Chapter 9 Flashcards
1
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Cyrus the great
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let conquered people do their normal stuff
2
Q
cavalry
A
a unit of soldiers who ride horses
3
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Darius
A
killed his rivals for power
4
Q
Persian Wars
A
an invasion began a series of wars between Persia and Greece that historians call the Persian Wars
5
Q
Xerxes
A
tried to conquer Greece again
6
Q
alliance
A
an agreement to work together
7
Q
Peloponnesian War
A
a war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart
8
Q
Phillip ll
A
King of Macedonia
9
Q
phalanx
A
group of warriors who stood close together in a square
10
Q
Alexander the great
A
was a brilliant commander
11
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Hellenistic
A
Greek-like
12
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Socrates
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believed that people must never stop looking for knowledge
13
Q
Plato
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a student of Socrates
14
Q
Aristotle
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Plato’s student
15
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reason
A
clear and ordered thinking
