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T3 Foundation Terms
World History Test 3 Foundation Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Polis | a unique Greek version of a city-state |
| Acropolis | the upper part of a Greek city-state- "High City" contained temples and important structures |
| Phalanx | a massive formation of heavily armed foot soldiers |
| Helots | a state-owned slave in Greek Society |
| Aristocracy | form of government by the landholding elite/also refers to the upper class |
| Oligarchy | form of government where powers is in the hands of a small group-usually the elite business class |
| Democracy | government by the people |
| Tyrant | people who gain power through force |
| Alliance | a formal agreement between two or more powers |
| Delian League | an alliance of Greek city-states, led by Athens, as a defense against an outside force |
| Ostracism | Athenian right to vote or send someone out of society who was a threat to Democracy, banish from society |
| Rhetoric | the art of skillful speaking-used to teach the public |
| Agora | the Greek marketplace |
| Hoplite | a heavily armed Greek solider |
| Hera | wife of Zeus/ goddess of marriage and children |
| Apollo | son of Zeus/god of the sun |
| Thales | first Greek philosopher |
| Homer | Greek, writer, poet, Iliad and Odyssey poems about bravery of Greek soldiers |
| Zeus | Greek, god, Ruler of the gods |
| Athena | Greek, goddess, goddess of wisdom, Athens named for her |
| Aphrodite | Greek, Goddess, Goddess of love |
| Herodotus | Athenian, Historian, Father of history, wrote about the Persian Wars |
| Pericles | Athenian, statesman, politician, leader, ruler, introduced direct democracy, all men vote, class doesn't matter, Golden Age, had acropolis/Athens built |
| Thucydides | Greek, Athenian, Historian, wrote about the Peloponnesian Wars, recorded speech given by pericles |
| Socrates | Athenian, stonemason, teacher, reformer, Philosopher, "Socratic Method" pose questions and think about answers, convicted of corrupting young people of Athens and failing to respect gods sentenced to death-Hemlock distrusted Democracy, teacher of Plato |
| Pythagoras | Hellenistic, Mathematician, a^2+b^2=c^2 relationship between the sides of a right triangle |
| Hippocrates | Greek, physician/doctor, studied illness and looked for cures, don't blame the gods "Hippocratic oath" |
| Eratosthesnes | Hellenistic, Scientist, showed the Earth was round by accurately calculating its circumference |
| Archimedes | Hellenistic, Scientist, Inventor, mastered the use of levers and pulleys "give me a lever long enough, I will move the world." |
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