AP Flashcards

7526351025	republic	A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting	0
7526351026	senate	A council of representatives	1
7526351027	magistrate	a judge	2
7526351028	tribune	In ancient Rome, an official elected by the plebeians to protect their rights.	3
7526351029	consul	An elected official who led the Roman Republic	4
7526351030	checks and balances	authority shared by three branches of government	5
7526351031	legion	a group of about 6,000 foot soldiers in the army of ancient Rome	6
7526351032	latifundia	huge estates bought up by newly wealthy Roman citizens	7
7526351033	separation of church and state	the division between religion and government	8
7526351034	catapult	slingshot, hurling machine	9
7526351035	siege	the surrounding of a place in order to force it to surrender	10
7526351036	stirrup	two metal loops on a riding saddle with a flat foot piece	11
7526351037	patricians	wealthy landowners, who became Rome's ruling class (birth right)	12
7526351038	plebeians	Rome's common people	13
7526351039	equestrian	a knight, originally a member of the cavalry and later of a political and administrative class	14
7526351040	pontifex maximus	head of the principal college of priests	15
7526351041	mystery cult	type of religious organization in ancient greece and rome	16
7526351042	martyrdom	the death or suffering of a martyr	17
7526351043	stoicism	a school of Hellenistic philosophy that flourished throughout the Roman and Greek	18
7526351044	syncretism	a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith	19
7526458091	provinces	The areas outside of Italy that the Romans controlled	20
7526458092	district	a region or area that is bound together by specific rules, laws, resources, and/or money	21
7526458093	civil service examination	a test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government	22
7526458094	brahmin	in Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priests	23
7526458095	dharma	In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties	24
7526458096	jainism	an Indian religion based on the teachings of Mahavira that teaches all life is sacred	25
7526458097	ahisma	non-violence	26
7526458098	ascetic	one who practices self-denial	27
7526458099	enlightenment	a final spiritual state marked by the absence of desire or suffering	28
7526458100	nirvana	a state of perfect peace	29
7526458101	reincarnation	rebirth in new bodies or forms of life	30
7526458102	monastery	A community of monks	31
7526458103	inoculation	given mild form of disease so to not get severe form	32
7526458104	confucianism	a belief system based on the ideas of the Chinese thinker Confucius	33
7526458105	daoism	stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality	34
7526458106	caste system	A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life	35
7526458107	varna	a basic subdivision of humanity in the Hindu caste system	36
7526458108	untouchables	lowest class of people in the caste system of Hinduism, do all the dirty work of society	37
7526458109	dalits	untouchables	38
7526458110	jati	in India, a group that defines one's occupation and social position	39