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World History Test1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| complex, highly organized social order | civilization |
| government in which the hold hold ruling power | democracy |
| system of government in which representatives are chosen by the people; a form of democracy | republic |
| government by law; implies that government authority may only be excerised in accordance with written laws, which were adopted through an established procedure | rule of law |
| people that established the Greek civilization, which began on the island of Crete, around 2000 BC | Minoan Civilizations |
| city state which became the mainland of Greek civilization | mycenaeans |
| political unit made up of a city and the surrounding lands; also known as polis | city-states |
| greek word for hill; place for government buildings | acropolis |
| greek word for marketplace | agora |
| two major city-states | athens and sparta |
| greek word for those who did not speak greek | barbarians |
| "best men"; later become privleged class | aristocrats |
| someone who illegally took power; later came to mean absolute; unjust ruler | tyrants |
| people rule themselves | popular government |
| government in which people take part | democracy |
| this Greek seized power from the nobility and created the first direct democracy | cleisthenes |
| type of democracy practiced in the US | representative |
| leader in Athens when Athens reached its peak or power and wealth | pericles |
| war between sparta and athens | peloponnesian wars |
| phillip's son who conquered the persian empire | Alaxander the Great |
| the age of world wide Greek culture after Alexander | Hellenistic |
| long poems about heros and events | epics |
| epic poem written by Homer about Trojan War | Iliad |
| epic poem written by Homer about odysseus;s travels after the Trojan War | Odyssey |
| traditional stories about gods and goddesses and heros that were used to explain the natural world | myths |
| building a top of AAcropolis which was build as a temple to Athena, which is considered the finest example of Greek | Parthenon |
| study of basic questions of reality and human existence | philosophy |
| these men wanted to discover natural laws, or truths, through reason | philosophers |
| this philosopher used questioning to force students to question theis ideas and values; he was executed for his teachings | Socrates |
| this philosopher was a student of socrates; used dialogue to deal with questions of government, education, justice, religion; he belived the "divine worker" (God) conceived realm of perfect 'forms" and that humans have body and soul | plato |
| this philosopher was a student of Plato; he is known for logical methods that organized and classified information | aristotle |
| a form of government in which voters elect officals to run the state | republic |
| an absolute ruler | dictator |
| this means "I forbid" | VETO |
| this system prevents any one part of government from becoming too powerful; US adopted this system; veto is an example | checks and balances |
| powerful landowners who controlled government; nobility who inherited power | patricans |
| this major group comprised most of the Greek population; farmers and workers who made up this group eventually gained some power | plebians |
| major army unit of 4500-6000 citizens | legion |
| wars between the Carthaginians (people of Carthage) and the Romans | punic wars |
| domination by one country of the political, economic or cultral life of another country or region | imperialism |
| general who emerged at dictator of Rome, then was assassinated by the Senate, including his ally Brutus | Julius Caesar |
| rule of three | triumvirate |
| Julius caesar, pompey, and Crassus | generals |
| date of Caesar's assassination | Ides of March |
| means "revered one" | Augustus |
| Caesar;s nephew who became the first Roman Emperor; he was known as Caesar Augustus | Octavian |
| period of the Roman Empire that lasted more than 200 years, known as the "Roman Peace" | Dax Romana |
| Roman water system | aqueducts |
| belief in muliple gods | polytheism |
| the western wall of temple that remained after Rome sacked Jerusalem(holy city) | The Wailing wall |
| Roman emperor who declared his support for Christianity | Constantine |
| Bishops of empire cities | patriarchs |
| patriarch of Rome | pope |
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