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AWH C5
Ancient World History Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A time of great cultural achievement that leaves an enduring legacy | classical age |
| Greek word for city at the top, the most easily defended part of the city. Where the people came together to discuss government | acropolis |
| Form of government developed by Greece that gives citizens power | democracy |
| Leader that spread Greek culture throughout Asia | Alexander the Great |
| Blended Greek, Egyptian and Asian cultures | Hellenistic culture |
| Mycenaean, Minoan, and Dorian cultures interacted to form the roots of this culture | Greek culture |
| Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds | epic |
| Traditional stories about Greek gods. (EX: explained the changing of seasons and natural disasters) | myths |
| The seas that were important in ancient Greece | Aegean, Ionian, and Black Sea |
| Greatest (blind) story teller in ancient Greece | Homer |
| Center of political and economic life. A city-state made up of a large city and its surrounding countryside. | Polis |
| A person that the following applies to: non slave, male, has the right to participate in government, had to be from that area, and if needed they had to participate in military service. | citizen |
| Single ruler with significant power, ruled in a government system | monarchy |
| Government under the rule of a small group of noble families. | Aristocracy |
| Wealthy people (nobles) who said and promised appealing things to the common people for support or power; controlling people | tyranny |
| Where citizens rule directly and not through representatives | direct democracy |
| Peasants who are forced to stay on the land they worked | Helot |
| Rule/government by a few powerful people | oligarchy |
| Hoplites (warriors) that stood side by side with a spear in one hand and a shield in the other | phalanx |
| War(s) between Greece and The Persian empire | The Persian Wars |
| A serious drama about themes such as love, hate, war or betrayal | tragedy |
| A funny play with scenes that might include crude humor | comedy |
| Great thinkers, "lovers of wisdom" | philosophers |
| A philosopher who doubted the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge. | Aristotle |
| One of the smartest students at Plato's Academy. He studied how things originated | Aristotle |
| Conquered Greece, the Persian Empire and falled to conquer India due to his worn out and tired soldiers | Alexander the Great |
| Athen's support of Ionian cities' revolt against Persian rule was a primary cause of what war? | The Persian wars |
| The ability for Athens to remain independent and continue innovations in government and culture were the importance of what war? | The Persian War |
| Was founder by Athens following the Persian wars | Delian League |
| Athenian Tyrants who expanded citizenship and rule of law in Athens | Draco and Solon |
| Citizens in what two greek cities have the duty to sever in the military? | Athens and Sparta |
| the center of greek political and economic life is the | polis |
| women often had more rights in which greek city? | Sparta |
| What form of government did Athens form? | democracy |
| what form of government did Sparta form? | oligarchy |
| made advances in physics and medicine | Archimedes and Hippocrates |
| What society is Sparta known for? | a militaristic one |
| what was the Pellopensain War? | a war fought between Athens and Sparta |
| why did the other greek city states find athens as a threat? | because athens was growing too large and powerful |
| the alliance formed by city states the fought along side the pellopinesians |
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