AP World History Terms Flashcards

2925012727	Empire	An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.	0
2925017508	Hegemony	Imperialism where the other group willingly joins (preferable).	1
2925023378	Dominance	Imperialism where the other group is unwilling.	2
2925029291	Balance of power	When the city states power is balanced.	3
2925045104	Satrap/Satrapy	Local administrators	4
2925050753	Cyrus the Great	The first Leader of the Persian Empire. Respected his opponents and helped their leader after.	5
2925061912	Darius I	More balanced. Most successful. Built a full blown empire. Applied in freedom of religion.	6
2925076863	Zoroastrianism	Jesus people started to follow. Monotheistic.	7
2925086916	Persepolis	Capital of Persia	8
2925088770	Phoenicians (1200 BCE- 539 BCE)	First "mother" culture of Greece made the Birem boat and first alphabet	9
2925102516	Minoans	Second "mother" culture of Greece. We can't read their writing. Obsession with bulls and mythology.	10
2925109890	Mycenaeans	Third "mother" culture of Greece. Became the dominate region when they defeated the Trojans.	11
2925115458	Trojans	Fourth "mother" culture of Greece. Defeated by the Mycenaean.	12
2925121417	Greek Religion	Polytheistic. Gods had flaws and human characteristics.	13
2925123712	Athens	Democracy. Leader among the Greek city- states	14
2925137990	Sparta	Greek city-state most famous for their strong army and rigorous war education form an early age.	15
2925139843	Lycurgus	Spartan leader who created an army.	16
2925141499	Helots	Slaves in Sparta used to take care of the land.	17
2925153252	Cleisthenes (508 BCE)	Did away with aristocratic family centers of power by registering each according to geographical residence.	18
2925159869	Demes	A rural village in Ancient Greece.	19
2925162308	Athenian Democracy	Male citizens had equal political rights, freedom of speech, and the opportunity to participate directly in the political arena.	20
2925171650	Hoplite	Greek soldier	21
2925184190	Phalanx	Formation where the front row would act as shields row 2 would have long spears.	22
2925219300	Persian Wars	The Greek city-states join together to fight the Persians.	23
2925221484	Xerxes	king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire.	24
2926317296	The Battle of Marathon	One of the first Greek/ Persian wars. The Greeks win. (ask)	25
2926333234	Golden Age of Athens	Flourishing time for Athens	26
2926340320	Herodotus	Father of the Western World (Historian)	27
2926346522	Thucydides	Chronicled a war between Athens and Sparta	28
2926355648	Arete	Human excellence	29
2926359617	Sophists	Wise men tought how to tink	30
2926364137	Philosophy	The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge.	31
2926368303	Socrates	Got in fights with sophists. Out smarted many people.	32
2926375294	Socratic Method	Asking questions to lead people to the truth.	33
2926377246	Plato	Made a school (academy) thought women should be equal .	34
2926383921	Aristotle	Best student in academy. Wrote the most.	35
2926389287	Greek Theatre	Dramas of love, justice... etc.	36
2926394685	Peloponnesian War	War against Athens and Sparta. Who won?	37
2926426887	Philip II	The Macedonian King and Alexander the Greats father.	38
2926462555	Alexander the Great	Defeated much of Greece. Created the largest empire of the time.	39
2926482755	Benevolent Despotism	Absolute Monarchy	40
2926488115	Hellenistic Empire	After Alexander died and people started to get out of control.	41