AP World History S1 Flashcards

264270664	Helots	They rose up against the Spartans.	0
264270665	Solon	Helped prevent Civil War in Athens (promoted democratic reform)	1
264270666	Salamis	The decisive battle of the 2nd Persian war	2
264270667	Sparta	Won the Peloponnesian war	3
264270668	Plato	In The Republic, he proposed that philosopher kings should rule	4
264270669	Pericles	Led Athens during its Golden Age	5
264270670	Athens	The Leader of the Delian League	6
264270671	Socrates	He believed that honor was more important than wealth and fame	7
264270672	Aristotle	The personal tutor of Alexander the Great	8
264270673	Minoan	Earliest Greek civilization	9
264270674	Dorian	Lost the ability to read and write	10
264270675	Mycenaean	Fought in the Trojan War	11
264270676	Plebeians	In Rome's early Republic, this group gained more rights	12
264270677	Patricians	Upper aristocratic class in Rome	13
264270678	Tacitus	The most important early Roman historian	14
264270679	Paul	Because he was a Roman citizen, appealed his case to Rome, later executed	15
264270680	Latifundia	Large plantations worked by slaves	16
264270681	Tiberius Gracchus	Tribune who called for land reform, was assassinated in 132 BC	17
264270682	Consuls	They served as the executive branch in Roman Republic	18
264270683	Etruscans	During its early history, Rome was dominated by the	19
264270684	Marius	Created an army of common men who were loyal only to him	20
264270685	Actium	Octavian's victory against Egypt in this battle restored order to Rome	21
264270686	Cleopatra	The last of the Ptolemaic rulers	22
264270687	Augustus Caesar	First Emperor of Rome ( Monarchy disguised as Republic )	23
264270688	Sulla	General that was supported by the Roman aristocrats	24
264270689	Gravitas	Discipline, loyalty, and strength	25
264270690	Stoicism	Most prominent school of moral philosophy in Rome	26
264270691	Julius Caesar	He sought to appoint some Gauls to the Roman senate	27
264270692	Council of Nicaea	Decided that Jesus possessed both human and divine natures	28
264270693	Romulus Augustus	The last Roman emperor in the West	29
264270694	Alaric	Leader of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in 410 CE	30
264270695	Attila	The leader of the Huns	31
264270696	Diocletian	Roman empire was divided into two parts by this emperor	32
264270697	Zhang Qian	Information he brought back helped lay the foundations for the Silk Roads	33
264270698	Byzantine	After the collapse of the western half of the Roman empire, name the eastern half that survived for another thousand years	34
264270699	Marcus Aurelius	Smallpox claimed the life of this Roman Emperor	35
264270700	Buddhism	Spread by merchants along the Silk Roads	36
264270701	Antioch	In the West the silk roads terminated in this Turkish port	37
264270702	Taklamakan	One of the most dangerous spots along the silk roads	38
264270703	Xiongnu	Han Wudi wanted to line up allies to destroy what enemy	39
264270704	Constantine	This emperor forbade the persecution of Christians	40
264270705	Peter	Bishop of Rome	41
264270706	Paul	Did the most to spread Christianity in the Roman Empire	42
264270707	Caesaropapism	System whereby the emperor has a mixture of political and religious authority	43
264270708	Hagia Sophia	A magnificent domed church, later became a mosque	44
264270709	Constantinople	Important for its strategic location	45
264270710	Belisarius	This general reconquered much of the Western Roman Empire from Germanic peoples	46
264270711	Charlemagne	Crowned Holy Roman Emperor christmas day in 800	47
264270712	Leo III	Banned the use of Icons	48
264270713	St Basil	Played a key role in the rise of Monasticism	49
264270714	St Methodius and St Cyril	Helped devise an alphabet to represent the sounds of Slavic languages	50
264270715	Prince Vladimir	His conversion in 989 helped the rise of Orthodox Christianity in Russia	51
264270716	Kiev	This city was most important in the early rise of Russia	52
264270717	Moscow	Russians later began to think of this city as the Third Rome	53
264270718	Ottoman Turks	In 1453, they captured Constantinople	54
264270719	Saljuq Turks	They entered the Abbasid realm and converted to Islam (10th century)	55
264270720	Justinian	His most significant contribution was his codification of Roman Law	56
264270721	Quran	Holy Book of Islam	57
264270722	Submission to allah	The word Islam means this	58
264270723	Sharia	Islamic holy law	59
264270724	Sunni	Main split inside Islam was between Shia and ...	60
264270725	Jiyza	Special head tax paid during Umayyad period if subjects did not convert	61
264270726	Baghdad	Capital of the Abbasid Empire	62
264270727	Saljuq Turks	The Abbasid dynasty was overrun by the	63
264270728	Madrasas	Islamic leaders supported institutions of higher learning called	64
264270729	Hajj	All muslims must take a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime	65
264270730	Sakk	Islamic banks honored letters of credit known as	66
264270731	Shogun	Military governor	67
264270732	Samurai	Mounted warrior	68
264270733	Taizong	Energetic second ruler of the Tang dynasty	69
264270734	Grand Canal	Stretched from Hangzhou to Chang'an	70
264270735	Tang dynasty	Equal field system implemented under this dynasty	71
264270736	Dharma	Buddhist missionaries translated this Indian term as dao	72
264270737	Kamakura Shogunate	In 1185 the Minamotto clan established the	73
264270738	Viet people	Revolted against the Tang and won their independence	74
264270739	Song Dynasty	In 1279, this dynasty fell to the Mongols	75
264270740	Sui Dynasty	Dynasty that constructed the Grand Canal	76
264270741	Xuanzang	Helped to popularize Buddhism in China	77