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Western Civ Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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A form of government in which power rests with the citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders

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Republic

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The wealthy landowners who held most of the power

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Patricians

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An important group of common farmers, artisans, and merchants that made up the majority of the population

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Plebeians

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Representatives that are elected by plebeians that form their own assembly

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Tribunes

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5
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Two officials that Rome had

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Consuls

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6
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The aristocratic branch of Rome’s government

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Senate

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A leader that had absolute to make laws and command an army

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Dictator

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Large military units

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Legions

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The war between Rome and Carthage that began in 264 BC

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Punic Wars

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A brilliant military strategist who wanted to avenge Carthage’s earlier defeat

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Hannibal

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A period of conflict between groups within the same country

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Civil War

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A military leader that joined forces with Crassus and Pompey to form the first Triumvirate

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Julius Caesar

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13
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A group of three rulers

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Triumvirate

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14
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A title that Octavian was given that meant “exalted one”

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Augustus

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A name for Rome’s period of peace and prosperity that mean “Roman peace”

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Pax Romana

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A Jew that was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea

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Jesus

17
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Twelve men that were with Jesus

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Apostles

18
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One of the apostles that had enormous influence on Christianity’s development

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Paul

19
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The dispersal of the Jews

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Diaspora

20
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One of the Roman emperors

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Constantine

21
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A priest that supervised several local churches

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Bishop

22
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One of the apostles of Jesus

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Peter

23
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The father or head of the church

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Pope

24
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A drastic drop in the value of money coupled with rise in prices

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Inflation

25
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A foreign soldier that works for money

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Mercenary

26
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A strong-willed army leader that became the new emperor in 284 AD

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Diocletian

27
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A city of Rome

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Constantinople

28
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The powerful chieftain for the Huns in 444 AD

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Attila

29
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The intertwining of the Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures

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Greco-Roman culture

30
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A Roman town that got destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius

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Pompeii

31
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A poet that spent ten years writing the most famous work of Latin literature

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Virgil

32
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A Roman historian

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Tacitus

33
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A design made by Roman engineers that brought in water to cities and towns

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Aqueduct

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