Unit 7: Ancient Greece Flashcards
1
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It refers to both the Ancient Greek mainland and the surrounding islands in the Aegean Sea.
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Aegean World
2
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City-states
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Polis
3
Q
central market/meeting place
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agora
4
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used for protection and was a center for religion and government
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Acropolis
5
Q
Olympics
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an ancient festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victor’s prize a crown of wild olive.
6
Q
Direct democracy
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each citizen votes directly on laws (the first democracy invented by the Athens
7
Q
was a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta
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The Peloponnesian War
8
Q
Socrates
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He was an Athenian scholar, teacher and a philosopher who encouraged questioning of traditional values, art, gov., etc.
9
Q
Socrates’ student
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plato
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