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Greece vocab
vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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agora | an outdoor market place where theatre, religious celebrations, and political meetings took place |
plunder | valuables seized in wartime |
city-state | a city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and traditions |
oral tradition | passing down a story from person to person by word of mouth |
Assembly | an Athenian governing body of all citizens older than eighteen |
helot | a slave |
myth | a traditional story that may contain gods and goddesses and tries to explain events in nature |
immortal | one able to live forever |
aristocracy | a government controlled by a small group of wealthy people |
democracy | a government by the people |
marathon | a footrace of about 26 miles, the longest race in the Olympics |
philosopher | a person who studies truth and knowledge |
mercenary | a hired soldier |
plague | an epidemic of an often fatal disease |
Golden Age | a period of time in Ancient Greece ( Athens) when a magnificent temples were built; artists created statues and monuments; philosophers extended human knowledge |
Hippocrates | Ancient Greek doctor often called the doctor of medicine |
Socratic method | an approach to teaching developed by the Greek philosopher Socrates involves teaching people to think by asking questions |
Hellenistic Age | a period of time when ancient Greek and Asian cultures mixed |
Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia 356 -323 B.C.conquered a vast empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa |