Unit 2 Terms - Empires

Question 1

Aqueduct

Answer 1

a pipe/passage used for carrying water from a distance

Question 2

Aristocracy

Answer 2

gov. by best individuals/small privileged class (social authority)

Ex: Greece, India , Rome

Question 3

Bureaucracy

Answer 3

body of non-elected gov. officials

Ex: Egypt, Persians, Romans

Question 4

Caste system

Answer 4

class structure that is determined by birth

Ex: Maurya & Gupta

Question 5

Centralized Government

Answer 5

gov. body where leader has ultimate power to make decisions w/out public approval/input

Ex: Mauryan, Indian, Han China

Question 6

Citizen

Answer 6

individual owes allegiance/entitled to its protection by a state

Question 7

Consul

Answer 7

either of two chief officials of the ancient Roman republic who were elected each year

Question 8

Democracy

Answer 8

political /decision-making system which all members have an equal share of power.

Ex: Greeks?

Question 9

Dynastic cycle

Answer 9

a pattern rise & fall of dynasties in China

Question 10

Empire

Answer 10

an aggregate of many separate states or territories under a supreme ruler or oligarchy

Question 11

Epic (writing style)

Answer 11

long narrative that retells heroic journey of an individual/group

Question 12

Filial piety

Answer 12

attitude of respect for parents/ancestors in societies

Ex: Han & Qing

Question 13

Hellenism

Answer 13

speak Greek/identify w/ Greeks

Question 14

Legacy

Answer 14

something that is handed down from one period of time to another period of time

Question 15

Legalism

Answer 15

human beings are compelled to do wrong than right b/c selfishness (require strict laws to control impulse)

Ex: Qin

Question 16

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 16

belief that Chinese emperor had divine rule given by god or divine force known as Heaven or Sky

Question 17

Nirvana

Answer 17

what can be reached if the correct life is lived

(this is a buddhist term)

Question 18

Oligarchy

Answer 18

government by the few (political authorities)

Ex: Greeks, Roman Republic

Question 19

Patrician

Answer 19

elite aristocrats (usually male)

Question 20

Philosophy

Answer 20

consideration of reality and human existence and experience

Ex: Romans

Question 21

Plebian

Answer 21

all free Roman citizens who were not members of the patrician, senatorial or equestrian classes

Question 22

Polis

Answer 22

community structure of ancient Greece

Question 23

Power vacuum

Answer 23

someone has lost control of something and no one has replaced them

Question 24

Reincarnation

Answer 24

religious/philosophical belief that after death, begins a new life in a new body depending on moral quality of previous life’s actions

Question 25

Republic

Answer 25

form of gov in where state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body

Ex: Roomans

Question 26

Satraps

Answer 26

governor of a division of ancient Persia

Question 27

Senate

Answer 27

representative of the Roman people and the repository of Roman sovereignty

Could pass laws & controlled state budget

Question 28

Tolerance

Answer 28

refraining from taking severe action against a person or a group of people pursuing different religious values

Question 29

Tribune

Answer 29

someone in the government of ancient Rome who looked out for ordinary people

Question 30

Triumvirate

Answer 30

a board of three officials

Ex: Romans