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28 Cards in this Set
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Satrap |
A governor of a province in the Persian Empire |
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Royal Road |
A road in the Persian Empire stretching over 1,600 miles from Persia to Anatolia |
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Indo-Europeans |
A group of semi-nomadic people, who around 1700 B.C. , began to migrate from what is now Southern Russia to India, Europe, and Asia |
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Hitties |
An Indo-European people who settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C. They excelled in war technology with chariots and iron weapons |
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Aryans |
An Indo-Europeans group who began to migrate into the Indian Subcontinent |
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Castes |
The social classes that the Aryans who settled in India created Brahmins - Priests Kshatriyas - Rulers and Warriors Vaishyas - Peasants and Traders Shudras - Laborers and The Untouchables |
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Karma |
Hinduism & Buddhism The totality of good and bad deeds done by a person in their life, which is believed to determine their fate |
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Jainism |
A religion founded in India in the 6th century B.C. whose members believed that everything in the universe had a soul and shouldn't be harmed |
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Polis (City-state) |
Independent city that operates much like an independent country |
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Aristocracy |
A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility |
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Oligarchy |
A government in which power is in the hands of a few people (group) - usually wealthy leaders but sometimes based on people's abilities |
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Direct (Pure) Government |
A government in which citizens rule directly rather than having representatives
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Representative (Indirect) Government |
A government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people |
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Republic |
A type of representative democracy that has a constitutionally limited government that is adopted by the people and divided into 3 branches -Legislative -Executive -Judicial |
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Mycenaean Culture |
Indo-Europeans who settled on Greek mainland |
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Hellenistic Culture |
Greek culture blended with the nearby cultures of Egyptians, Persians, and Indians in part due to Alexander's military and government policies |
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Patrician |
A member of the wealthy, privileged upper class in Ancient Rome |
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Plebian |
One of the common farmers, artisans, and merchants Pretty much everyone but the rich |
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Consul |
In the Roman republic, one of the two powerful officials was elected each year to command the army and the government |
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Senate |
In ancient Rome the supreme governing body originally made up of only aristocrats |
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Assimilation |
The adoption/enforcement of a conqueror's culture (institutions and customs) by a conquered people |
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Multiculturalism |
The preservation of different cultures or cultural ideas within a unified society, as a state or a nation |
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Patriarchal |
Relating to a social system in which the father is the head of the family |
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Matriarchal |
Relating to a social system in which the mother is the head of the family |
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Push-Pull Factors |
Conditions that draw people to another location (pull factors) or cause people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region (push factors) |
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Sunni |
A majority sect or branch of Islam that acknowledges the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad
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Shi'a |
Another sect of Islam (minority) who acknowledged Ali and his descendants as the only rightful successors of Muhammad |
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Caliph |
Means "successor" or "deputy", the supreme political and religious leader in the Muslim government |