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Chapter 5 vocab Flashcards

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Mycenaean

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People who settled on the Greek main land around 2000 B.C.

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Trojan war

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The Mycenaean’s fought a ten year war with troy

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Dorian

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People who moved into the war-torn countryside

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Homer

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Blind storyteller

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Epic

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Native poems celebrating heroic deeds

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Myth

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Traditional stories, about their god

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Polis

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750 B.C. city state

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Acropolis

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Agora, or marketplace, or fortified hill top

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Monarchy

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single ruler like a king

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Aristocracy

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Small group of noble land owning farmers

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Oligarchy

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Government ruled by a few powerful people

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Tyrant

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a cruel and oppressive ruler

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Democracy

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Ruled by the people

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Helot

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peasants forced to say on the land they worked

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Phalax

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Most powerful fighting force

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Persian War

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Started between the Greece and the Persian Empire

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Direct Democracy

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Citizens ruled directly and not through representatives

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Classical Art

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Use of harmony, order, balance, and proportion became the standard

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Tragedy

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Serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, and betrayal

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Comedy

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Crude humor

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Peloponnesian War

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War between Athens and Sparta

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Philosopher

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Lovers of wisdom

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Socrates

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Believed in absolute standared of justice

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Plato

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A student of Socrates

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Aristotle

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Questioned the nature of the world and human belif

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Philip lI

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Dreamed of taking over Greece

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Macedonia

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Kingdom located just north of Greece

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Alexander the Great

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20 year old king

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Darius III

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Vowed to crush invaders

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Hellenistic

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Culture blend between Egyptian, Persian, and indian

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Alexandra

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Foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization

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Euclid

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Highly regarded mathmatician

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Archimedes

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Hellenistic scientist Studied at Alexandra

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Colossus of Rhodes

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Bronze statue stood more than 100 feet high

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