Ancient Greece Flashcards
It refers to both the Ancient Greek mainland and the surrounding islands in the Aegean Sea.
Aegean World
City-states
Polis
Central market/meeting place
Agora
Used for protection and was a center for religion and government
Acropolis
An ancient festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victor’s prize a crown of wild olive.
Olympics
A series of battles fought between the Greek City States and the Persian empire starting in 499 B.C. ending around 448 B.C.
Persian War
Each citizen votes directly on all laws. (The first democracy invented by the Athenians).
Direct democracy
Citizens vote for representatives who then vote on the laws.
Representative Democracy
Greek politician who greatly influenced Athenian democracy
Pericles
Athens developed the first democracy during their golden age
Athenian Democracy
A series of battles fought between the Greeks and the Persian empire starting in 499 B.C. ending around 448 B.C.
Persian War
Born in Athens: He was a scholar, teacher and a philosopher who encouraged questioning of traditional values, art, government, etc.
Socrates
Socrates’ student & recorded Socrates’ teachings; began the world’s 1st university called The Academy
Plato
Student in Plato’s Academy and was the teacher of Alexander the Great
Aristotle
a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta—the two most powerful city-states in ancient Greece at the time (431 to 405 B.C.E.)
Peloponnesian War
Emperor who had one of the largest empires in the ancient world; known for spreading Greek culture across continents
Alexander the Great
