unit 7: ancient Greese Flashcards
1
Q
City-states
A
Polis
2
Q
central market/meeting place
A
agora
3
Q
A series of battles fought between the Greek City States and the Persian empire starting in 499 B.C. ending around 448 B.C.
A
Persian War
4
Q
Each citizen votes directly on all laws. (The first democracy invented by the Athenians).
A
Direct democracy
5
Q
was a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta
A
The Peloponnesian War
6
Q
He was an Athenian scholar, teacher and a philosopher who encouraged questioning of traditional values, art, gov., etc.
A
Socrates
7
Q
Socrates’ student
A
plato
8
Q
Emperor who had one of the largest empires in the ancient world; known for spreading Greek culture across continents
A
Alexander the Great
