AP World History Vocab: Chapter Three Flashcards
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| 10379517728 | Royal Road | A way of attaining or reaching something without trouble |  | 0 |
| 10379524202 | Socratic method | a form of cooperative augmentative dialogue between individuals |  | 1 |
| 10379532560 | Golden mean | The ideal moderate position between two extremes |  | 2 |
| 10379536317 | Empiricism | The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience |  | 3 |
| 10380216056 | Syncretic | A blend of religious beliefs and traditions, often forming a new religion. |  | 4 |
| 10380221001 | Zoroastrianism | A monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia |  | 5 |
| 10380222073 | qanat | a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below. |  | 6 |
| 10380223266 | monarchies | systems of government in which unelected kings or queens rule |  | 7 |
| 10380224761 | aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies |  | 8 |
| 10380226572 | oligarchy | a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. |  | 9 |
| 10380227911 | tyrants | a cruel and oppressive ruler |  | 10 |
| 10380228957 | democracy | a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. |  | 11 |
| 10380229548 | direct democracy | a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly |  | 12 |
| 10380233057 | representative democracy | a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy. |  | 13 |
| 10380235301 | Persian Wars | refers to the conflict between Greece and Persia in the 5th century |  | 14 |
| 10380236006 | Hellenistic Period | The period from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 b.c. to the middle of the first-century b.c. |  | 15 |
| 10380237651 | hoplites | a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece. |  | 16 |
| 10380240866 | archons | each of the nine chief magistrates in ancient Athens |  | 17 |
| 10380241685 | helots | a member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens. |  | 18 |
| 10385260516 | satraps | a provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire |  | 19 |
| 10385264947 | aristocrats | a class of persons holding an exceptional rank |  | 20 |
| 10385268306 | merchants | a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade. |  | 21 |
| 10385279485 | caravanserai | an inn with a central courtyard for travelers in the desert regions of Asia or North Africa. |  | 22 |
| 10385282233 | Common currency | a money system used in more than one state or country |  | 23 |