AP World History Strayer Chapter 3 Flashcards
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| 7835480489 | Cyrus | 550-530 B.C.E., military genius, expanded empire 2,000 miles, tolerant, helped Jews get back to Israel safely |  | 0 |
| 7835480490 | Darius | 522-486B.C.E., 10,000 immortals, brought peace and stability, expanded empire 2,500 miles, tax collecting system, built royal road, network of spies, built persepolis |  | 1 |
| 7835480491 | Greek Dark Age | 1150-800 B.C.E., Time of poverty and depopulation, Phoenicians brought them out, and introduced them to the alphabet |  | 2 |
| 7835480492 | Archaic Period | 800-480 B.C.E., population growth, Urbanization, development of polis; Greece |  | 3 |
| 7835480493 | Polis | City-state; urban center with rural area around it, fortified walls, acropolis and agora within it | 4 | |
| 7835480494 | Acropolis | Top of city refuge, hill within polis |  | 5 |
| 7835480495 | Agora | Marketplace |  | 6 |
| 7835480496 | Hoplites | Heavily armed infantry men, breastplate, spear/ sword, knee guards, and helmet, fought in phalanixes |  | 7 |
| 7835480497 | Military Oligarchy | Government ruled by wealthy male men, Sparta |  | 8 |
| 7835480498 | Direct Democracy | All citizens could vote (free male men) Athens |  | 9 |
| 7835480499 | Delian League | Alliance of Greek states that came together after war, payed money to Athenians for protection if Persians came back, Athens made Parthenon and triremes |  | 10 |
| 7835480500 | Spartan Women | Expected to raise strong children, athletic, exercised, own property, took care of household because men were barely home |  | 11 |
| 7835480501 | Athenian Women | Expected to stay inside, males had authority over them and household, no political rights, mainly to produce children |  | 12 |
| 7835480502 | Sparta (general facts) | Peloponnese, militaristic, oligarchy, women had more rights, cautious and isolationist, feared helot rebellion |  | 13 |
| 7835480503 | Athens (general facts) | Attic peninsula, direct democracy, navy, council of 500, women did not have as many rights as Spartan women |  | 14 |
| 7835480504 | Council of Elders | 28 Spartan men, over age 60, proposed laws, deemed children weak or strong |  | 15 |
| 7835480505 | Council of 500 | Athens, served for a year, proposed laws to asembly |  | 16 |
| 7835480506 | Pericles | Leader of Athens during Golden Age, guided Athens through transformation to full participatory democracy for all male citizens, funeral oration (democracy was the best, equality) |  | 17 |
| 7835480507 | Cause of Persian wars | Greeks in Ionia rebelled, Persia spent 5 years putting down rebellions, then Persia wanted revenge on Greece |  | 18 |
| 7835480508 | Battle of Marathon | 490 B.C.E, first battle, Greeks won |  | 19 |
| 7835480509 | Golden Age of Athens | Profitable trade, annual tribute, time of peace and prosperity |  | 20 |
| 7835480510 | Socrates | Socratic method,Sentenced to death for corrupting the youth, and neglecting Gods, drank hemlock |  | 21 |
| 7835480511 | Plato | Student of Socrates, wrote the Republic, created the Academy |  | 22 |
| 7835480512 | Aristotle | Student of Plato, believed people learned through reason, taught Alexander the great |  | 23 |
| 7835480513 | Cause of Peloponnesian War | Other city states started to view Athens with hostility |  | 24 |
| 7835480514 | Events of Peloponnesian War | Sparta burned food supply- Athens moved into city walls while allies brought them food through port- plague swept through- 421 B.C.E. signed- Athens break it by attempting to attack Sparta's allies- Athens surrendered in 404 B.C.E. |  | 25 |
| 7835480515 | Hellenistic Culture | Greek culture spreads through NE Africa/ western Asia, long distance trade, rise of new insituations |  | 26 |
| 7835480516 | Satrap | Governor of a province in the Persian empire |  | 27 |