Ancient Greece Flashcards
What does Acropolis mean
the name for the fortified hill of an ancient greek city
what is a city-state
community structure of ancient Greece
what is a philosopher
people who belied that people could use the powers of the mind and reason to understand natural events
what is a tribute
a regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one
what is hellenistic
describes greek history and culture after the death of alexander the great
what is a peninusula
an action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies
what is an aristocrat
members of rich and powerful families
what is a democracy
a form of government in which citizens govern themselves
what is an agora
public markets and meeting places
what did the greeks to for transportation since they lived on a peninsula
they sailed
what was Greece isolated by
mountains and seas
why was it hard to farm in greece
there were many mountains so there was little space to farm
why was it hard to form a united comunity
because there were so many islands
how many greek gods were there and who were they led by
12, led by Zeus
who was apollo, what was he the god of
was the son of zeus. God of poetry and music
who was athena, what was she the god of
daughter of Zeus, god of carats ad goddess who defended their people
who was Poseidon, what was he the god of
Zeus’ son, god of the sea
what did philosophers think of the gods
did not think they were good
what was the golden age of Greece, what did they do, what was the year?
golden age was in Athens, lots of good art, democrats and philosophy in 479-431 BC
what was the dark age of Greece, what happened to people, what was the year
after the trojan war, everyone moved, writing disappeared, resettled into villages near mountains in 1100-750 BC
who was Socrates, what did he believe in
was a philosopher, discussed wisdom and goodness with people
how did Socrates die
was killed from dishonoring the gods
what did Aristotle believe in
reason should guide the pursuit to knowledge, and had a school
what did plato believe in
thought society should be made of workers
when was the peloponesion war
431 BC
how long did the peloponesion war last
27 years
who was the peloponesion war between and who won
between Athens and Sparta, sparta won
what did Athens do after the war
was never a world leader after
who was alexander the great what did he do
king of macadamia, had a very good army, established cities, never lost a battle
go study the 2 sides to alexander the great
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in Athens, who ran everything
men ran everything
what power did woman hold in athens
no power
how many slaves were in Athens
100,000
what was important to Athens
arts and eductation
was sparta a harsh civilization
yes girly girl they were
what did Sparta value
war, every man was sent to war
