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WH1 SOL 5 Set 2
Greece
Term | Definition |
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Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia; conqueror of the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire from Asia Manor and Egypt to India |
Archimedes | Scientist; mechanical principles |
Aristorcracy | government ruled by the rich; nobles |
Aristotle | Philosopher; Plato's student; tutor of Alexander the Great |
Commerce | Trade |
Democracy | Government where each person has the right to participate |
Drama | Serious play written for performance of stage |
Euclid | mathematician; theorems (deep math rules) |
Hellenism | the blending of Greek and Persian culture |
Hippocrates | Physician; Hippocratic Oath for doctors |
Monarchy | Government that is ruled by a king or queen with absolute power |
Oriential | Referring to the people from eastern Aisa (China, Japan, etc,) |
Pericles | Great orator and general who led Athen's Golden Age (after the Persian Wars) |
Philosophy | Deep thought about the basic concepts of truth, existence, reality, and freedom |
Plato | Philosopher; follower of Socrates; wrote "The Republic" (who should rules) |
Pythagoras | Mathmatician, Pythagorean Theorem (deep math rules) |
Socrates | Philosopher; teacher |
Tyranny | Oppressive government by one or more people who exercise absolute power cruelly and unjustly |
Delian League | Formed by Greek cities to rebel further attacks from Persia; led by Athens |
Peloponneisan League | Formed by Sparta to rebel attacks |