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Greece vocab
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| agora | an outdoor market place where theatre, religious celebrations, and political meetings took place |
| plunder | valuables seized in wartime |
| city-state | a city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and traditions |
| oral tradition | passing down a story from person to person by word of mouth |
| Assembly | an Athenian governing body of all citizens older than eighteen |
| helot | a slave |
| myth | a traditional story that may contain gods and goddesses and tries to explain events in nature |
| immortal | one able to live forever |
| aristocracy | a government controlled by a small group of wealthy people |
| democracy | a government by the people |
| marathon | a footrace of about 26 miles, the longest race in the Olympics |
| philosopher | a person who studies truth and knowledge |
| mercenary | a hired soldier |
| plague | an epidemic of an often fatal disease |
| Golden Age | a period of time in Ancient Greece ( Athens) when a magnificent temples were built; artists created statues and monuments; philosophers extended human knowledge |
| Hippocrates | Ancient Greek doctor often called the doctor of medicine |
| Socratic method | an approach to teaching developed by the Greek philosopher Socrates involves teaching people to think by asking questions |
| Hellenistic Age | a period of time when ancient Greek and Asian cultures mixed |
| Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia 356 -323 B.C.conquered a vast empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa |
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