Period 2 - Politics and Empire

Question 1

Persia

Answer 1

A area that is now Present day Iran and the Middle east

Question 2

Achaemenid Empire

Answer 2

The first Persian empire ruled by Lydians

Question 3

Darius the Great

Answer 3

The first Achameid ruler that was very patriarchal

Question 4

Provincial Administration

Answer 4

The divison of different regions within a empire that was lead by the Emperor/Ruler

Question 5

Satraps

Answer 5

A provential govenor of the Persian Empire

Question 6

Persian Caste System

Answer 6

A class system that is structured and determind by Birth

Question 7

Parthians

Answer 7

People that combined Greek and Persian cultures together

Question 8

Sassanids

Answer 8

This is the last persian empire also known as the Neo-Persian empire

Question 9

Qin dynasty

Answer 9

A empire that was ruled by Shi Huangdi that was short lived

Question 10

Shi Huangdi

Answer 10

The ruler of the Qin Dynasty who ended the fedual decentralization or the Warring states.

Question 11

Leaglism

Answer 11

Harsh laws to keep wicked people in society in order

Question 12

Bueacracy

Answer 12

A system where the most important desicions are by the Ruler or Rulers of the empire

Question 13

Great Wall of China

Answer 13

The first ever defensive structure

Question 14

Han Dynasty

Answer 14

Brought to power by uprisings of peasants because the Qin taxed so heavily, took most parts of China and parts of Vietnam, Korea, Manchuria, and Mongolia

Question 15

Wudi

Answer 15

The first emperor of Han China

Question 16

Tributary System

Answer 16

Form of indirectly taking over land, exacting payment from the neighboring states

Question 17

Chinese Military Technology

Answer 17

Cavalry warfare and crossbow

Question 18

Steppe Nomads

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Nomadic people from the Eurasian Steppe, storngest example was the Turkic Xiongnu

Question 19

Chang’an

Answer 19

The capital of the Han Empire, had efficent postal and tax-collection system, and bureacracy

Question 20

Examination System

Answer 20

Educational test that was taken by civil servents to be put on the bureacrcy system

Question 21

Horse collar

Answer 21

Agricultural technique that allowed heavier loads of goods to be transported

Question 22

Silk Production

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China had monopoly of silk production and made them dominant player in Silk Road

Question 23

Aryans

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Light-skinned horseback warriors that conquered northern India

Question 24

Mauryan Empire

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Unified the first state of India and founded by Chandragupta Mauyra (324-184 B.C.E)

Question 25

Pataliputra

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Capital of Mauryan Empire, located on the eastern Ganges

Question 26

Ashoka

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Best known Mauryan Emperor who converted to Buddhism and raised the Pillars of Ashoka, remembered for created harmony between Buddhists, Hindus, and other believers

Question 27

Pillars of Ashoka

Answer 27

Stone columns carved with Buddhist teachings

Question 28

Gupta Empire

Answer 28

succsessors to the Mauryan Empire. Formed by Chandra Gupta. Mimicked the Mauryans but were Hindu instead of Buddhism.

Question 29

Indian Sicentific advances

Answer 29

Concept of zero, the decimal system, and pi.

Question 30

White Huns

Answer 30

A group of nomadic huns that controlled a large territory near central Asia.

Question 31

Pheonicians

Answer 31

Creators of the alphabet, very succsessful seafairing merchants. A powerful enemy of rome in the Punic wars.

Question 32

Carthage

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A Phoenician city state in North Africa, controlled by an oligarchy. Had a large and advanced navy.

Question 33

Olicgarchy

Answer 33

A smal group or familly leading a country/Government.

Question 34

punic Wars

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A war between the Pheonician city state carthage and Rome that determined the fate of the mediterranean world.

Question 35

Greeks (Hellenes)

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A distict culture in the mediterranean united by a common language and religion.

Question 36

Greek Classical period

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Built a society of city states and collonies, mostly ruled by oligarchies.

