AP World History Chapter 3 Flashcards

7097678318	Royal Road	Spanned some 1,500 miles across the empire	0
7097678319	Socratic Method	Continually asking questions to systematically clarify another person's ideas and to identify the core of them	1
7097678428	Golden Mean	Emphasis on moderation	2
7097678429	empiricism	Trusting what one learned from observation and evidence of the senses, rather than emphasizing intuition or religious beliefs	3
7097679064	syncretic	A religion that combines several traditions	4
7097679307	Zoroastrianism	Based on belief in only one god, also the religion believed in a god of darkness and other lesser gods, none of which were to be worshiped	5
7097679308	qanat	An underground canal first built by the ancient Persians	6
7097679309	monarchies	A king ruled the state	7
7097679768	aristocracy	Nobles ruled	8
7097679769	oligarchy	A few wealthy landowners and merchants ruled	9
7097679770	tyrants	Leaders who seized power with the people's support	10
7097680003	democracy	All citizens participated	11
7097680349	representative democracy	Citizens elect leaders to represent them and give those leaders power to make laws and govern	12
7097680004	direct democracy	A government in which all citizens could vote directly on laws and other issues in a large assembly	13
7097681082	Persian Wars	Conquered Greek areas rebelled in campaigns	14
7097681178	Hellenistic Period	The time between the death of Alexander the great and the rise of the roman domination	15
7097681179	hoplites	Infantry members	16
7097681180	archons	A council of nobles	17
7097681185	helots	Slaves	18
7097681668	satraps	A ruler of a province who was responsible to the emperor	19
7097681669	aristocrats	The rulers of an aristocratic society	20
7097681670	merchants	People who buy and sell goods	21
7097682140	caravanserai	Combination inns and markets for people traveling the Royal Road by camel caravan	22
7097682607	Common currency	Same currency across the empire	23