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World History & You
Ch. 7 The story of Ancient Greece
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Greece | is a small country in Europe. It is near the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Greeks | The people who live in greece. |
| Black Sea | Where the Greeks sailed Ships. |
| Colonies | Greek towns built in far-off places. |
| Mountains | Land mass that protected Greece and the greeks built on the flat land between these. |
| Athens | It was the most important city-state in greece. |
| Democracy | The government is run by the people. Citizens voted. |
| Citizen | Men who were born in the city-state that could vote. |
| Aristotle | a Famous greek teacher that started his own school in Athens |
| Aspasia | This person who started a school for girls. |
| Statues | These were meant to show perfection, and lifelike images of perfect humans. |
| PhilipII | He was the father of Alexander the Great. He conquered the Greek city-states from the North. |
| Alexander the Great | He conquered a lot of land for Greece like northern India. He beat the Persian army. He ruled Egypt and the Middle east. He died at age 33. |
| Theaters | it began as part of a festival to the Greek gods, but eventually became a major part of the Greek culture. |