Question 37

Greek politcal systems

Answer 37

Oligarchies that ruled over the city states. later on some city states, like Athens, had the first form of democracies.

Question 38

Sparta

Answer 38

A very powerful greek city state that had a very militaristic social structure.

Question 39

Athens

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A greek city state that was ruled with a democracy that held arts and sciences at a high level. Was a rival of Sparta.

Question 40

Greek Democracy

Answer 40

Began in Athens, a new political system where free men could vote to make decisions in the city state.

Question 41

Hellenic culture

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Emphasis on learning, science, math, philosophy, the arts, and architecture.

Question 42

Persian Wars

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A war in which the Greeks banned together to resist conquest (492-479 bce)

Question 43

Peloponnesian War

Answer 43

A war between Athens and Sparta. Sparta was the victor (431-404 bce)

Question 44

Alexander the Great

Answer 44

A great Greek commander that spread the Greek empire the farthest it had ever been

Question 45

Hellenic culture

Answer 45

"Greek like culture"

Question 46

Roman Republic

Answer 46

Created from rebellion, most of all male adult citizens played a role in the political system

Question 47

Patricians

Answer 47

The rich/upper class in Rome

Question 48

Plebians

Answer 48

The poor/lower class in Rome

Question 49

Punic Wars

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A war between the Pheonician city state carthage and Rome that determined the fate of the mediterranean world. Most well known for its use of battle Elephants.

Question 50

Causes of the Collapse of the Roman Republic

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There was a series of civil wars and slave revolts due to falling grain prices, economic downturns, and political power becoming concentrated in the hands of the patricians.

Question 51

Julius Caesar

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A general and best known of the later Roman Rupublic leaders

Question 52

Roman Empire

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The revival of Rome with an emperor that had more power instead of the (slightly) more even power divide of the Roman republic

Question 53

Caesar Augustus

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Jullius Caesar's son and the founder of the Roman Empire

Question 54

Pax Romana

Answer 54

The peak of power and peace in the Roman empire "Roman Peace"

Question 55

Proconsuls

Answer 55

Government officials of Rome who governed individual provinces.

Question 56

Aqueducts

Answer 56

Structures used to transport water over long distances using gravity. Often fed into cities.

Question 57

Causes of the fall of the Roman Empire

Answer 57

Multipule factors led to the collapse of Rome including incompetent emperors, smallpox epidemic, splitting of the empire, raids and inviasions by the Goths, etc. (200-476 C.E.)

Question 58

Byzantine Empire

Answer 58

The empire that arose in the east from the remenants of the Roman empire. Capital city of Constantinople. (around 300 C.E.)

Question 59

Constantinople

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Capital of the Byzantine empire, named by emperor Constantine.

Question 60

Germanic and Asiatic nomads

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Nomads from the east (Asiatic nomads) and the north (Germanics). Romans called these nomads barbarians.

Question 61

Paterfamilias

Answer 61

Roman term for male family head.

Question 62

Twelve Tables

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Roman law, contains the idea of innocent until proven guilty.

Question 63

Justinian Law Code

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Part of Roman law, this with the Twelve Tables set the groundwork for european law.

Question 64

Teotihuacan

Answer 64

City state located nearby future Mexico City, Teotihaucan was one of the largest societies of the time with a population of over 200,000. (100 B.C.E. - 750 C.E.)

Question 65

Chinampas

Answer 65

Large "floating islands" used by the Teotihaucan people to make more space for crops, especially corn.

Question 66

Mayan Empire

Answer 66

Originated in present day Guatamala, they were governed by aproximatley 40 city-states and kingdoms. (250-900 C.E.)

Question 67

Moche

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Civilzation living in the Andes mountains. Was not politically united, highly stratified, and lived in small clans that were independent from each other.

Question 68

Ayllu

Answer 68

Clans of the Moche people

Question 69

Mit'a system

Answer 69

A labor system used by South American civilizations. Citizens were expected to provide unpaid physical labor to the ruler for a set amount of time each year.