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Chapter 4

Ancient Greece

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The Mycenaean civilization was ruled by powerful monarchs
Dark Ages Little is known of what happened during this time because few records have survived
Supported the efforts of the Greek tyrants to control the city-states poor peasants
Hellenistic Era was a period when the Greek language and ideas were carried to the non Greek world.
The reason that Ancient Greece developed many different cultures was due to their physical geography, including mountain ranges and long coastlines.
Greeks were able to spread their culture throughout the Mediterranean due to colonization.
After tyrants lost power in ancient Greece, some city-states evolved into ________ a democracy.
Sparta was an ancient city-state based on military discipline
Greek polis or city-states developed because of the physical obstacles presented by Greek geography.
Alliance between Sparta and Athens Delian League
Greece's economy prospered due to trade
What was the relationship between the Greek city-states? independent
The tyrants of ancient Greece were seized power from the aristocrats by force
Alexander the Great’s conquests gave rise to the Hellenistic Era
The first Greek civilization Mycenae
A Greek town, city, or village and surroundings polis
Government of Sparta oligarchy
Why did Greeks establish colonies? Less populated land, fertile farm land
Peloponnesian Wars Wars fought between Sparta and Athens
A ruler who seized power by force from the aristocrats. Tyrant
The process for temporarily banning politicians from the city by popular vote Ostracism
To gather; to meet together. Assemble
A system of government in which the people participate directly in government decision making through mass meetings. Direct Democracy
“The rule of many.” Government by the people. Democracy
The relationship between the Greek city-states was very independent and therefore developed differently.
The___ were the first civilization to introduce the idea of a democracy. Athenians
Men were well-trained warriors in the city-state of Sparta
Socrates, Plato, and____ were well known Greek philosophers. Aristotle
Although Greece is generally considered to be “resource poor”, its economy prospered through trade.
The tyrants of ancient Greece were rulers who seized power by force.
The Greek city-state where women saw more freedom. Sparta
This city-state had helots. Sparta
In ancient Athens, the process for temporarily banning politicians from the city by popular vote. Ostracism
Moral principles; generally recognized rules of conduct Ethics
An organized system of thought, from the Greek for “love of wisdom” Philosophy
To gather; to meet together. Assemble
in ancient Sparta, a captive person who was forced to work for the conqueror Helot
in early Greek city-states, an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market Agora
the early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside Polis
in early Greek city-states, a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill that was sometimes the site of temples and public buildings Acropolis
to set apart from others Isolate
the period between 461 B.C. and 429 B.C. when Pericles dominated Athenian politics and Athens reached the height of its power Age of Pericles
in ancient Greece, a sacred shrine where a god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess oracle
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