Chapter 5 vocab Flashcards
1
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Mycenaean
A
People who settled on the Greek main land around 2000 B.C.
2
Q
Trojan war
A
The Mycenaean’s fought a ten year war with troy
3
Q
Dorian
A
People who moved into the war-torn countryside
4
Q
Homer
A
Blind storyteller
5
Q
Epic
A
Native poems celebrating heroic deeds
6
Q
Myth
A
Traditional stories, about their god
7
Q
Polis
A
750 B.C. city state
8
Q
Acropolis
A
Agora, or marketplace, or fortified hill top
9
Q
Monarchy
A
single ruler like a king
10
Q
Aristocracy
A
Small group of noble land owning farmers
11
Q
Oligarchy
A
Government ruled by a few powerful people
12
Q
Tyrant
A
a cruel and oppressive ruler
13
Q
Democracy
A
Ruled by the people
14
Q
Helot
A
peasants forced to say on the land they worked
15
Q
Phalax
A
Most powerful fighting force
