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(BK)Global Rev Bk 5
(BK) Global Rev Chapter 5 - terms, concepts and people pg 31
Question | Answer |
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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 |