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7-WesternCultures-Greece-StudyGuide-Part2 Flashcards

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Oracle

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Person who could speak with the Gods

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Intellect

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Ability to learn and reason

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Prophecy

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Statement of what might happen in the future

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Pancratium

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Fighting event, combined wrestling and boxing

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Pentathalon

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Five events

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Philosophia

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Love of wisdom, studying laws of nature

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Classify

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Group together like items, Aristotle’s idea for examining plants and animals

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Socratic Method

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Questioning designed to make person arrive at an answer pr the Truth

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Comedy

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Play with happy ending

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Tragedy

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Type of play, story about suffering

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Hypothesis

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Possible explanation, educated guess

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Logic

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Science of reasoning

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Mt. Olympus

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Where the Greek Gods and Goddesses lived

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Agora

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Marketplace, where politics were discussed, items were traded, and people socialized

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Herodutus

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Father of History, wrote historical accounts of the Persian War (think History)

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The Republic

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First political science book

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Political science

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Study of government

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The Dialogues

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Written by Plato on what the Truth is

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Hippocratic Oath

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Oath physicians take, ethics and protection of patients rights

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Frieze

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Band of sculpture located above columns on a Greek building, contains metopes

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Pediment

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Triangular area located between frieze and roof on Greek building

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Parthenon

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Built by Pericles in Golden Age to honor Athena

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Grammatisites

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Taught reading, writing, and arithmetic

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Kitharistes

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Taught singing and playing instruments (think Keys on a piano)

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Gymnastics

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Taught wrestling and gymnastics

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Three types of pottery

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Geometric- repeating shapes
Black-Figure style- shows mythical and daily life scenes
Red-Figure style- shows variety of poses, human muscles, and facial features

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Aristotle

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Plato’s famous student, wrote History of Animals (classification) (think Animals)

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Aspasia

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Supported women’s rights, thought to write Pericles’s Funeral Oration

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Pericles

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Military/government leader during Golden Age of Athens

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Plato

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Wrote The Republic, taught Aristotle (think Politics)

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Pythagoras

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Pythagorean Theorem, measured music mathematically

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Sophocles

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Athens’s greatest playwright, wrote Oedipus Rex, son murdered father to gain crown and also married mother (think Shakespeare)

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Thucydides

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Historian and writer, exiled for failure in battle

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phalanx

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military tactic/formation created by Phillip II

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orator

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public speaker

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barbaroi

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barbarians, what the Greeks called the Persians

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immigrate

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move onto a city-state

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emigrate

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move out of a city-state

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What did the new rulers of Greece do?

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trade was increased under Phillip II (he was of Greek decent)

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What does the term Hellenistic mean?

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Like the Greeks (the Hellenes)

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Hen Philip II of Macedonia was young, what happened to him?

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He was taken hostage by Thebes

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What did Philip II learn in Thebes?

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to love Greek culture

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What did Philip believe was his destiny?

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to unite the Greek city-states under one (his) rule

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What was the Macedonian army like before Philip transformed it?

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it consisted of volunteers

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How did Philip cause the Greek city-states to fight?

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he broke treaties, and caused disagreements

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Why did Philip try to make the city-states fight?

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to weaken them so his army could move in

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How did Philip form alliances?

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partnerships and marriages

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Who tried to warn the Greeks of Philip

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Demosthenes (orator)

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How did Philip II die?

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Assassination (336 BC)

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Who were Alexander (the Great)’s parents?

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Phillip and Olympia of Macedonia

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In what position was Alexander by age 16?

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he was in charge of the cavalry

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What were some subjects taught to Alexander by Aristotle?

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literature, political science, geography

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What was Alexander’s dream for his empire?

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a worldwide state, everyone living in piece

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How many cities did Alexander create in total?

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70

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What was the name of 16 of Alexander’s cities?

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Alexandria

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Which was the most famous Alexandria?

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Egypt- Pharos, Lighthouse of Alexandria, and the Library

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What happened at the Indus River Valley?

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Alexander’s soldiers refused to fight/advance further

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How did Alexander conquer cities?

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siege engines and catapults

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How much was Alexander worth?

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$60 billion

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How did Alexander die?

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Malaria (mosquito bite)

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How old was Alexander when he died?

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32

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What happened to Alexander’s body in Babylon?

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It was wrapped in gold and placed in a glass coffin

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Who did Alexander say should take over his Empire?

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the strongest

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What really happened to Alexander’s Empire?

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Divided among his generals

65
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Why did Greeks emigrate form their home city-states?

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to work in foreign factories

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How did the Golden Age of Athens cause the Peloponesian War?

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Athens got wealthy.
Smaller league members became frustrated and wanted to leave the league.
These city-states turned to Sparta for help.
Sparta said that Athens must release the Delian League’s city-states or face War.

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What happened to Greece in 146 BCE?

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The Romans invaded

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What led to the decline of the Greek city-states?

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People lost sense of community.
The war was expensive.
People wanted to male money
Bitterness between classes
Thebes's rule weakened Greece
Greece was not strong enough to fight off an invasion.

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