Chapter 8 Vocab Flashcards
Long poem
Epic
Stories on actions of gods and goddesses affected the life of people
Myth
Stories past from generation to generation
Mythology
Large hills where Greek city-states were built, and later became center of religion.
Acropolis
Rule by few
Oligarchy
Person who took control of a government by force and ruled alone
Tyrant
Rule by people
Democracy
Independent city-state
Colony
Every member had 1 vote, and the idea that received the most votes.
Majority rule
A peninsula extending from mainland Europe into Mediterranean Sea; occupied by Greece, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovnia, Serbia and Montenegro
Balkan Peninsula
A peninsula at the west end of Asia, located between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, now occupied by Turkey.
Asia Minor
The largest Greek island located southeast
Crete
A city-state and empire in Ancient Greece, located on the eastern side of the Peloponnesus
Mycenae
An ancient city in Northwestern Asia Minor
Troy
An Ancient Greek city-state and rival of Athens, located on the southern end of the Peloponnesus
Sparta
An Ancient Greek city-state located near the southeastern coast of Greece
Athens
A place sacred to the ancient Greeks located in central Greece near the gulf of Corinth
Delphi
A plain in the northwestern Peloponnesus. An Ancient Greek religious center and site of the ancient Olympic Games
Olympia
What is Greece geographics?
It’s a peninsula, lots of islands, colonies and mountains
How did the Greeks obtain goods?
They traded and had colonies to trade
One of the earliest civilizations in Greece developed on the island of Crete
The Minoans
Named after a city, were warlike people, mostly peasants or poor farmers
Mycenaeans
Stories handed down from Earlier times that explain the past
Legend
A time when the Greeks abandoned their palaces and cities, trade stopped between Greeks and others
The Greek Dark Ages
This was called a polis. Each polis connected a city and the farms, towns and villages around it
Greek City-State
Who governed in Ancient Greece?
Small groups of aristocrats or wealthy ruling class who replaced the kings that ruled in the Dark Ages. This governing is called oligarchy
The Greeks have become part of growing commerce, or large scale trade. This trade brought much wanted goods and resources to the city states.
Greek Colonies/Commerce
What connection helped to form Greek Culture?
Besides identifying with their own city-state Greeks also identified with and had strong connection with all Greeks by having:
Common language
Shared history, writing, religion and athletics
Even though they had common culture. Greek city-states were rivals often fighting over land and resources. Each city-state kept large armies to defend territory
Warfare
Based on the Phoenician the first letters were alpha and beta
Greek alphabet
Sparta/Athens
Education important to both
Spartans more strong and disciplined.young boys grew up in barracks
Athens focused on good citizens and good behavior from fables do Aesop
Spartans ruled with 2 kings during war(unusual)
Athens located on Harbor of the Aegean Sea
