chapter 9 vocab Flashcards

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Cyrus Great

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Cyrus the Great was so successful as the empor

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cavalry

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A cavalry is a unit of soldiers who ride horses

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Darius l

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Claimed the throne and killed his rivals for power

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4
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Persian

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this invasion began a series of wars between Persia and Greece that historians call the Persian War

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5
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Xerxes l

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Tried to conquer Greece again in 480 BC

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6
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alliance

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or an agreement to work together

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7
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Peloponnesian War

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A war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece aparty

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8
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Philip ll

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Became king of Macedonia

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9
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phalanx

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Was a group of warriors who stood close together in a square

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10
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Alexander the Great

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Made him one of the greatest conquerors in history

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11
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Hellenistic

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or Greek-like

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12
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Socrates

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He believed that people must never stop looking for konwledge

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13
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Plato

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Was a student of Socrates

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14
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Aristotle

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Plato’s student he taught

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15
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reason

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or clear and ordered thinking

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16
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Euclid

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He was interested in geometry

17
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Hippocrates

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He wanted to figure out what caused diseases