Ancient Greeks-World History Flashcards
The Agean sea is to the ___ of Greece
East
The Lonian Sea is to the ___ of Greece
West
There are 2 Pre-Greek civilizations…
1) Minoans: from Crete (success on trade)
Polytheistic: gods and deities
2)Myceneans
The foundation of Ancient Greek society came from 2 epic poems, the __ and __
Iliad and Odyssey
A blind poet/storyteller who travels from village to village in the 700’s BC (before Greeks)
Homer
The book/story about the Trojan war, the adventures of Achilles
Iliad
The book/story about the adventures of Odysseus
The Odyssey
Greece is located on the ___ peninsula
Balkin
The lower peninsula of Greece is called the __ peninsula
Peloponnesian
The Greek-City state is called the “__”
Polis
The __ is the “high city”
acropolis
Monarchy
rule by king/queen or royal family
Aristocracy
rule by wealthy landowners
Oligarchy
rule by a small group
democracy
people voting to elect leaders
Sparta is the city-state of ___
Athens is the city-state of ___
__ city-state has gov-owned slaves
the military
culture
Sparta
Explain Sparta’s government
assembly of citizens & council of elders —> 2 kings
5 ephors: held real power and ran the ever day government
Explain Athen’s culture
rich culture: literature, free speech, debate , drama, dance, philosophy
father of democracy
Pericles
what were the 2 sides in the Peloponnesian war?
Peloponnesian league= sparta (oligarchy)
Delian league= Athens (democracy)
These philosophers believed success was more important than the moral truth
use any means necessary to meet success
encouraged people to break the laws
The Sophists
This man was a philosopher, but a stonemason to pay the bills
against the sophists
believed there was a right and wrong (absolute truth)
Socrates
Sophists
nothing is true at all time, in all places, for all people (no real right/wrong)
Relative truth
Socrates
some things are true at all times, in all places, for all people
original foundation of western civilization (10 commandments)
Absolute truth
this philosopher believed universal truths can be discovered through rational thought and logic
Socrates
__ is accused of corrupting the youth of Athens and is executed because of it
Socrates
This man is... student of Socrates philosopher of Athens believed in 2 world theory absolute truth hates democracy (killed Socrates)
Plato
who wrote the Republic and what is it about
Plato
his ideas of government
what is Plato’s government theory
common people–> soldiers–> philosophers
This man…
- philosopher of Athens
- student of plato
- rejected plato’s 2 world theories
- only believed in physical world experienced by 5 senses
- did early work in bio, physics, zoology, astronomy
Aristotle
the belief that the sun goes around the earth
Geocentrism
__ establishes a school called __
In that school, students study a wide variety of subjects to become a well-rounded person
Aristotle
Lyceum
2 types of greek drama
tragedy- told stories that ended in disaster, trying to teach a lesson through pity/fear
comedy -criticizing society, mocked people/ customs
the father of history
watched out for bias
Herodotus
wrote about the Peloponnesan war
tried to be fair to both sides
Thucydides
