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Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Phillip 2 | King of Masendonia who was a brilliant war leader. He conqured the greeks. He was father to Alexander the Great. |
| Phalanx | A group of warriors who stood close together in a square |
| Alexander the Great | A brilliant war commander. Built one of the world's largest empire. |
| Hellenistic | greek-like. |
| Aocropolis | The hill abouve the Greek city, on which temples were built. |
| Agora | A marketplace in Ancient Greece |
| Assembly | A group of citizens, in an Ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws. |
| Democracy | A government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives |
| Myths | A traditional story that helps explain a culture's beliefs |
| Olympics | |
| Juries | |
| Parathenon | A temple, honoring the goddess Athena, built high on the acropolis in Athens. |
| Peloponnesian War | 431-404 B.C.E. The war fought between Athens and Sparta that involved other city-states. |
| Penisula | A land form that's surrounded on three sides with water. |
| Persian War | 490-479 B.C.E. The period of fighting wagged between the Persian Empire and the allied Greek city-states for control of land in Greece. |
| Philosophy | A theory that one lives by. |