Unit 5 Greece Flashcards
government system in elected representatives governs in the interest of the people.
indirect democracy
the great war fought between the Greeks and the Trojans
trojan war
is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron.
Parthenon
a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline.
philosophers
a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theater. also opened a school.
Aristotle
the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.
perspective
professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches intended to make an audience laugh.
comedy
a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives
direct democracy
the wise statesman who led Athens during much of its gold age
Pericles
The greek values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion in art served as the standard for what became known as
classical art
the greatest historian of the greek classical age
Thucydides
greek city-states Athens and Sparta fought each other in the
Peloponnesian War
Greek thinkers who were determined to speak the truth were called
philosophers
a group of thinkers who questioned the existence of the traditional greek gods
sophists
Opposite of a sophist, he believed in standards for truth and justice. Developed a method of teaching using questions and answers
Socrates
student of Socrates
wrote of a perfect government w/ three classes
wrote down Socrates’s words
famous thinker who set forth his idea of a perfectly governed society in the republic
Plato
What is a polis?
city-state
What is an acropolis?
Triangle Answer Symbolfortified hilltop
Citizens gathered to discuss city government in two main places:
the agora or the acropolis
A monarchy is ruled by a
king
An aristocracy is ruled by a
small group of noble landowning families
An oligarchy is ruled by a
few powerful people
Sparta’s government was
an oligarchy
Unlike today, the tyrants of ancient Greece were not considered
harsh and cruel
Democracy is rule by
the people
A helot is a
peasant forced to stay on the land they worked
A phalanx is a
most powerful military formation in the ancient world
The Persian Wars took place between the Persian Empire and
greece
Solon’s contributions to Athenian democracy included
outlawing debt slavery
Cleisthenes’ contributions to Athenian democracy included
organizing citizens vased on where they lived
Which Greek location was NOT the site of victory?
thermopylae
A system of government ruled by a single person, called a king was known as
a monarchy
In Greece, a person who seized control of the government by appealing to the common people for support
Tyrant
Rule by the people become known as
democracy
The athenian ruler who outlawed debt slavery was
Daruius
A city-state that built a military state rather that a democracy was
Sparta
A fighting form in which foot soldiers hold a spear in one hand and a shield in the other and stand side by side was a
Troop
Given the meaning of Polis, and considering the definition of acropolis you can tell that the Greek combining form acro- means
highest
In ancient Greece a tyrant differed from the other leaders in that he
shared power with the nobilty
The type of govenment that existed in Sparta
elements of monarchy, oligarchy , and democracy
Solon is known for
Introducing political and economic reforms to Athens
A phalanx was a type of
goverment body
The most severe restriction on democracy in Athens under Cleisthenes concerned
Which members of the society were considered citizens
The Persian army that invaded Greece in 480 B.C. and was defeated at sea near Salamis was led by
Darius the Great
