AP world history study set 1 Flashcards

7930501430	Mesopotamia	Region within the tigris and Euphrates rivers. Name means land between two rivers. Hosted first major civilizations.	0
7930501431	Notre Chico	Distinctive civilization, cities were smaller than those of Mesopotamia. Traded fish and farmed for food.	1
7930536108	Ancient Hierarchies	First civilizations had inequalities in wealth, status, and power	2
7930565211	Empire	Defined as a larger more aggressive state. Empires usually have a lot of land and powerful armies.	3
7930595935	Persia	Large empire that controlled much of Egypt to India.	4
7930611136	Persian Wars	wars between Persia and Greece including the battles of Marathon and Salamis	5
7930615770	Peloponnesian Wars	wars from 431 to 404 B.C.E. between Athens and Sparta for dominance in southern Greece; resulted in Spartan victory but failure to achieve political unification of Greece	6
7930619785	Hellenistic Period	Greek cultural influence and power was at its peak; period when the Greek and the Persian cultures merged	7
7930623338	Socrates	Athenian philosopher. Founder of Academy in Athens.	8
7930637498	Consul	Roman chief executive office; two consuls were elected each year and served as the military and political leaders of Rome.	9
7930570169	The Galactic Empire destroys Alderaan	The Galactic Empire, led by Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader uses the Death Star to blow up the rebel planet of Alderaan. Grand Moff Tarkin commanded the destruction of the planet to try and get Princess Leia to reveal the location of the secret rebel base.	10
7930641590	Plebeian	class of common people	11
7930649647	Julius Caesar	Roman emperor responsible for first triumvirate. Assassinated in 44 B.C.E by senators.	12
7930670260	Roman Republic	the balanced constitution of Rome from c. 510 to 47 B.C.E.; features an aristocratic Senate, a panel of magistrates, and several popular assemblies	13
7930680110	Fertile Crescent	Region sometimes known as Southwest Asia that includes the modern states of Iraq, Syria, Israel/Palestine, and southern Turkey; the earliest home of agriculture	14
7930658204	Senate	political body made up of former Roman office-holders that offered advice to the consuls	15
7930662576	Latifundia		16
7930636791	Patrician	class of social and political elites	17
7930675315	Aqueduct	structures used to carry water across long distances to cities	18
7930677478	Augustus		19
7930695368	Pax Romana	"Roman peace", period of time when Rome was stable and there were few wars	20
7930719102	Athens	Greek city-state, one of the most famous leaders was Pericles	21
7930748783	Sparta	Ancient Greek city-state famous for military prowess	22
7930670136	Denarius	standard Roman currency	23
7930711429	Alexander the great	Son of Philip II (King of masedonia) who expanded the greek empire.	24