S.S Trim 2 Flashcards

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Cyrus the Great:

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he lead a Persian revolt, and won. He let the people he conquered keep their own customs so they would be less likely to revolt

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cavalry:

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a unit of soldiers who ride horses with arrows

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Darius I:

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a prince who wanted to restore order to Persia and killed all his enemies

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Persian Wars:

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wars between Persia and Greece

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Battle of Marathon:

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The Athenian Army against Greece

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Xerxes I:

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Darius’s son who attacked Greece with the Persian Navy

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Battle of Salamis:

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When the Persian navy fought Athens

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8
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Lycurgus created ______

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Sparta

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Boys in Sparta were trained in ____ ______

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early ages

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10
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Girls in Sparta:

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they owned land, and were actually important

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Boys in Athens:

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were taught how to read, write, and think

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Athen Girls:

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had almost no rights, had to be under a father or husband, and very few received education

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alliance:

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an agreement to work together

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14
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Peloponnesian Wars:

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Sparta vs Athens

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15
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phalanx:

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a group of soldiers in a square

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16
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Philip II:

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Macedonia’s king

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17
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Hellenistic:

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Greek-Like

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18
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Greek paintings were ____

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real

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19
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______ surrendered at Alexander

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Egyptians

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20
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_____ and _______ were the greatest city-states

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Athens and Sparta

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21
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Rome fell for everything except:

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lack of leadership

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22
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The Greeks beat Persia in…

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Battle of Marathon

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23
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Darius was aka

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king of kings

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24
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satraps:

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judges, tax collectors, and put down rebels

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founder of Persian Empire:
Cyrus the Great
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fearless leader of the Huns:
atilla
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he had a co-emperor:
Diocletian
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Byzantine Empire:
east part of Rome
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Paul of Tarses:
traveled telling Christian teachings
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Constantine:
moved Roman Empire to Constantinople
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Justinian:
his dream was to reunite the Roman empire
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Theodora:
someone who helped stop riots and create laws to aid women and children
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______ joined Athens to fight Macedonia
Thebes
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Middle Age:
Rome's age between BC and modern times aka Dark Ages
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In the500s, _______ conquered Gaul
Franks
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missionaries:
people sent by the Pope to spread Christian teachings
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Scandinavia:
a group of vikings
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King of Franks=
Clovis
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St Patrick...
converted many people to Christian in Britain
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monks:
people who built schools and helped the needy
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monasteries:
communities of monks
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Charlemagne...
led the Franks to conquer much of the Roman empire
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East Christians formed the _______ _______
Orthodox Church
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Some Roman offices could only be held by ________
plebeians
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Many of Italy's cities were built on _______
mountains
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Hannibal _______ conquered Rome
never
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Benedict:
the 1st pope
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manor:
a place that a knight was gifted with
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Roman's govt was the...
senate, consuls, and assembly
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Socrates:
a person who believed you should never stop learning
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Pax Romana:
Roman peace
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Romulus and Remus:
a story of 2 brothers rescued by a wolf, Romulus killed Remus, and Rome was named after Romulus
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legions:
groups of Roman soldiers
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Spartacus:
a person who led a rebel
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checks and balances:
ideas implemented to keep one govt from getting too powerful
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Aristotle was a student of ______ and _______ was a student of Aristotle
Socrates, Euclid
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Hannibal:
hated Rome and wished revenge for his father's death
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Romance Languages:
French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian
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Hippocrates:
Greek poet
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forum:
Rome's public meeting place
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Aeneas:
A Trojan hero
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aqueduct:
series of water channels supplying water to Rome
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civil law:
Rome's law of civility
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plebeians:
normal people
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patricians:
nobles/elites
66
Julius Caesar:
a dictator
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Punic Wars:
Carthage vs Rome
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Hannibal was a genius, for his _______
elephants
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Gaius Marius:
a consul who wanted poor people to join the army
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Locius Cornelius:
a consul who had a conflict with Gaius
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Cicero:
a philosopher who wanted to see the good of Rome
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Caesar worked with ______ and_______
Pompey and Crassus
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Octavian was later called _________
Augustus
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Southern Eur:
plains or rivers w/ flat land and peninsulas
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Northern Eur:
cool climate
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medieval:
aka Middle Age
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knights:
warriors on horseback
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vassal:
a knight who protected a noble in exchange for land
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feudalism:
the relationship between lord and vassals
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serfs:
workers who were tied to the land they worked on
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Elanor of Aquitaine:
queen of France
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chivalry:
code of honorable behavior