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ancient greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Polis | a Greek word for city state |
| acropolis | a high hill with a fortris on top |
| classical age | an age marked by achevements. |
| mytholigy | story's about "gods"and heros |
| Persian war | a war between Athen and greece |
| Peloponnesian war | a war between Athen and sparta |
| trejen war | a ten year war waged agensed troy and greeks |
| hellenistic | hevely influenced by Greek ideas |
| colonization | the acts or process of establishing a colony |
| philosophy | a set of idias of beliefs |
| Parthenon | a temple for the "goddess" Athena |
| democracy | people set to participate in government |
| citizenship | membors in a comunity are given both rights and responcibillity |
| direct democracy | deals with smaller populations |
| representative democracy | citicens elect others to represent them |
| barracks | military basses |
| the pyrrhic dance | a famous spartan war dance |
| hoplite | Greek soldier |
| hoplon | the Name of the shield that hoplites carreid |
| phalanx | a rectangular military formation |
| doru | a spear |
| agora | a public space for markets |