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WH1 Vocab #5
Greece Vocabulary 2020
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mycenaean | member of a group who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 BCE |
| Trojan War | conflict in which the Mycenaeans attacked the city of Troy |
| Dorian | member of a group of people who migrated into the Greek mainland |
| Homer | Greek poet who composed the Iliad and the Odyssey |
| Epic | heroic story told in the form of a long poem |
| Myth | traditional story that explains why the world is the way it is |
| Polis | city-state of ancient Greece |
| Acropolis | fortified hill-top in an ancient Greek city |
| Oligarchy | government ruled by a few powerful people |
| Tyrant | powerful ruler who gained control of a city-state's government by asking the common people for support |
| Democracy | rule by the people |
| Helot | peasant forced to stay on the land |
| Phalanx | side-by-side fighting formation of Greek foot soldiers |
| Persian Wars | conflicts between Greece and the Persian Empire |
| Direct Democracy | form of government in which citizens rule directly |
| Classical Art | art in which harmony, order, and balance were emphasized |
| Tragedy | serious drama dealing with such themes as love, hate, war or betrayal |
| Comedy | light and amusing play that may poke fun at serious subjects |
| Peloponnesian War | conflict in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies |
| Philosopher | thinker who uses logic and reason to explore life's important questions |
| Socrates | Greek thinker who explored truth and justice and developed a method of questioning and answering |
| Plato | Socrates' student who wrote The Republic, a view of the ideal society |
| Aristotle | Plato's student who developed a method for testing and organizing ideas |
| Phillip II | king of Macedonia who conquered Greece |
| Macedonia | kingdom located just north of Greece |
| Alexander the Great | Philip II's son who established a huge empire |
| Darius III | Persian King |
| Hellenistic | relating to the culture that blended Greek with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences |
| Alexandria | Egyptian city that was the center of Hellenistic culture |
| Euclid | Greek mathematician and pioneer in geometry |
| Archimedes | Greek scientist, inventor and mathematician |
| Colossus of Rhodes | huge bronze statue created on the island of Rhodes |
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