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Ancient Greece
eq what do you know about ancient Greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A Geek word for city-state | polis |
| A high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built | Acropolis |
| an age marked by great Greek achievements | classical age |
| stories about gods and heroes that tries to explain how the world works | mythology |
| Persia and greece war during 400 b.c | persian war |
| war between athlens and sparta in the 400 b.c. | Peloponnesian war |
| The ten-year war waged against Troy by the Greeks caused by the abduction of Helen by Paris and resulting the burning and destruction of Troy | Trojan war |
| Greek like : heavily influencedby Greek ideas | Hellenistic |
| The act or process of establishing a colony or colonies | colonization |
| a set of ideas or belifs relating to a particular field or actividy on underlying theory | philosophy |
| built as a temple athen which was a godess of wisdom and stradigy | parthenon |
| people who paid rent either in money or crops to grow crops on another person's land tenant farmers in Greece are called thetes | tenant farmers |
| Greeks formed a style of goverment which means "rule by the people" regular citizens get to paticipate in goverment | democracy |
| an idea first promoted in athens mebers in a community are given both rights and responsebilitys a key componont of democracy | citizenship |
| style of democracy that works well with smaller populations like in Athens each vote counts | Direct democracy |
| citizens elect others to repesent them in goverment repersentiive make disitions on behalf of the greater good of the people | representative democracy |
| spartan boys were taken an age 7 to live away from home and housed within the barracks | barracks |
| artist lawrence alma judema's painting re creating | the pyrrhic dance |
| greek soldier was the foot soldier called a hoplite hoplites carried big shelds and long spears | hoplite |
| name of the shield that the hoplite soldier held | hoplon |
| was a rectangular mass millitary formation used by the ancient geeks | phalanx |
| also refered as a dory cheif spear used by hplites 7 to 9 feet long | doru |
| took its name from the city state of corinth it was made from bronze which is the later style covered the entire head and neck with slits for eyes and mouth | corinthian helmet |
| a public open space used for assembies and markets | agora |
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