AP World History Flashcards
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210532135 | Roman Republic | the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC | 0 | |
210532136 | Roman Senate | A council whose members were the heads of wealthy, landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings, in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire. (148) | 1 | |
210532137 | Roman Principate | A term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E., based on the ambiguous title princeps ('first citizen') adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship. (p. 151) | 2 | |
210532138 | Marius | a Roman general who was elected consul seven times- he is known for the big changes he made to the Roman army, making it easier for men to be Roman soldiers | 3 | |
210532139 | Augustus | Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC | 4 | |
210532140 | Equites | Class of business people and landowners in ancient Rome who had wealth and power | 5 | |
210532141 | Pax Romana | the Roman peace | 6 | |
210532142 | Jesus | Religious leader and founder of Christianity | 7 | |
210532143 | Paul | (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles | 8 | |
210532144 | Aqueduct | a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley | 9 | |
210532145 | Concrete | a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water | 10 | |
210532146 | Diocletian | Roman emperor who was faced with military problems, when that happend he decided to divide the empire between himself in the east and maximian in the west. he did the last persecution of the Christians | 11 | |
210532147 | Constantine | Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337) | 12 | |
210532148 | Qin | Dynasty that came to power in China in 221 B.C. under which the first true empire of China was created | 13 | |
210532149 | Shi Huangdi | Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization. (163) | 14 | |
210532150 | Han | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy | 15 | |
210532151 | Chang'an | City in the Wei Valley in eastern China. It became the capital of the Zhou kingdom and the Qin and early Han Empires. Its main features were imitated in the cities and towns that sprang up throughout the Han Empire. >(p. 164) | 16 | |
210532152 | Gentry | the most powerful members of a society | 17 | |
210532153 | Xiongnu | A confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the northwest frontier of ancient China. Chinese rulers tried a variety of defenses and stratagems to ward off these 'barbarians,' as they called them, and dispersed them in 1st Century. (168) | 18 | |
210532154 | Confucius/kongzi | Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC) | 19 | |
210532155 | Census | a period count of the population | 20 |