7th Grade Vocab Ancient Greece Flashcards
Polis
City-State
Mythology
Stories containing Gods and Goddesses to explain events
Pericles
Leader who promoted democracy
Homer
Poet wrote Odyssey and Iliad
Plato
philosopher created the Academy
Hellenistic
Greek like culture
Alliance
Agreement formed between groups to work together
Olympics
sporting events occur every 4yrs; originally in honor of Zeus
Aristotle
greek thinker believed in using reason
Hippocrates
greek doctor famous for Hippocratic oath
Tyranny
type of government uses force to rul
Sparta
Greek city that became a military society
Minoans
Group of ship builders settled in Crete
Aristocracy
government where only a small group of rich people rule
Phalanx
group of soliders arranged in a square
Alexander the Great
king who expanded his empire across three continents
Peloponnesian war
long term warm between Athens and Sparta; Sparta won
Direct democracy
allows all citizens to directly participate in governemnt
Citizen
someone who has a right to participate in government
Acropolis
a high hill that hosed the fortress of a city state
Mycenaeans
1st greeks
Athens
greek city state where democracy was created
Oligarchy
government where power is shared with a small group of people
Democracy
Government which gives people power