Chapter 4 and 5 AP World History Flashcards

4844386527	Which civilization created the second law code, which would be the basis of Western thinking?	Roman(s)	0
4844386528	Which empire extended from India to the Mediterranean and tried to take over Greece?	Persian Empire	1
4844386529	Which 2 civilizations conquered people but allowed them to retain their beliefs so long as they were loyal?	Persia and Rome	2
4844386530	Persian religion similar to the Mandate of Heaven; God gives command for who to rule	Zorastrianism	3
4844386531	How are Greek and Rome similar?	Agricultural, merchants middle class, slavery, primitive religion	4
4844386532	What were the Greeks' views on manual labor?	only worthy of the lowly (slaves)	5
4844386533	What was Aristotle's view on women?	They were animals	6
4844386534	What was Greece composed of?	Individual city states	7
4844386535	What ancient game promoted sportsmanship and set temporary truces for the Greek people?	(the) Olympic(s) (Games)	8
4844386536	What wars temporarily united Greece?	Persian (Wars)	9
4844386537	Which Athenian leader lead up to the Peloponnesian wars?	Pericles	10
4844386538	Group of city states protected by Athens	Delian League	11
4844386539	Group of city states that supported Sparta's smackdown on Athens	Peloponnesian League	12
4844386540	Epic poems written by Homer	Illiad and (the) Odyssey	13
4844386541	Thriving, political, wealthy port city with varying degrees of democracy; employed large amounts of slaves and believed themselves to be the intellectuals of Greece	Athens	14
4844386542	Militaristic, landlocked warrior city which valued fighting prowess above wealth and was run by a council of aristocratic men	Sparta	15
4844386543	Was the least constricting when it came to women (Greek city state)	Sparta	16
4844386544	Mycenaean ruler who basically conquered the entire Mediterranean and Middle East	Alexander the Great	17
4844386545	Roman term; referred to the leader of their religion	Pontifus Maximus	18
4844386546	2 examples of a Philosopher king	Marcus Aurelius and Cincinnatus	19
4844386547	Roman term; referred to the leader of the military	Consul for Life	20
4844386548	Roman term; referred to the leader of the government	Tribune for Life	21
4844386549	What did the Roman Republic's government consist of?	Senate, Consul(s), Tribune	22
4844386550	What did Julius Caesar establish?	Triumvirate	23
4844386551	What was a triumvirate?	Rule of 3 people	24
4844386552	Who was the first Roman Emperor?	Augustus Caesar	25
4844386553	Who was Octavian?	Augustus Caesar	26
4844386554	What does "Augustus" mean?	Exalted one	27
4844386555	The Roman law code	Twelve Tables (the)	28
4844386556	Method in which questions are answered with questions; part of Roman philosophy:	Socratic Method	29
4844386557	What happened to Socrates?	He died of hemlock	30
4844386558	What did Plato think of the democracy?	He hated it	31
4844386559	Was the first to write a historical summary for a purpose other than theology:	Herodotus	32
4844386560	What battle did Herodotus write a heavily biased summary on?	Battle of 300	33
4844386561	Who wrote an unbiased account of the Pelopponesian Wars?	Theucydides	34
4844386562	The Parthenon was:	Greek	35
4844386563	The Pantheon was:	Roman	36
4844386564	Philosophy: idea in which one lives a balanced life without extreme happiness or anger:	Stoicism	37
4844386565	Pinnacle of Greek architecture; based on post and lintel; idea of balanced perfection	Parthenon	38
4844386566	Architectural building style in which everything is at 90 degree angles with a triangular roof:	Post and Lintel	39
4844386567	3 Types of Greek Columns:	Doric, Ionic, (and) Corinthian	40
4844386568	Buildings rebuilt by Pericles; includes the parthenon:	Acropolis	41
4844386569	What part of Greek arts and culture brought together all classes of people and reflected their culture?	Theater	42
4844386570	What were the Greeks when it came to their art?	Perfectionists	43
4844386571	What were the Romans' architecture built on?	Arches	44
4844386572	What was the signature style of the Romans?	Arches, domes, huge	45
4844386573	Who were blamed for everything that went wrong in the Roman Empire?	(the) Christians	46
4844386574	How was Christianity a threat to the Roman Empire?	Converts	47
4844386575	What was the huge circular seating structure that was built by the Romans to be the center of their bread and circuses?	Coliseum	48
4844386576	How did the 3 classical civilizations grow?	Politically, commercially, and culturally	49
4844386577	What did long distance trade form?	Trade routes	50
4844386578	What did trade routes encourage?	Movement of people, ideas, religions, and cultures	51
4844386579	Was inequality/hierarchy accepted/promoted among the 3 classical civilizations?	Yes	52
4844386580	Group of African people that migrate out of the Niger River valley to the west, central, and southern river valley, bringing agriculture, iron, and common language with them	Bantu migration	53
4844386581	Worship of political leaders and nature spirits based in Japan	Shintoism	54
4844386582	Which area was composed of tribal societies loosely organized into regional kingdoms?	Northern Europe	55
4844386583	What regions was unsophisticated and backwards until about 1000 ce?	Northern Europe	56
4844386584	What was the first large civilization in Central America?	(the) Olmecs	57
4844386585	Who produced large heads carved from stone?	(the) Olmecs	58
4844386586	Who disseapeared mysteriosuly but are the "mother civilization" of Central America?	(the) Olmecs	59
4844386587	Who were the successors of the Olmecs?	Teotihuacan and Mayan	60
4844386588	What 2 civilizations existed in Central America and western South America at the same time?	(the) Chavin and Olmecs	61
4844386589	Who were the Chavin precursors to?	Incas	62
4844386590	What is another name for the Australians?	Aborigines	63
4844386591	Why couldn't eh Aborigines settle down?	Nothing domesticatable	64
4844386592	Where was the pig domesticated?	Polynesian Islands and Fiji and Samoa	65
4844386593	Who settle Hawaii?	Polynesian Islands and Fiji and Samoa	66
4844386594	What was a common factor in the fall of all 3 classical civilizations?	Invaders (the Huns)	67
4844386595	When China fell, did it recover?	Yes	68
4844386596	When India fell, did it recover?	Yes (It never really fell)	69
4844386597	When Rome fell, did it recover?	No	70
4844386598	Who were the Golden Age of China	(the) Han (Dynasty)	71
4844386599	What weakens the Han Dynasty?	Corruption	72
4844386600	What (surprisingly) took hold in China during its weak period?	Buddhism	73
4844386601	What was Buddhism originally, and what did it change in to?	Philosophy, religion	74
4844386602	What did Buddhism have to do in China?	Adapt	75
4844386603	What always stayed the same in Buddhism?	Nirvana, the 4 Noble Truths, the Middle way	76
4844386604	What happens to the Huns when they arrive in India?	They defeat the Gupta and then are assimilated into the hierarchy	77
4844386605	What caste do the Huns enter?	Kshatriyas	78
4844386606	What were symptoms of the decline of Rome?	Military shrinking, can't collect taxes, psychological depression, plagues, slave loss	79
4844386607	Which was the original Buddhist faith: Mahayana or Theravada?	Mahayana	80