7th Sem 2 Final (Vocab)

A group of Greek warriors who stood close together in a square formation

The Greek word for a city-state

A series of wars against Carthage, a city in North Africa

Jewish religious leaders and teachers

A Qin dynasty leader who succeeded in unifying China; followed Legalist political beliefs

A Carthaginian general who attacked Rome in the 200s B.C.

A Jewish house of worship

a type of government in which people rule themselves

A philosophy in China that stressed the belief that one should live in harmony with the guiding force of all reality

The first known man to practice monotheism, who left Mesopotamia and established a kingdom in Canaan

A high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built

a border made of walls that protected China’s northern border

A type of government where people rule through elected officials

A series of wars between Persia and Greece in the 400s B.C.

Most Romans believe their history can be traced back to this Trojan War hero

the Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled

To reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials

A word meaning clear and ordered thinking

The religion of the Hebrews and Israelites, the oldest monotheistic religion

A philosophy based on the ideas of Confucius that focuses on morality, family order, social harmony, and government

A group of 6,000 soldiers

The dispersal of the Jews outside of Judah after the Babylonian Captivity

a word meaning Greek-like

the journey of Israelites, led by Moses from Egypt to Canaan after they were freed from slavery

The common people of Roman society

A council of wealthy and powerful Romans who advised Rome’s leaders

A Jewish leader who led the Israelites out of Egypt

Romes public meeting places

A system that keeps any one branch of government from becoming too powerful

A Greek poet who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey

a network of trade routes that stretched across Asia from China to the Mediterranean Sea

A religion that formed off the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth

a government in which only a few people, usually aristocrats, have power.

Mythical twins who were raised by wolves and were the mythological founders of Rome

a Macedonian general who ascended to the throne after his father’s death and conquered the known world

A war between Athens and Sparta in the 400s B.C.

The language of the Romans

Stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works