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Ancient Greece
Global Studies 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Homer | greek writer of epic poems |
| The Iliad | one of 2 famous greek poems written by Homer |
| Polis | a greek city-state |
| Acropolis | upper fortified part of a greek city-state |
| Monarchy | a government in which power is in the hands of a single person |
| Aristocracy | a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class of nobility |
| Oligarchy | a government in which power is in the hands of a few people-especially one in which rule is based upon wealth |
| Phalanx | a military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields |
| Sparta | greek city-state that built a military state |
| Helots | slaves |
| Athens | greek city-state known for advancing new ideas in education, the arts, and government |
| Democracy | a government ruled by the people |
| Tyrants | a cruel and unfair ruler that has complete power over a country |
| Legislature | law making body |
| Polytheistic | belief in many Gods |
| The Persian Wars | wars between Greece and the Persian empire |
| Darius | Persian king who unsuccessfully attempted to defeat the greeks |
| The Delian League | alliance of 140 greek city states, Athens was the leader |
| Pericles | leader of Athens during its Golden Age |
| Direct democracy | a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives |
| Stipend | fixed salary to men who held public office |
| Jury | panel of citizens with the authority to make judgement on a trial |
| Ostracism | banish or send away a public figure |
| The Funeral Oration | speech given by Pericles expressing democratic ideals |
| The Peloponnesian War | war between Athens and Sparta |
| The Peloponnesian League | alliance formed by Sparta and other enemies of Athens |
| Philosophers | greek thinkers, "lovers of wisdom" |
| Sophists | group of philosophers who questioned people's ideas about justice and other traditional values |
| Rhetoric | the art of skillful speaking |
| Socrates | greek philosopher, encouraged greeks to question themselves and their moral character |
| Plato | greek philosopher and student of Socrates, wrote The Republic |
| The Republic | work written by Plato in which he envisions a perfectly governed society |
| Aristotle | greek philosopher who questioned the nature of the world |
| The Parthenon | temple which is the most famous example of greek architecture |
| Macedonia | rugged, mountainous frontier land just north of the Aegean Sea |
| Philip II | king of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great |
| Alexander the Great | tutored by Aristotle, this lover of learning, and fearsome warrior built a massive empire |
| Cultural Diffusion | the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another. |
| Hellenistic Culture | a blending of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures that would flourish for centuries |
| Herodotus | Greek historian |
| Assimilation | process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group. |
| Hippocrates | Greek physician known as father of medicine |
| Heliocentric Model | idea that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun |
| Euclid | Greek mathematician known for his contributions to geometry |
| Agora | a public open space used for assemblies and markets. |
| Agoge | training school for Spartan warriors |
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