AP World History Chapter 4 Flashcards
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228013340 | what were romans genius's in | engineering | 0 | |
228013341 | what formation are greek politics noted for | democratic city-states | 1 | |
228013342 | what did the roman empire tolerate | local politicians and religious diversity | 2 | |
228013343 | what did the senate of republican rome represent | the landed aristocracy | 3 | |
228013344 | the most characteristic political formi nthe classical mediterranean era | aristocratic assemblies | 4 | |
228013345 | classical mediterranean society didn't differ from classical china in what way | rejection of religious belief | 5 | |
228013346 | the greek philosopher that suggested that human reason could approach an understanding of the perfect forms the absolutely True, Good, and Beautiful that he believed underlay nature | Plato | 6 | |
228013347 | greek society registered in special advances in | science | 7 | |
228013348 | roman slaves were used for | household care and tutoring, agricultural labor, and working in the mines | 8 | |
228013349 | one of the regional dynasties that followed thedeath of alexander the great (founded in macedonia and greece) | Antigonids | 9 | |
228013350 | two wars fought in early 5th century b.c.e. between persian empire and greek city-states | persian wars | 10 | |
228013351 | what wars allowed greek civilization to define identity separate from from the asian empirefrom their victories | persian wars | 11 | |
228013352 | athenian tyrant of the 6th century b.c.e. | pisastratus | 12 | |
228013353 | gained popular support against traditional aristocratic councils of athenian government | pisastratus | 13 | |
228013354 | greek writer of tragedies, author of oedipus rex | sophocles | 14 | |
228013355 | person representing the god apollo | oracle at delphi | 15 | |
228013356 | received cryptic messages from the god that had predictive value if the seekers could correctly interpret the communication | oracle at dephi | 16 | |
228013357 | conquered indigenous population of spartan city-state | helots | 17 | |
228013358 | provided agricultural labor for spartan landowners | helots | 18 | |
228013359 | largest population of spartan city-state | helots | 19 | |
228013360 | althenian reformer of late 6th century b.c.e; established democratic council of 500 in athens | cleisthenes | 20 | |
228013361 | distinct style of hellenistic architecture that was more ornate than doric but less than corinthian | ionic | 21 | |
228013362 | wars between athens and sparta for dominance of souther greece | peloponnesian wars | 22 | |
228013363 | resulted in spartan victory but failure to achieve political unification of greece | peloponnesian wars | 23 | |
228013364 | time period when culture associated with the spread of greek influence as a result of macedonian | hellenistic period | 24 | |
228013365 | one of teh regional dynasties that followed the death of alexander the great (founded in egypt) | ptolemies | 25 | |
228013366 | city founded by alexander the great that was the site of ancient mediterranean's greatest libary | alexandria, egypt | 26 | |
228013367 | one of the regional dynasties that followed the death of alexander the great (founded in mesopotamia) | seleucids | 27 | |
228013368 | ruled macedon from 359-336 BCE and was the founder of centralized kingdom | philip II | 28 | |
228013369 | conquered rest of greece, which was subjected to macedonian authority | philip II | 29 | |
228013370 | athenian reformer of the 6th century | solon | 30 | |
228013371 | established laws that eased burden of debt on farmers, forbade enslavemetn for debt | solon | 31 | |
228013372 | athenian political leader during 5th century that guided development of athenian empire | pericles | 32 | |
228013373 | greek epic poem attributed to homer but possibly the work of many authors | iliad | 33 | |
228013374 | defined gods and human nature that shaped greek mythos | iliad | 34 | |
228013375 | successorof philip II that successfully conquered persian empire prior to his death | alexander the great | 35 | |
228013376 | attempted to combine greek and persian cultures | alexander the great | 36 | |
228013377 | culture derived from the greek civilization that flourished between 800 and 400 BCE | hellenism | 37 | |
228013378 | greek writer of tagedies | aeschylus | 38 | |
228013379 | distinct style of hellenistic architecture that was the least ornate of the three styles | doric | 39 | |
228013380 | hellenistic group of philosophers that emphasized inner moral independence cultivated by strict discipline of teh body and personal bravery | stoics | 40 | |
228013381 | kingdom in northern greece that originally loosely organized under kings and became centralized under philip II | macedon | 41 | |
228013382 | served as basis for unification of greece and later macedonian empire | macedon | 42 | |
