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Chapter 7 Flashcards

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two prominent regions of ancient Greece

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Attica and Peloponnesus

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earliest known European civilization; lived on the island of Crete

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Minoans

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ancient Greek civilization known for the Palace of King Minos at Knossos

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Minoans

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lived on mainland Greece; part of Trojan War

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Mycenaeans (Homer was part of this group)

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5
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Greece fell to the ____ during the Dark Age

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Dorians

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Writings influenced the Greek religious beliefs and mythology

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Homer

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Homer’s two most famous writings

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Iliad (about Troy) and Odyssey (about Odysseus)

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humans given special powers by the gods

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heroes

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9
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“city-state”

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polis

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  1. hilltop fortress
  2. marketplace
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  1. acropolis
  2. agora
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11
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the first recorded date in recorded Greek history

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the first Olympic games (776 B.C.)

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12
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battle of the Greco-Persian War where Darius sent his army to attack Athens but the Greeks defeated them

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Battle of Marathon

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son of Darius

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Xerxes I

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battle where Xerxes attacked the Greeks to avenge his father with a huge army, and the Spartans held them off for a while, but Xerxes I eventually won

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Battle of Thermopylae

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first major naval battle in history

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Battle of Salamis

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Athenian leader that tricked Xerxes into fighting a naval battle

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Themistocles

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17
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Xerxes’ defeat in Greece was _______

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a turning point in world history

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18
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form of government that is rule by one

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monarchy

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rule by “the best”

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aristocracy

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first people in history to reject one-man rule

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Greeks

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rule by the few (typically rich)

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oligarchy

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rule by one man who has seized power by rebellion and insurrection

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tyranny

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rule by the many

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democracy

24
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Greek government’s vicious cycle was ___

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democracy to oligarchy to tyranny and repeat

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Sparta’s chief accomplishment

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Peloponnesian League

26
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strict laws where every offense was punished by death

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Draco’s Code

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other set of laws that were fair and gave people more freedoms

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Solon’s Laws

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first tyrant of Athens

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Peisistratus

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founded Athens’ first library

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Peisistratus

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Champion of the People

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Cleisthenes (from Athens); (practiced ostracism)

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brought Athenian democracy to its fullest measure

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Pericles

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Greek leader that was responsible for the Golden Age of Greece

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Pericles

33
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Athens’ alliance that eventually became the Athenian Empire

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Delian League

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the Peloponnesian War was fought between ____

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Athens and Sparta

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leader of Athens during the Peloponnesian War

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Pericles

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____ won the Peloponnesian War

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Sparta

37
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defeated Sparta after the Peloponnesian War and the cities of Greece became independent

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Thebes

38
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group of people who called themselves Greeks but weren’t accepted by the Greeks

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Macedonians

39
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king of Macedonia who gained control of most of Greece

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Philip II

40
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Philip II’s son who became king after his father was murdered

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Alexander the Great

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Alexander the Great’s tutor

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Aristotle

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Alexander the Great’s most lasting accomplishment to world history

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spreading Greek culture

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Greek philosopher that taught “man is the measure of all things”

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Protagoras

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introduced fables, short stories to teach a moral

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Aesop

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two forms of Greek drama

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tragedies and comedies

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wrote Oedipus Rex and Antigone (two famous Greek tragedies)

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Sophocles

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  1. introduced geometry concepts
  2. recognized atoms
  3. “Father of Medicine”
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  1. Pythagoras
  2. Democritus
  3. Hippocrates
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“lover of wisdom”

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philosopher

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believed that there were no absolute truths

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Sophists (Relativists)

50
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“Know thyself”

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Socrates

51
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ultimate foundational truths

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absolutes

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Written philosophy (dialogues); attempted to find an explanation for the obvious order, design, and purpose in the universe

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Plato

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Concluded that the order of the universe must have come from God

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Aristotle

54
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Time from Alexander the Great (323 BC) to the Roman Conquest of Egypt (30 BC)

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Hellenistic Age

55
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Founded Stoicism

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Zeno

56
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Emphasized indulgence of one’s bodily appetites and physical pleasures of life

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Epicurus

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