AP WORLD HISTORY ERA 2 Flashcards

7817129649	Autonomy	self governing	0
7817133529	Hellenistic	the spread of Greek culture	1
7817222920	satrapy	a province with a governor to rule it	2
7817230390	Socrates	Greek philosopher who questioned everything	3
7817233486	Hannibal	from Carthage; invaded Rome with elephants	4
7817236986	Yellow Turbans	Peasant revolts during the Han dynasty	5
7826870925	Sargon of Akkad	Ruled the first empire; the Akkadian empire	6
7826896948	hegemony	one government is dominant over another but with the consent of the governed	7
7826923520	Hittites	conquered Babylon, had iron weapons	8
7826945763	Cyrus the Great	founder of the Persian empire	9
7827000528	Darius	A Persian emperor who greatly improved the empire	10
7827330124	Minoans	People who settled in Crete and made their living through trade	11
7827450840	confucianism	patriarchal; consists of 5 fundamental relationships; Han dynasty and on	12
7827477476	daoism	thought government should leave people alone; nature loving	13
7827503207	Emperor Wu	established an imperial academy and civil service exams; was a woman	14
7827532747	Xiongnu	barbarians with consant warfare against China	15
7827352091	Mycenaeans	early Greeks who traded with the Minoans	16
7827380123	Helots	People captured by the Spartans; they either had limited rights or were slaves	17
7827409431	Polis	Greek city states	18
7827415305	Agora	a town square or market place	19
7827435948	Homer	A Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad	20
7827521283	Peloponnesian War	The Macedonians conquered Greece when they were busy fighting each other	21
7827571188	benevolent despotism	Allowing place to keep their cultures, religions and customs (as long as they behaved)	22
7827582595	476 CE	End of Roman Empire	23
7827594970	Pax Romana	"Roman Peace"	24
7827612579	centuries	a unit of 100 soldiers in the Roman army	25
7827618368	Punic Wars	a series of three wars between Rome and Carthage; Rome won	26
7827627824	Plebians	the common citizens in Rome	27
7827665400	Aryans	a group of people that assimilated with India	28
7827676514	Vedas	Hindu holy texts	29
7827641180	Patricians	the wealthy upper class Roman citizens	30
7827683962	Julius Caesar	Roman emperor who made many great developments; was assassinated by the senators	31
7827709547	Octavian/Augustus	Took over after Julius Caesar; made himself a God	32
7827726817	triumvirate	A group of three leaders who together held the power in Rome	33
7827742661	Rock and Pillar Edicts	reminders to live good lives put up by Asoka	34
7827749548	stupas	monuments dedicated to the Buddha	35
7827762134	Gupta Empire	the golden age of India	36
7827772417	Chandra Gupta I	the first emperor of the Gupta empire	37
7827783452	caste system	a system, based from birth, your political, economic and ritual position	38
7827811053	Ashoka	converted India to Buddhism	39
7827650939	Paterfamilias	Men had complete control over the family	40
7827663682	Bread and circuses	food and entertainment (gladiatorial fights) to entertain the unemployed	41
7827591373	sinicization	foreigners being absorbed by the Chinese and adopted Chinese language and culture	42
7827782708	artha-sastra	Mauryan manual for politics and economics	43
7827795019	Law of the Fish	larger states would swallow up bigger ones; India	44
7827510317	Delian League	A league for allies of Athens; they had to pay a tribute	45
7827478948	Battle of Marathon	Greek war against Persia; the messenger ran 26.2 miles to tell the news of the victory then died	46
7827469154	phalanxes	columns of soldiers in tightly packed rows	47
7827449078	Athens	Greek city state with a democracy; on the coast	48
7827723837	Mauryan Empire	founded by Chandragupta Maurya; established standard weights and measurements	49
7827317118	legalism	said that social harmony could only be achieved through strict laws and government; Qin dynasty	50
7827708747	Janapada	political district in India; ruler determined by lineage	51