Greece Flashcards
Chapter 8, Chapter 9
What is an acropolis?
A high hill on which a fortress stood atop.
What is a peninsula?
An area of land that is surrounded on three sides by water.
What was the agora?
The marketplace.
What does polis mean?
The Greek word for city-state.
What is a democracy?
A type of government in which people rule themselves.
What is an Oligarchy?
A government in which only a few people have power.
Who was Cleithenes?
A leader who overthrew the aristocracy and established democracy.
What is a tyrant?
A leader who held power through the use of force.
What is a citizen?
People who had the right to participate in government.
Who was Homer?
A poet who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey.
What is mythology?
A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works.
What is a fable?
Short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live.
Who was Hypatia?
Was the greatest mathematician and astronomer of her time, for being the leader of the Neoplatonist school of philosophy in Alexandria.
Who was Archimedes?
Archimedes of Syracuse was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily.
Who was Plato?
A student of Socrates, created a school where everyone could discuss ideas, wrote “The Republic” which described Plato’s idea of an ideal society.
Who was Hippocrates?
The greatest Greek doctor.
Who was Alexander the Great?
A Macedonian emperor who was one of the greatest conquerors of all time.
Who was Phillip ll?
A brilliant military leader and strong king.
What does Hellenistic mean?
Greek-like.
What is a phalanx?
A group of warriors who stood close together in a square.
Who were the Macedonians?
An ancient tribe that lived on the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axios in the northeastern part of mainland Greece.
