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The Greeks Study Guide Flashcards

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Public square

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Agora

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Greek festival held in honor of Zeus

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Olympics

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Name given to the Greek religion

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Mythology

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The adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus

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Odyssey

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The story of the Trojan War

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Illiad

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Center of Greek classical learning and home to the ancient world’s largest library

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Alexandria

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A culture that is a blend of the Persian and the Greek

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Hellenistic

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Oath taken by physicians to “preserve life”

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Hippocrates Oath

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The Father of Medicine

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Hippocrates

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“Knowers of wisdom”

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Sophists

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“Seekers of wisdom”

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Philosophers

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The searching of wisdom

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Philosophy

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Outdoor theatre

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Amphitheater

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A live theatrical performance

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Drama

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A form of Greek art that emphasized how something should look not how it did look

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Idealism

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The name given to the Greek artistic style

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Classical

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War between the Athens and Sparta

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Peloponnesian War

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The wars between the Greeks and the Persians

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Persian Wars

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An alliance of Greek city-states created to protect themselves from Persia

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Delian League

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Temple built in Athens to honor the goddess Athena

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The Parthenon

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After this battle, the Persians never invaded Greece again

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Plataea

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Naval battle in which the Athenian navy defeated the larger Persian fleet

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Salamis

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In this first major battle of the second Persian War, Spartan king Leonidas was defeated by the Persians

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Thermopylae

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The name for a Greek city-state

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Polis

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The priestess who spoke in behalf of Apollo who predicted the future

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Oracle

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Greek fighting formation that helped defeat the Persian army outside Athens

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Phalanx

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Greek citizen soldiers

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Hoplites

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An Olympic long distance race is named after this battle in which the Athenians defeated the Persians

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Marathon

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Persian king who overthrew the Ionian Greeks

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Cyrus

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Greek city-states that rebelled against the Persians

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Ionians

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Greek city-state that emerged as the most powerful one in Greece after the Persian Wars

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Athen

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This Greek city-state refused to help Athens during the first Persian war

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Sparta

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The largest empire of the period

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Persia

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King of Persia. Declared war on Athens and started the Persian Wars

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Darius

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King of Persia who fought against King Leonidas and the 300 during the second Persian war

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Xerxes

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Greek runner who yelled “Rejoice, we conquer!” Then, he died

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Pheidippides

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Spartan King who along with 300 warriors held off the mighty Persian army for three days

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Leonidas

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Greek Athenian general who defeated the mighty Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis

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Themistocles

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Athenian ruler during the Golden Age of Athens

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Pericles

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Greek dramas were held in honor of this goddess

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Dionysus

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The father of history

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Herodotus

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Father of Alexander the Great

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Philip

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He was able to unit the Greeks and defeat the Persian empire

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Alexander the Great

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A blind Greek Brad/poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

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Homer

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A famous Greek Demi-god

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Achilles

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Head of the Greek Titan gods

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Cronus

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Head of the Olympian gods

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Zeus

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Name two types of Greek drama:

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Tragedy & comedy

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Name the accomplishments of Alexander the Great:

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  1. ) United the Greeks
  2. ) Conquered the Persians
  3. ) Introduced the idea of absolute monarch
  4. ) Created a new culture
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Name the six legacies of the Greeks:

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  1. ) Democracy
  2. ) Architecture
  3. ) Language
  4. ) Drama
  5. ) Philosophy
  6. ) Science & Medicine
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Name the three most famous Greek philosophers:

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  1. ) Socrates
  2. ) Plato
  3. ) Aristotle
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What happened to the Greek empire after the death of Alexander?

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The empire was split up into three parts.

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Half human and half god

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Demi-god

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Name and describe the five forms of government the Greeks used:

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  1. ) Monarchy: a government ruled by a king.
  2. ) Aristocracy: a government ruled by a small group of landowners.
  3. ) Oligarchy: a government ruled by a few people.
  4. ) Tyrant: a government ruled by a single person who seized power with the approval of common people.
  5. ) Democracy: a government ruled by the the people.

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