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(BK)Global Rev Bk 5
(BK) Global Rev Chapter 5 - terms, concepts and people pg 31
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| group of territorties and people brought together under one supreme ruler | empire |
| city-state of ancient Greece, noted for its militarism | Sparta |
| city-state of ancient Greece, noted for its democratic form of government | Athens |
| 5th Century BC - art, literature and philosophy flourished - Socrates, Plato, Aristotle - architecture | Golden Age of Greece |
| conflict between Sparta and Athens which weakened both | Peloponnesian Wars |
| leader of Athens 460-429 BC; goals to strengthen democracy, beautify Athens, expand power | Pericles |
| King of Macedonia who conquered parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia | Alexander the Great |
| culture made up of parts of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian styles and customs | Hellenistic |
| Julius Caesar started by conquering much of Spain and France, nephew Augustus carried on | Roman Empire |
| laws espablished written laws to protect plebeians | Twelve Tables Of Roman Law |
| Led period of Pax Romana, a Roman Golden Age | Augustus Caesar |
| Roman emperor who restored order to the empire and divided it into eastern and western parts | Diocletian |
| Latin for "Roman Peace" | Pax Romana |
| Roman emperor who made Christianity one of the empire's legal religions | Constantine |
| modern name for the major religion of India, which developed from Brahmanism | Hinduism |
| social system in which a person belongs to social class from birth | caste system |
| greatest Maurya king who began to rule in 272 BC | Asoka |
| religion that began in India and is based on teachings of Siddhartha Gautama | Buddhism |
| Indian prince and founder of Buddhism | Siddhartha Gautama |
| rebirth of a soul to another body | reincarnation |
| right opinions, desires, speech, actions, job, effort, concentration, and meditation leading to nirvana or the end of suffering | Eight Fold Path |
| the end of suffering in the Buddhist religion | nirvana |
| rose after the fall of the Mauryan Empire, began a Golden Age of Hindu culture | Gupta Empire |
| ancient Chinese belief that a good ruler had the gods' approval/similar to the Divine Right of Kings | Mandate of Heaven |
| had students write his ideas in Analects; founded religion based rules of relationships and parental respect or filial piety | Confucius |
| monotheistic religion based on belief Jesus Christ was the son of God, spread by Apostles and headed by the Pope in western part of the Roman Empire | Christianity |