Vocab
Independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state
Philip developed new __________ to strengthen his powerful army.
What is tactics
The home to most of the gods and goddesses
What is Mt. Olympus
Socrates question and answer way of teaching was eventually called?
What is the Socratic Method
This ancient Greek athletic contest happens every 4 years and is still held today
What is the Olympic Games
Greek military formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together in a unit
What is a phalanx
Alexander's first task after he gained the throne
What is to gain control of Greece
King of the gods, symbol is a thunderbolt
Who is Zeus
Conquered Messenians who were forced to farm and turn over their food to the Spartans
Who are helots
What two types of plays did Greek dramatists write?
What are tragedy and comedy
Thucydides
What is a Greek historian
Philip armed each of his soldiers with an 18 ft. long pike or _____________
What is a sarissa
This is the goddess of love, desire, and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite
The lowest class in Greek society were __________. Most were treated ___________ by their owners.
Who are slaves
What is harshly
He is the best known Greek doctor. He also had medical students swear on what to guide them as ethical doctors?
Who is Hippocrates
What is the Hippocratic Oath
What is the Trojan War
World conquest was the greatest goal for this young leader
Who is Alexander the Great
Apollo: name the domain, one piece of info from their bio, and a symbol
domain: light, music, prophecy
info: answers may vary
symbol: lyre, sun, mice, laurel tree
Who are tyrants?
What are members of aristocracy that promise land and other benefits to gain popular support
What five words that relate to a stage performance, came from the Greeks?
What is theater, tragedy, comedy, drama and scene.
Hellenistic Age
What is a form of Greek culture that emerged after Alexander's conquests
Bucephalus was a wild horse tamed by which great Greek leader?
Who is Alexander the Great
God the sea
Brother to Zeus
Symbol is a trident
Give the name and the Roman name
Who is Posiedon, Roman name Neptune
Explain the difference between direct and representative democracies
Direct democracy is when citizens participate directly in decision making, representative democracy is when citizens elect others to represent them in government.
Name three areas that Greeks made advances in that are still prominent today?
What is medicine, theater, government