World's most versatile flashcards

or...

History Ch. 8 9 & 10 Word Scramble

Teachers & Webmasters: If you would like this word scramble activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

<iframe src="http://www.studystack.com/iframeWordScramble.jsp?studyStackId=244180" width="720px" height="400px"></iframe>

Favorite Labeled Images

mr. charles11

Cardio Block2anatomy

Biology Lab Midterm

Beef Production

HHS Shrek

Buen Viaje lv.2 ch 8

500 Words

Question	Answer
polis	the Greek word for a city- state
classical	an age that is marked by great achievements
acropolis	a high hill
agora	public meeting place
democracy	a type of government in which people rule themselves
aristocrats	rich landowners
oligarchy	a government in which a few rich people have power
citizens	people who had the right to participate
tyrant	a leader who held power through the use of force
Pisistratus	Greek tyrant
Cleisthenes	overthrew the aristocracy forever. He created the worlds first democratic government
mythology	a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
Homer	Poet. Wrote the Odyssey and the Illiad
Sappho	Female Lyric poet
Aesop	Wrote Fables that teach people important lessons
Fables	short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live
cavalry	a unit of soldiers who ride horses
Persian wars	a series of wars between Persia and Greece that was started when Darius I sailed to the plains of marathon near Athens
Xerxes I	Darius's son. Tried to reconquer Greece. Won the battle of Thermopylae
alliance	and agreement to work together
Peloponnesian War	a war between Sparta and Athens
Phillip II	king of Macedonia defeated Athens and obtained the rest of Greece as their leader
phalanx	a group of warriors who stood close together in a square
Alexander the Great	Phillip II's son. Created the Persian Empire. Took over from Macedonia to Egypt and India. When his soldiers got to the Indus river they stopped conquering. He died days after visiting Babylonia
Hellenistic	Greek-like
Hellenistic Macedonia	taken over by the Romans in the mid-100's BC
Hellenistic Syria	Taken over by the Romans in the 60s BC
Hellenistic Egypt	Taken over by the Romans in 30 BC
Socrates	teacher. taught by asking questions and questioning other beliefs. Sentenced to death
Plato	Teacher and Philosopher. Created the Academy. Thought that the government should be run by Philosophers. Wrote the Republic
Aristotle	Plato's student. Believed people should have balance in their lives.
reason	clear and ordered thinking
Euclid	Mathematician
Hippocrates	Doctor. Created the Hippocratic Oath
Republic	people elect leaders to govern them
dictators	rulers with almost absolute power
Plebians	common people
Patricians	Nobles
magistrates	the first part of the Roman Government
Consuls	The two most powerful magistrates in Rome. Could only hold office for 2 years
Roman Senate	a council of wealthy and powerful Romans the advised the city's leaders
veto	to prohibit
latin	the Roman Language
Checks and balances	methods to balance power and keep any one part of a government from becoming stronger or more influential than the others
Forum	Rome's public meeting place
legions	a group of 6,000 soldiers
Punic wars	a series of wars against Carthage, a city in Northern Africa