daily life. | 5 | |
5039867971 | Partricians | Landowning nobles from the Roman Republic. | 6 | |
5039867972 | Plebeians | Free men or ordinary citizens of the Roman Republic. | 7 | |
5039867973 | Twelve Tables of Rome | The name of the codified laws of the Roman Republic. | 8 | |
5039870678 | First Triumvirate | This trio of men ruled Rome after the weakening of the Senate. Soon, two members lost their power to Julius Caesar, the third member who would become dictator. | 9 | |
5039873645 | "Pax Romana" | This Latin phrase means "Roman Peace." | 10 | |
5039873646 | Paganism | A term used to describe religions that aren't one of the major religions of the world. | 11 | |
5039873647 | Christianity | The religion that appeared shortly after the rule of Augustus Caesar. It came from Judaism. | 12 | |
5039876900 | Edict of Milan | This order by Emperor Constantine stopped Christians from being prosecuted by Roman officials. | 13 | |
5039876901 | Zoroastrianism | One of the first monotheistic religions that was founded in Persia, or modern-day Iran. | 14 | |
5039879257 | Confucianism | A philosophy founded by Confucius. The philosophy was mainly about morals and ethics and the right way to rule in politics. He believed in Ren, Li, and Xiao. | 15 | |
5039879258 | Daoism | This philosophy was founded by Lao-tzu, who believed that staying away from competition and world affairs would make the world better. | 16 | |
5039879259 | Polytheism | A word used to describe a religion that has many deities. | 17 | |
5039879260 | Legalism | A belief that asked for strict laws and harsh penalties. | 18 | |
5039882077 | Hinduism | A polytheistic religion from India; it originated from the Aryans. One such deity from the religion is Vishnu. | 19 | |
5039882078 | Buddhism | This religion was founded by a prince named Siddhartha Gautama. There is no deity but there are two central beliefs: the "Four Noble Truths" and the "Eightfold Path." | 20 | |
5039882079 | Judaism | The first of the major world religions; the Hebrews were the first to practice the religion. | 21 | |
5039884563 | Theravada and Mahayana | After Siddhartha Gautama or the Buddha's death, the Buddhist religion split into these two movements. | 22 | |
5039884564 | Mauryan Empire | This empire was the first to unify the Indian subcontinent. | 23 | |
5039888992 | Chandragupta Maurya | He conquered all of India's regional kingdoms and united them all under the Mauryan Empire. | 24 | |
5039888993 | Ashoka Maurya | He was the grandson of the founder of the Mauryan Empire. He was known for being a Buddhist and erecting the rock and pillar edicts. | 25 | |
5039891038 | Chandra Gupta the Great | After the fall of the Mauryan Empire, this person founded the Gupta Empire. | 26 | |
5039891039 | Gupta Empire | This empire was known for its scientific and mathematical advances, such as the development of pi. | 27 | |
5039893938 | Great Wall of China | During the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuangdi ordered the construction of walls which were the predecessors of this wonder of the world. | 28 | |
5039893939 | Qin Shi Huang | The nickname of the Qin Shihuangdi, the only Qin emperor. | 29 | |
5039893940 | Xiongnu | Also known as the Huns, these people invaded China as well as Eastern Europe. | 30 | |
5039896511 | Wu Ti | This Han emperor was known as the Warrior Emperor due to his skills that led him to conquer central Asia. | 31 | |
5039896512 | Satrapies | The Persians split their empire into provinces or ________. | 32 | |
5039896513 | Great Royal Road | The Persians used this network for communication and transportation. | 33 | |
5039899525 | Lydians | These people were conquered by the Persians and their use of standardized coins spread across the empire. | 34 | |
5039901915 | Phoenicians | These peoples had a strong navy and were known to have a simple 22 character alphabet that the Greeks later adopted and changed. | 35 | |
5039901916 | Hebrews | These peoples were known for their religion, Judaism, and their homeland of Israel. | 36 | |
5039901917 | Athens | One of the main city-states of Greece. It is known as a political, commercial, and cultural center. According to myths, it was named after Athena. | 37 | |
5039904070 | Sparta | One of the main city-states of Greece. It had one of the strongest military of all Greece. | 38 | |
5039904071 | Persian Wars | A war in which the Greeks united to defeat the Persians. Most of Athens was destroyed as a result. | 39 | |
5039905992 | Pericles | The ruler of Athens who rebuilt Athens after the Persian Wars and created a Golden Age in Athens. | 40 | |
5039905993 | Socrates | One of the three famous philosophers who was known for his execution by poison. | 41 | |
5039905994 | Plato | One of the three famous philosophers. He was known for teaching Aristotle, his greatest student. | 42 | |
5039905995 | Aristotle | One of the tree famous philosophers; he was the mentor of Alexander the Great. | 43 | |
5039905996 | Homer | This author wrote the "Illiad" and "Odyssey." | 44 | |
5039909726 | Peloponnesian War | The Pelopponnesian League, led by Sparta, and the Delian League, led by Athens, ran into a trade dispute, leading to this war. | 45 | |
5039909727 | Macedonians | After the Peloponnesian War, this group of people led by King Philip III conquered Greece. | 46 | |
5039912145 | Alexander the Great | The heir of King Philip III, he conquered the Achaemenid/Persian Empire and brought his rule all the way to the Indus River in India. | 47 | |
5039912146 | Punic Wars | The war between the Romans and Carthaginians which lasted from 264 to 146 BCE. | 48 | |
5039914426 | Hannibal | One of the greatest military leaders of all time, he led Carthage in the second Punic War and almost conquered Rome. | 49 | |
5039914427 | Octavius | Just like in the First Triumvirate, the Second Triumvirate followed the same precedent but this time, this person became the ruler and renamed himself: Augustus Caesar. | 50 | |
5039914428 | Constantine | The first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. | 51 | |
5039917190 | Constantinople | The emperor Constantine built this city named after himself on Byzantium, a Greek city, and made it the capital of the empire in 340 CE. | 52 | |
5039917191 | Diocletian | This emperor that preceded Constantine tried to deal with Rome's many problems through splitting the empire into two halves ruled by two co-emperors. | 53 | |
5039919914 | Wang Mang | He was the regent to a 2 year old king of the Han Dynasty. He seized power for 15 years and became known as the "socialist emperor." | 54 |
2017 Princeton Review AP World History Unit 2 Terms Flashcards
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