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World History Mr B3
World history Mr. B Greek Mythology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Minoan Civilization | flourished on Crete as early as 1800 BC. Most historians believed it was destroyed by the Myneceans from the Greek Mainland |
| Mynecean Civilization | consisted of powerful monarchies that flourished between 1600 and 1100BC. |
| Dark Ages | population and food production declined after the collapse of the Mynecean civilization |
| Homer | wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey whose heroes displayed honor, courage, and eloquence |
| Knossos | an ancient Minoan city on the island of Crete |
| Shrine | area dictated the honor of gods and goddesses |
| Fresco | colorful painting completed on wet plaster |
| Strait | a narrow water passage |
| Trojan War | waged against the city of Troy by the Greeks |
| Aristocrats | were resented by wealthy individuals |
| Obligarchies | a form of power effectively resting with a small number of people |
| Dorian Invaders | conquered Laconia, In the southern part of Peloponnesus |
| Dorians | settled and built the city of Sparta who later rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece |
| Athens | dissolved into political strife and eventually land reform and an assembly served as the foundations of democracy. |
| Legislature | lawmaking body that debates laws before deciding to approve or reject |
| alliance | a formal agreement between two or more nations to cooperate and come together |
| Direct democracy | citizens take part in day to day affairs in government |
| Stupend | a fixed salary |
| Jury | a panel of citizens who have the authority to make final judgement in trial |
| Ostracism | vote to banish, or send away |
| Pericles | dominant figure in Athens and undertook the rebuilding of the city (Age of Pericles) |
| Monarchy | non elected king or queen(inherited the throne) |
| Phalanx | formation of soldiers |
| Polis | city-state in ancient Greece |
| Acropolis | high point of a city |
| Solon | one of the first rulers to believe of democracy of equalist |
| Aristocracy | ruled by a hereditary landholding elite or upperclass |
| Sparta | disciplined city created by the Dorians |
| Tyrant | gained power by force |
| Great Peloponnesian War | Athens was defeated by Sparta |
| Philosopher | used observation and reasoning to find causes for events |
| Logic | rational thinking |
| Rhetoric | the art of skillful speaking |
| Tragedy | Plays that told stories of human suffering that usually ends in disaster |
| Comedy | humorous plays that mocked people or customs |
| Rigid | unbending; severe |
| Bias | mental learning; prejudice; slant |
| Imposing | placing or setting something compulsory upon |
| Uniqueness | being individual; no comparison |
| Sophism | believed success was more important than morals |
| Socrates & Plato(philosophers) | developed philosophical ideas |
| Herodotus & Thucydides | originated the writing of history in western civilization with lengthy works on Persian and Peloponnesian wars. |
| Classical Greeks | art which sought to explain eternal ideas is reflected in temples and sculptures. |
| Philip 2 | came to the throne in powerful Macedonia |
| Alexander the Great | Philips son; built an empire and spread Greek culture to Southwest Asia, including the political concepts of direct democracy |
| Hellenistic Civilization | represents the high point of Greek influence in the ancient world from 323BC to about 146BC |
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