ap world history Flashcards

222245863	what were the Peloponnesian wars?	When Greek split into rival camps (Athens & Sparta)	0
222245864	what was the Carthage?	It was a major part and commercial power in the western Mediterranean. Fought Punic wars with Rome for dominance of western Mediterranean	1
222245865	Who was Phillip II of Macedon	the ruler of Macedon who founded a centralized kingdom and conquered Greece	2
222245866	Who was Diocletian?	He was a roman emperor who restored the empire by improving administration and tax collection	3
222245867	What was the Hellenistic Period?	the time where Greek art and culture merge with influences from Middle East	4
222245868	What was Zoroastrianism	animist region that saw material existence as battles between forces of good and evil. Stressed the importance of moral choice.	5
222245869	Senate?	assembly of roman aristocrats	6
222245870	stoics?	Hellenistic group of philosophers	7
222245871	Corinthian columns	most ornate and least common of three types of architecture	8
222245872	Alexandria	a city in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great	9
222245873	Hannibal	Carthaginian general during 2nd Punic war, he successfully invaded Italy but did conquer Rome	10
222245874	Pericles	Athenian political leader during 5th century. He guided the development of Athenian Empire	11
222245875	What were the Punic Wars?	fought between Rome and Carthage to establish dominance in western Mediterranean	12
222245876	Consuls	2 chief executives or magistrates of the Roman Republic	13
222245877	Cyrus the Great	established massive Persian empire by 550	14
222245878	Aristotle	Greek philosopher, teacher of Alexander the great	15
222245879	Plato	Greek philosopher, knowledge based on consideration of ideal forms outside the material world	16
222245880	What caused the fall of Rome?	They had no central religion and the classical Mediterranean life was not fully carried on	17
222245881	Lowest class	India - Untouchables China - "mean people" Medit - slavery	18
222245882	What united the classical mediterraneans?	India- hinduism Medit - military force, local authrities Chinese - Confusianism, obidience self restraint	19
222245883	What was the hellenistic period?	when greek art and culture merged with other Middle Eastern	20
222245884	Who was Julius Caesar?	one of the leading figures in transforming the Roman republic into an imperial form of government ruled by one dictator	21
222245885	Explain Greco-Roman religion	derived from the belief in the spirits of nature elevated into a complex set of god and goddesses who were seen as regulation human life	22
222245886	Ethics	developed apart from religion, during Hellenistic period. Created by stoics.	23
222245887	In ethiopia, trade and contacts...	led to the kingdoms conversion to Christianity	24
222245888	Greek was genius in	politics	25
222245889	Rome was genius in	engineering	26
222245890	Greek politics was noted for its formation of	democratic city-states	27
222245891	the roman empire	tolerated local politicians and religious diversity	28
222245892	What did the republic of Rome represented	the landed aristocracy	29
222245893	classical meditteranean society differed from classical China by...	the rejection of religious belief	30
222245894	Plato	a greek philosopher who suggested that human reason could approach and understand of true, good, and beautiful	31
222245895	Greek society registered special advances in...	science	32
222245896	roman slaves werent used for..	military service	33