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Ancient Greece 9/10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Achaeans/Mycenaeans | earliest mainland Greeks |
| Aristocracy | rule by heredity by noble classes |
| Athens | democracy pioneered in this polis |
| Delian League | the league or alliance led by Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars |
| Epicureans | believe in life of pleasure; opposite of Stoic |
| Hellenistic Culture | culture Alexander built in the Middle East |
| Homer | wrote about the Trojan War |
| The Illiad | epic poem by Homer; is the main source of information about the Trojan War |
| Irregular Coastline | this geographic feature always provides natural harbors |
| Minoans | the earliest of Greek civiliztions; lived on the island of Crete |
| Monarchy | rule by a king |
| Oligarchy | rule according to wealth |
| Philip II | Alexander the Great's father; Macedonian; fought the Greeks |
| Plato | Greek philosopher who stressed civic responsibility; opponent of Aristotle |
| Polis | Greek city-state |
| Sparta | militaristic city-state with a culture centered in war |
| Tyranny | dictators rule by military force |
| Xerxes | Darius' son; continued Persian War |
| Peloponnesian Wars | 30-year-long Greek civil war |
| Socrates | Greek philosopher who said, "Know thyself." |
| Salamis | the naval battle that ended the Persian Wars |
| Stoics | calm philosophers who were concerned with justice and morality |
| Macedonia | home country of Alexander the Great |
| Troy | a city in Asia Minor where the Spartans freed a queen |
| Darius | initiated a Persian invasion of Greece |
| Dark Age | progress and order went backward in this time adter Dorians invaded Greece |
| Socratic Method | question and answer technique |
| Heinrich Schliemann | archaeologist that substantiated the Trojan War and the existence of Troy |
| Phalanx | a square of Greek soldiers with overlapping shields and spears |
| Forum | central meeting place where people discussed politics |