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WESTERN CIV UNIT 3 Flashcards

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What did Themistocles convince the Athenian assembly to do?

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Invest the proceeds from a rich silver strike in doubling the size of find navy

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What did the Persian army do after the battle of Thermopylae?

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Burn Athens

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The Hellenic league was what?

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A coalition of thirty one Greek city states that allied to fight the Persians

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Which battle did three hundred Spartans and a few hundred other troops hold back an enormous Persian army?

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The battle of Thermopylae

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Which two Greek city stated were the most powerful during the fifth century BCE?

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Athens and Sparta

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What was the political development of the Delian league?

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It began as a democratic union led by Athens but soon resembled an Athenian empire

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How did the Delian league affect Greek democracy?

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It strengthened democracy within Athens as poor Athenians sought political power, while weakening the democracy of the league itself

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Who led the push For a more radical Athenian democracy?

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Male elites seeking to increase their own popular influence

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What did the sophists protagoras notoriously argue?

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That truth is subjective

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Who were the thirty tyrants?

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The a tide,oceanic Athenians installed by the Spartans to rule Athens after the peloponnesian war

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What was used to settle strife and diminish tensions in Athens after the peloponnesian war?

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The Athenian assembly enacted the first known amnesty in western history

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What was the key to Greek victory at the battle of marathon?

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The Athenian hoplite’s running charge

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How did Themistocles contribute to the Greek victory over the Persians during the Persian wars?

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He convinced the other Greek city state’s generals to fight a naval battle with the Persians

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Why was Athens ab,e to gain control of the Delian league from the other league members?

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What is Pericles best known for?

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Supporting the reform of the court system and introducing pay for public services

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What were stoas who were sponsored by wealthy generals and families?

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Narrow shelters decorated with paintings

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What were metics who made up a substantial portion of the Athenian population?

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Foreigners granted residency in exchange for their military service

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What advancements in historical writing in his history of the PP war did Thucydides of Athens make?

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Foreigners grants residency in exchange for their military service

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What did many Athenians do after Socrates execution?

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Regret his punishment as a tragic mistake

20
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What did the forms represent for Plato?

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The abstract, invariable, and ultimate realities of ethical qualities

21
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Who established the Lyceum school?

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Aristotle

22
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What did Alexander spend the remainder of his life doing after his soldiers mutinied in India & he was forced to return home?

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Planning further conquests and demanding the honor of a god

23
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What was the revolt led by Judah the Maccabee provoked by?

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The Seleucid King outlawing Judaism and converting the Jewish temple in Jerusalem to a Greek temple

24
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What was Socrates put on trial for?

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Impiety

25
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What was fine academy and where was it located?

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It was a philosophical school established in Athens by Plato

26
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What medium did Plato use to share his ideas and philosophies?

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Dialogues

27
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Aristotle believed that women

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Were incomplete males

28
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How did King Phillip II rise to power in Macedonia?

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His reorganization of the army after a military disaster against the Illyrians

29
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Toward the end of his life, Alexander…

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Demanded that he receive the honors due a god

30
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The Hellenistic period began and ended with the deaths of

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Alexander in 323 BC and cleopatra VII in 30 BC

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What were the principal responsibilities of the administrators of the Hellenistic kingdoms?

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To maintain order and direct the kingdom’s tax system

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Within the Hellenistic kingdoms, Jews

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Often adopted the Greeks language and customs but generally retained their own religious practices.

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How did Persia and Athens understand their agreement after Athenian ambassadors agreed to Persias standard requirement for an alliance?

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Persia believed that Athens had submitted to Persian supreme the, but the Athenian assembly rejected submission to Persia without informing the Persians

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How did Persia and Athens understand their agreement?

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Persia believed that Athens had submitted to Persian supremacy but the Athenian assembly,y rejected submission to Persia without informing the Persians

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Where did Alexander’s soldiers revolt?

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India

36
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What did Epicureanism teach?

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People should pursue treasure and seek detachment from passions
They should be more focused inward

37
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Who were guardians?

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Philosopher kings educated in math, astronomy, and metaphysics

38
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What were auxiliaries?

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The defenders

39
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What were aristotles main ideas

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Practical experience

Logic

40
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How could manhood be demonstrated?

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Fight
Hunt
Kill

40
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Who were the three generals that divided Alexander’s land?

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Antigonus
Sallukus
Ptolemy

40
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What did Antigone get?

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Macedonia
Greece
Near east

40
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Sallikus

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Babylonia
Persia
Palestine

41
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Ptolemy

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Egypt

42
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What did administrators do?

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Keep the peace & collect taxes

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