Chapter 9 Flashcards
1
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Cyrus the Great
A
he was a very successful emperor
2
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cavalry
A
a unit of soldiers who ride horses
3
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Darius I
A
claimed the throne and killed all his rivals for power
4
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Persian Wars
A
This invasion began a series of wars
5
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Xerxes I
A
Darius’s son
6
Q
alliance
A
agreement to work together
7
Q
Peloponnesian
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a war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart
8
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Philip II
A
became king of Macedonia
9
Q
phalanx
A
was a group who stood close together in a square
10
Q
Alexander the Great
A
destroyed Thebes and enslaved the Theban people
11
Q
Hellenistic
A
Greek-like
12
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Socrates
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he believed that people must never stop looking for knowledge
13
Q
Plato
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was a student of Socrates
14
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Aristotle
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Plato’s student
15
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reason
A
clear and ordered thinking
