Ancient Greece Vocab Flashcards
0
Q
bards
A
storytellers
1
Q
peninsula
A
land surrounded by water on all sides but one
2
Q
acropolis
A
a high hill (literally means: “city on a hill”)
3
Q
polis
A
a city-state
4
Q
tyrants
A
people who seize power by force
5
Q
democracy
A
government by the people
6
Q
oligarchy
A
the government by a small group of wealth people
7
Q
agora
A
the center of a Greek city
8
Q
hoplites
A
foot soldiers
9
Q
phalanx
A
a unified battle formation
10
Q
zoastrianism
A
the Persian religion based on the belief in one god
11
Q
immortals
A
an army of 10,000 men who protected the king of Persia
12
Q
philosophers
A
thinkers/teachers who reflect on the meaning of life
13
Q
philososohy
A
literally means: “love of widsom”
14
Q
Socratic Method
A
the use of questioning to gain truth
