test over unit 4 (Greece only) (ppts and notes) Flashcards
vocab: main city of the Minoans
Knossos
vocab:altar, chapel, or other sacred place
Shrine
vocab:colorful paintings completed on wet plaster
Fresco
vocab: conflict between Myceanea and Troye (described in the Illiad and Oddessey)
Trojan War
vocab: narrow water passage
Strait
vocab: author of the Illiad and the Oddessey
Homer
vocab: city state in Ancient Greece
Polis
vocab: highest and most forfeighted point within a city state
Acropolis
vocab:legal member of a country
Citizen-
vocab: a form of government in which the state is ruled by a monarch
monarchy
vocab:
government headed by privileged minority or upper class
Aristocracy
vocab: government in which ruling power belongs to a few people
Oligarchy
vocab: in Ancient Greece, a massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers
Phalanx
vocab: city state in Ancient Greece settled by the Dorians and built as a military state
Sparta
vocab: city state in Ancient Greece that evolved from a monarchy to a limited direct democracy and became famous for its great cultural achievements
Athens
vocab: a form of government in which citizens hold political power
Democracy
vocab: in Ancient Greece, ruler who gained power by force
Tyrant
vocab: lawmaking body
Legislature
vocab: Formal agreement between 2 or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another’s defense
Alliance
vocab: a fixed salary given to public office holders
Stipend
vocab: system of government in which citizens participate in daily affairs of government rather than through elected representatives
Direct democracy
vocab: group of people with authority to make a decision in a legal case
Jury
Vocab: practiced in Ancient Greece to banish or send away a public figure who threatened democracy
Ostracism
Vocab: led Athens through the golden age
Pericles
Vocab: someone who seeks to understand and explain life, a person who studies philosophy
Philospher
Vocab: rational thinking
Logic
Vocab: art of skillful speaking
Rhetoric
Vocab: in Ancient Greece, a play about human suffering often ending in disaster
Tragedy
Vocab: chief temple of Greek Goddess Athena
Parentheon
Vocab: philosopher that sought truth through questioning
Socrates
Vocab: student of socrates, wrote philosophical dialouges, and founded the Academy in athens
Plato
Vocab: student of Plato, philosopher, writer of many branches of knowledge, founder of the Lyceum, and tutor of Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Vocab: Father of History
Herodotus
Vocab: muder of a public figure, usually for political reasons
Assasination
Vocab: absorb or adopt another culture
Assimilation
Vocab: one of the Greatest cities in the Medditeranean world
Alexandria
Vocab: mathmatician and philosopher
Pythagoras
Vocab: based on belief that the sun is the center of the universe
Heliocentric
Vocab:famous Hellenistic mathmatician
Archimedes
Vocab: father of medicine
Hippocratus
Vocab: restored peace to Macedonia, built effective army, formed alliances with many Greek states. Was assisinated
Philip II
Vocab:In Ancient Greece, play that mocked people or social customs
Comedy
Vocab:
Phillip II’s son, student of Aristotle, at age of 20 inherited all of Phillip’s territories, founded and conquered A LOT of land. Died super early at the age of 32
Alexander the Great
2 Greek playwrights
Aeschylus
Sophocles
War between Athens and Sparta
Peloponnesian War
Alliance of Greek states against Persia
Delian league
Term for voting to banish someone from a city state
Ostracism
Abolished debt slaver
Solon
3 battles of the Persian war
Plataea, marathon, salamis
Athenian tyrant
Psistratus
Republic and idea of ideal forms philosopher
Plato
What where the dates of the Minoans?
2000 BC
What where the dates of the Mycenaeans?
1600BC - 1200BC
What was an extremely profitable trade product for the Minoans?
Olive oil
What was the name for the type of art on the Minoan walls?
Frescos
How did the Mycenaeans provide water to their main city?
Through a cistern
What was the main island of the Minoans?
Crete
What was the name of the main city for the Minoans?
Knossos
Which civilization had domed tombs?
The Mycenaeans
Which civilizations had indoor plumbing?
The Minoans
Goddess whose name was adopted by Athens
Athena
paintings in watercolor done on wet plaster that decorate minoan palace walls
freascos
analyzed different type of government and living by the golden mean
aristotle
10 neighborhoods or townships that determined Athenian civilization
Demes
Winner of the Peloponnesian War
Sparta
Victory of the Athenians against Darius I’s Persians in 490 B.C.
Marathon
Athenian philosopher who argued every object on Earth had an Ideal form
Plato
Spartan last stand against the Persians under King Leonidas
thermopylae
Athenian Philosopher who taught by asking question
Socrates
tyrant who seized power in athens giving poorer citizens a greater voice
Pisistratus
Greek author of Comedies such as The Clouds and Lsistrata
Aristophanes
Set up the Council of 500 and made the assembly a legislature for Athens
cleisthenes
greek term for their city state
polis
father of history
herodotus
Athenian naval victory over the persian fleet
Salamis
people who gained power in a city by force
tyrants
persian ruler who sent armies to invade Greece in 480 BC
xerxes
Athenian statesman who led Athens into a golden age
pericles
athenian leader who outlawed debt slavery
solon