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50 Cards in this Set
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Sparta vs. Athens?
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What were the Greek city-states' problems in uniting?
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Describe the language, geography, philosophy, and contributions of Greek city-states.
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Describe the Peloponnesian Wars.
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Describe the Hellenistic Age.
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The sudden growth of appreciation of language, art, science, and literature from the reign of Alexander the Great to the late second century.
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What were Alexander's conquests?
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What's the Senate? (Rome)
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The supreme governing body, originally made up of only aristocrats.
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What were Alexander's conquests?
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What is the difference between a Plebian and a Patrician?
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A Plebian was a poor farmer, artisan, or merchant. (Minority) A Patrician was a wealthy landowner who held a lot of power.
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What's a legion?
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A military unit of the ancient Roman army, made up of about 5,000 foot soldiers and a group of soldiers on horseback.
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What's an Assembly? (Rome)
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What were the Triumvirates of the Roman Empire?
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The first one was composed of 3 rulers: Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey. The group failed after awhile, and the second one contained Octavian (grandson of Caesar), Ledipus, and Mark Antony. They fell after immense jealousy and violence struck the empire.
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Who was Julius Caesar?
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The king of Rome!
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What was Pax Romana?
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A period of "Roman peace". During this time, the Roman Empire included more than 3 million square miles. Its population numbered between 60 and 80 million people. About 1 million people lived in the city itself.
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What does Diocletian mean?
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Who was Constantine?
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Who was Justinian, and what was so special about his Code of Law?
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Describe the rise and fall of Rome.
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Describe the Punic Wars.
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Between 264 and 146 B.C., Rome and Carthage fought 3 wars. The first, for control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean, lasted 23 years. It ended with the defeat of Carthage. The second one began in 218 B.C. Hannibal started it. The third one, Rome laid siege to Carthage. In 146 B.C., the city was set afire and it's 50,000 inhabitants were sold into slavery. Became a Roman province.
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Who was Hannibal?
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A brilliant military strategist who wanted to avenge Carthage's earlier defeat. He took a risky move to surprise the Romans during the Punic Wars in which he invaded from the opposite direction that they were expecting. The north. His plan worked magnificently.
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What are the 12 Tables of Roman Law?
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pg 206
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Asoka?
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Bantu?
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Who was King Ezana?
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What are Push Pull factors?
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Rus-Russian?
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What's the difference between Seljuk and Ottoman Turks?
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Who are the Mongols?
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Who's Genghis Khan? And Kublai Khan?
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Ghenghis Khan was the "universal ruler" of the Mongol clans. Kublai Khan was his grandson.
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What was the Khanate of the golden Horde?
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Define feudalism.
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Describe European feudalism.
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Describe Japanese feudalism.
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What is manorialism?
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Who was Charlemagne?
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What's a fief?
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Name the 7 Sacraments.
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What's the difference between excommunication and interdiction?
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Excommunication is when a person is banished from the Church. Interdiction is when sacraments and other religious events are forbidden from occurring.
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What was Pope Urban II's claim to fame?
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He called for the first crusades, and reclaimed the holy land.
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What were the crusades?
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The expeditions in which medieval Christian warriors sought to recover control of Holy Land from the Muslims.
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What's Jerusalem's significance?
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Who was Saladin?
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An Islamic king involved in the crusades.
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What was Pope Leo III's claim to fame?
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He coronated Charlemagne on Christmas morning.
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What was Pope Gregory VII's claim to fame?
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He made the frankish Henry IV stand in the snow and beg for forgiveness. Wrote edict that told that world that the Pope ruled.
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What was Canon Law?
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The body of laws governing the religious practices of a Christian church.
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What does Secular mean?
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Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.
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What did the Treaty of Verdun state?
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What does Barbarian mean?
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That one cannot speak Greek or Latin.
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What were the "Dark Ages"?
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