Unit #7 Ancient Greece Flashcards
It refers to both the Ancient Greek mainland and the surrounding islands in the Aegean Sea.
Aegean World
City-states in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes.
Polis
Central market/meeting place.
Agora
Used for protection and was a center for religion and government.
Acropolis
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.
Olympics
A series of battles fought between the Greek City States and the Persian empire starting in 499 B.C. ending around 448 B.C.
Persian War
He was an Athenian scholar, teacher and a philosopher who encouraged questioning of traditional values, art, gov., etc.
Socrates
Socrates’ student
plato
Emperor who had one of the largest empires in the ancient world; known for spreading Greek culture across continents
Alexander the Great
temple dedicated to Athena
The Parthenon
Each citizen votes directly on all laws. (The first democracy invented by the Athenians).
Direct democracy
Citizens vote for representatives who then vote on the laws.
Representative Democracy
Plato’s student
Aristotle
Impact of Beliefs and Ideas
Enduring Issue
Effect of Religion on People
Nesting Issue
this is an alliance with other Greek city-states
Delian League
A wealthy city state located on the Attica peninsula. known for developing the world’s first democracy.
Athens
rule by the people
Democracy
rule by a few wealthy citizens
Oligarchy
one person seizes control
Tyranny
Rule by one
Monarchy
was a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta
The Peloponnesian War
this is an alliance with other Greek city-states - However they take control of it and begin an “empire.”
Delian League
Focused on the military and strength.
Sparta
a class of state-owned, unfree laborers in ancient Sparta, essentially serfs or slaves, who were primarily agricultural workers and also performed domestic tasks
Helot
the ancient Greek poet Homer
Iliad
a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
peninsula
was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general who lived during the Golden Age of Athens
Pericles
the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
philosophy
a legendary conflict in Greek mythology, a 10-year war between the Greeks and the people of Troy, sparked by the abduction of Helen by the Trojan prince Paris, and ending with the Greeks’ destruction of Troy via the Trojan Horse
Trojan War
