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Chapter 5 Greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A Greek city-state. | Polis |
| A walled, high area surrounding a polis | Acropolis |
| An open area that served as a meeting place and market in early Greek city-states | Agora |
| in ancient Greece, state slaves | Helots |
| foot soldiers in ancient Greece | Hoplites |
| Great Pride | Hubris |
| A form of government run by the people | Democracy |
| Athenian statesman; he introduced the first civil democracy in Greece and Created the Boule. | Solon |
| A strong man who seized power by force and claimed to rule for the good of the people | Tyrant |
| Ancient Greek ruler often called the "father of democracy". He increased the size of the council that governed Athens to 500, and he reorganized Athenian tribes on a geographical rather than familial basis. | Cleisthenes |
| the type of governing where all people vote directly on an issue. | direct democracy |
| A chief of state of ancient Athens. | Archon |
| a military formation composed of rows of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder carrying pikes or heavy spears. | Phalanx |
| Athenians statesman; he of encouraged the spread democracy in Athens and the growth of the city-state's power. | pericles |
| Greek philosopher of Athens; his teaching style was based on asking questions. He wanted people to question their own beliefs. He was arrested and condemned to death for challenging authority. | Socrates |
| Greek philosopher; a student of Socrates, he started a school in Athens called the Academy. | plato |
| Greek philosopher and student of Plato; he taught that logic was the tool for any necessary inquiry; his work later became the basis for medieval scholasticism | Aristotle |
| Clear and ordered thinking. | reason |
| the process of making inferences | logic |
| Greek poet, he wrote the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, which tell stories set during and after the Trojan War. | Homer |
| A type of poetry that gained its name from the lyre, an instrument that played while the poetry was sung. | Lyric Poetry |
| Greek Historian; his most famous work is The Histories, which describes major events of the Persian Wars. | Herodotus |
| Greek Historian of Athens; he wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War. He is regarded as the first critical historian and is often ranked as the greatest Historian of antiquity. | Thucydides |
| King of Macedon and Conqueror of Much of Asia; he is considered one of the greatest generals of all time. | Alexander the Great |
| the blending of Greek cultures with those of Persia, Egypt, and Central Asia following the conquests of Alexander the Great. | Hellenistic |
| Greek geometer; he created practical books on geometric forms and mathematics. His work in geometry formed the basis for later European studies | Euclid |
| Greek astronomer and geographer; he calculated the circumference of the globe using careful observations and simple geometry. | Eratosthenes |
| Greek mathematician and inventor; he was known for his work in geometry, physics, and mechanics. | Archimedes |