AP World History- Greek and Roman Flashcards

10643814478	Polis	Greek name for city-state	0
10643814480	What were Spartan woman taught?	Reading and Writing	1
10643814481	Who had no voice in the government?	Foreigners, slaves and woman.	2
10643814482	Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?	Athens vs. Sparta	3
10643814483	Who won the Peloponnesian War and how?	The Spartans forced the Athens to surrender.	4
10643814484	Greek society- Explain woman in the society?	Woman could not own land property but could operate small businesses.	5
10643814485	What was the only public position for woman?	Priests.	6
10643814490	What did Socrates encourage?	reflection on questions of ethics and morality.	7
10643814491	Why was he condemned to death and charged with?	Corrupting Athenian youths.	8
10643814492	Who was Plato?	A zealous disciple of Socrates.	9
10643814493	Who was Aristotle?	Plato's student.	10
10643814494	What did Aristotle do?	devised rules of logic to construct powerful arguments.	11
10643814496	What did Greek mathematician Pythagoras do?	Developed a formula to calculate the relationship between the sides of a right triangle.	12
10643814497	What book did Euclid write?	The Elements	13
10643814498	What is 'The Elements'?	the basis for modern geometry	14
10643814499	What did Eratosthenes discover?	That the Earth was round.	15
10643814500	What did Eratosthenes accurately calculate?	The circumference of the Earth	16
10643814501	What did Greek Astronomer, Aristarchus, discover about the earth?	Earth is rotated on an axis & revolted around the sun.	17
10643814502	What did Hippocrates study?	causes of illness and experimented with various cures.	18
10643814506	Hades	God of the Underworld	19
10643814507	Helios	God of the Sun	20
10643814509	Poseidon	God of the Sea	21
10643814510	Zeus	King of Gods	22
10643814512	Which river was the kingdom of Rome located on?	Tiber River	23
10643814513	The river made it easier to ...	travel to and from the sea.	24
10643814514	What do the seven hills that surround Rome do?	make it harder for invaders to approach the city and served as lookout areas for the romans.	25
10643814515	The Patricians	Noble families of Rome	26
10643814516	The Plebeians	Merchants, Farmers, and Artisans of Rome	27
10643814517	Describe the Plebeian's rights.	They were aloud to vote but not allowed in the senate.	28
10643814518	Where did the senate meet?	In the Forum.	29
10643814519	How many wars did the Romans fight against Carthage?	Three	30
10643814520	What were the names of the wars and why?	The Punic because Punic was the Roman name for Carthage.	31
10643814521	What was the first Punic war fought over?	Fought over Sicily.	32
10643814522	Who won the first Punic War and how?	The Romans won the war & forced the Carthage to give up Sicily.	33
10643814523	Who did the Roman defeat in the second war?	Hannibal in Africa.	34
10643814524	Pax Roman means	Roman Peace	35
10643814525	Jupiter	King of the Gods	36
10643814526	Neptune	lord of the seas.	37