Chapter 10 Flashcards
The three climate zones on the earth
Frigid, temperate, torrid
Typically the largest gathering place in the Greek city-state
Theater
The place men practiced sports
Gymnasium
A long race track
Stadium
The marketplace
Agora
A singing poet
Bard
Large group of foot soldiers armed with shields and spears trained to move together
Phalanx
Greece is located on this peninsula
Balkan
Alexander the great empire extended as far east as
India
Independent cities that made up Greece in ancient times
City-states
These people did all of the work in Sparta
Helots
The book of the Bible in which Alexander the great’s short life was prophesied
Daniel
Torrid means this
Scorching
The climate zone that is neither too hot nor too cold
Temperate zone
Weather conditions of a region over a period of many years
Climate
Conditions such as temperature and precipitation which change from day today make up a part a region’s…..
Weather
The amount of rain, snow, or sleet an area receives
Precipitation
This body of water cuts Greece almost in half
The Gulf of Corinth
The alphabet the Greeks borrowed and added vowels to
Phoenician
A blind singing poet of Ancient Greece
Homer
A philosopher concerned with finding the best way to live
Socrates
A freed slave who wrote fables
Aesop
The name of Alexander the Great’s father who conquered most of Greece
Philip II
Greek god who was honored by the Olympic Games
Zeus
The city-state that was first to become powerful
Sparta
Philosophers and foreigners were not welcome here
Sparta
This city-state was the greatest cultural center in ancient Greece
Athens
At age 7 boys began training to become soldiers
Sparta
At age 7 boys began training to become good citizens
Athens
This is where the idea of democracy was developed
The city-state of Athens
Most of the men in the city-state never learned to read or write
Sparta
At the age of 18 boys in this city-state became citizens after taking a pledgeI
Athens
During the Hellenistic age this language was used in most of the civilized world
Greek
Why was the Greek language important?
It prepared the way for the writing of the New Testament and the spread of God’s word
Alexander the great built 16 cities and named each of them this after himself
Alexandria
The word comes from two words meaning “people” and “rule”
Democracy
The religious center of the city
Acropolis