228013383 | greek philosohper that was the teacher of alexander the great | aristotle | 43 | |
228013384 | greek philosopher thats knowledge was based on observation of phenomena in material world | aristotle | 44 | |
228013385 | athenian philosopherof later 5th century, tutor of plato | socrates | 45 | |
228013386 | urged rational reflection of moral decisions; condemned to death for corrupting minds of athenian young | socrates | 46 | |
228013761 | greek philosopher thats knowledge based on consideration of ideal forms outside the material world | plato | 47 | |
228580532 | greek writer of the comedies | aristophanes | 48 | |
228580533 | pan-Hellenic rituals observed by all greek city-states that involed athletic cometitions and ritual celebrations | olympic games | 49 | |
228599838 | what river is rome situated on | tiber river | 50 | |
228599839 | who were the aristocrats that controlled the roman senate in the days of the republic | patricians | 51 | |
228599840 | what resulted from the romans gained control of italy | they extended citizenship to the conquered people | 52 | |
228599841 | what were carthage and rome bitter rivals | carthaginians competed with rom for trade in the mediterranean | 53 | |
228599842 | what resulted from rome's mediterranean conquests | they experienced growing dissatisfaction among its lower class | 54 | |
228599843 | caesar's great rival for supremacy in rome | pompey | 55 | |
228599844 | roman orator known as the father of latin prose | cicero | 56 | |
228599845 | famous roman historian | livy | 57 | |
228599846 | roman poet who wrote the aeneid | vergil | 58 | |
228599847 | two outstanding contributions of rome to western civilization | engineering and law | 59 | |
228599848 | Cretans (who become greeks) mostly resemble who | phoenecians | 60 | |
228599849 | a city that performed all the fuctions of an independent nation | city-state | 61 | |
228599850 | city-stake in greece that taught its boys absolute obedience to authority | sparta | 62 | |
228599851 | athenian practicce of banishing a citizen considered dangerous to the welfare of the state | ostracism | 63 | |
228599852 | what did the greek war against persion preserve | the independence of the greeks | 64 | |
228599853 | acievement of ancient greece | development of philosophy | 65 | |
228599854 | what was the parthenon | a temple to athena | 66 | |
228599855 | athenians made the most lasting contribtions in what field | literature | 67 | |
228599856 | led macedonian and greek troops to conquer persia | alexander | 68 | |
228599857 | first granted male commoners the vote in the athenian assembly | solon | 69 | |
228599858 | ordered persian army to invade greece | darius | 70 | |
228599859 | governed athens during its golden age | pericles | 71 | |
228599860 | insisted that disease resulted from natural causes and composed an oath of medical ethics | hippocrates | 72 | |
228599861 | accused of corrupting young minds and was condemned to death | socrates | 73 | |
228599862 | influenced european thinking for many centuries by encyclopedic works on governemt, science, and philosophy | aristotle | 74 | |
228599863 | urged people to seek happiness and please within a balanced moral life | epicurus | 75 | |
228599864 | a philosopher that urgest an aristocracy of intelligence in his book the republic | plato | 76 | |
228599865 | theorized that matter is composed of atoms | democritis | 77 | |
228599866 | portrayed conflict between the individual and fate in plays of tragedy | sophocles | 78 | |
228599867 | dynasty that cyrus darius and xerxes ruled under | achaemenid | 79 | |
228599868 | dynasty following achaemenid dynasty | parthian | 80 | |
228599869 | trade rode in persian | susa | 81 | |
228599870 | capital city in persiad | persopolis | 82 | |
228599871 | city state | polis | 83 | |
228599872 | underground irrigation | qanats | 84 | |
228599873 | using questions to ask things about people | socratic method | 85 | |
228616709 | contributions from sumerians | cuneiform, numbers (60), architecture (arch) | 86 | |
228616710 | contributions from babylonians | code of law(hammurabi), astronomy, religious literature | 87 | |
228616711 | contributions from hebrews | monotheism, old testament, high moral principles | 88 | |
228616712 | contributions from choenicians | missionaries of civilization, the alphabet | 89 | |
228616713 | contributions from aramaeans | government coinage of money | 90 | |
228616714 | contributions from hittites | use of iron | 91 | |
228616715 | contributions from assyrians | government and the library (at ninevah) | 92 | |
228616716 | contributions from the chaldeans | architecture(hanging gardens of babylon) and astronomy | 93 | |
228616717 | contributions from persians | government, spread of culture, religion (zoroastrianism) | 94 |