Chatper 8 History Flashcards
Polis
THE GREEK WORD FOR A CITY-STATE
Classical
AN ERA THAT IS MARKED BY GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
ACROPOLIS
A high hill
Democracy
A TYPE OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH PEOPLE RULE THEMSELVES
Aristocracy
RICH LANDOWNERS
Oligarchy
A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ONLY A FEW PEOPLE HAVE POWER
Citizen
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT
Tyrant
A LEADER WHO HOLDS POWER THROUGH THE USE OF FORCE
Pericles
BRILLANT ELECTED LEADER OF ATHENS
Alliance
AN AGREEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER
Peloponnesian war
A WAR BETWEEN SPARTA AND ATHENS
Phillip 11
KING OF MACEDONIA
Phalanx
A GROUP OF WARRIORS THAT STOOD TOGETHER IN A SQAURE
Alexander the Great
ONE OF THE GREATEST CONQUERORS IN HISTORY
Hellenistic
GREEK-LIKE
Socrates
HE BELIEVED PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER STOP LOOKING FOR KNOWLEDGE
Plato
A STUDENT OF SOCRATES
ARISTOLTE
A STUDENT OF PLATO
Reason
CLEAR AND ORDERED THINKING
EUCILD
HE WAS INTERESTED IN MATH AND IN FACT SOME OF THE GEOMETRY RULES WE LEARN TODAY COME STRAIGHT FROM HIS WRITINGS
HIPPOCRATES
HE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED DIESEASE SO HE COULD TREAT THEM BETTER WE KNOW HIM TODAY BECAUSE OF HIS IDEAS ON HOW DOCTORS SHOULD BEHAVE ; GREATEST GREEK DOCTOR