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World History ch4
CHAPTER 4 VOCABULARY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Knossos | The rulers of the trading empire lived places |
| shrines | areas dedicated to Gods and Goddesses |
| Frescoes | watercolor paintings on wet plaster |
| trojan war | took place around 1250 B.C. |
| straits | narrow water passages between the red sea and the meditteranian sea. |
| Homer | Lived around 750 B.C. |
| Polis | city-state |
| acropolis | high city, had the temples |
| citizens | free residents who had responsibility |
| monarchy | hereditary ruler excercises central power |
| aristocracy | rule by a hereditary land holding elite |
| oligarchy | power is in the hands of a small, wealthy elite. |
| Sparta | north invaders conquered Loconia settled and made... |
| athens | located in attica |
| democracy | government by the people |
| tyrants | people who gained power by force. |
| legislature | lawmaking body. all male. |
| Alliance | a formal agreement between 2 or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one anothers defense |
| pericles | 460 b.c. - 429 b.c. was golden age for athens |
| direct democracy | citizens take part directly in the day to day affairs of government. |
| stipend | fixed salory |
| jury | a panel of citizens who have the authority to make final judgements |
| ostoracism | people could vote to banish authority or public authority who they saw as a threat |
| philosophers | meaning lovers of wisdom |
| logic | rational thinking |
| rhetorics | art of speaking |
| socrates | an athenian stonemason and shilosopher |
| plato | one of socrates students |
| aristotle | platos most famous student |
| parthenon | a temple dedicated tot he goddess athena |
| tragedies | plays that told stories of human suffering |
| herodutus | the father of history |
| alexander the great | architect of the new era |
| phillip II | had lived in thebes and had come to admire greek culture hired aristotle. |
| assassinated | murder of public figure |
| assimilated | or absorbed. |
| alexandria | at the very heart of hellenistic in egypt a home to millions |
| pythagoras | derived a formula to calculate the sides of the right triangle. |
| helicentric | sun centered |
| archimedes | appled principals of hellenistic scientist |
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