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exam 2
athens vs sparta
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Athens vs sparta gov | athens= democracy,all men participated in the government . sparta = hybrid goverment with two kings ,council of elders,a democratic assembly of spartan citzens, and elected officals called ephors. |
| greeks vs Egyptian Gods: | greek gods looked/behaved like regular humans. egyptian gods had aninmal influences/qualties . |
| greece geograogyś effect | greece had no useable rivers/mountain everywhere,isolated relied on sea for food,travle and trade. |
| mythology: | collection of myths/stories about gods and heroes . |
| peninsula: | land almost surrounded by water. |
| trojan war won | greeks used large wooden horse to trick trojans and sneak into troy burning it to the ground. |
| olympic games importance | they were sacred and held to honor zeus. |
| pelpoponnesian war loser | athens lost = sparta better army athens lost fleet at sicily and new spartan fleet destroyed athenian navy. |
| chinaś natural barriers | chinas barriers cut them off developed own traditons . |
| hans vs quin | han ruled differently b/c the quin were cruel/legist |
| great wall purpose | great wall repelled/defend china from nomans north of the walls |
| chinas river | huang river |
| daoism | chinise way of life emphasizes living simple natural existence created by laozi. |
| orcal bones | animal bones/shells carved w/ written characters , shang kings used to tell the future earlist chinese records |
| confuianism | belief system based on ideas of confusims promoted orerly society |
| loess | fine dust like materisl that can form soil |
| empire | a state containg several countries or tetories . |
| republic | a goverment in which citzens have the right to vote and elect officals |
| augustus | tiltle meaning venerable honored one |
| veto | stop or cancel the action of a goverment offical body. |
| gladitor | man who fought other men /animals for entertaunment |
| roman law legacy | roman law used everywhere they ruled later influenced laws and legal systems of modern countries |
| republic to empire | julius ceasar made himslef dictator for life in 44 bc after civil war. was mudered |
| romans womens daily life | roman women could own personal property bussiness and partipate in social life |
| romes river | tiber river |