Vocab
A series of city-states that were located in what is now Greece
What is Ancient Greece
The way that rules, norms, and actions are structured, sustained, and regulated to manage a country
What is Governance?
Who is Socrates?
Known for having strong foot soldiers whom were trained since early childhood
Who is Sparta
This Persian King led the first Persian Invasion?
Who is Darius I?
A small, independent country that consists of a single city and the land around it
What is a City-State?
Style of government where the people hold the power
What is Democracy?
This is what Greek philosophers focused on rather than tradition
What is Reason?
Credited for creating the first democracy
Who is Athens?
This Persian King led the Second Persian Invasion
Who is Xerxes?
A Greek term meaning "Lover of Wisdom"
What is Philosophy?
Style of government where one person holds all the power, typically for life
What is a Monarchy?
This method of learning is often accredited to Socrates
What is the Socratic Method or Socratic Seminar?
King Leonidas led 300 soldiers from this City-State?
Who is Sparta?
This is the main reason that Sparta was upset with Athens after the Second Persian invasion
What is Athens had a golden age while Sparta struggled?
The act of surrounding a city and preventing the people and resources from getting into and out of a city?
What is a Siege?
Style of government where a small group of elites hold the political power
What is an Oligarchy?
This city-state is credited for being the birthplace of Philosophy
Who is Athens
This city-state didn't believe in luxury goods. Instead, people would consume non-luxury items, including blood.
Who is Sparta?
This city-state led the Peloponnesian League to fight against the Delian league in the Peloponnesian War
Who is Sparta
The term used for a slave in ancient Sparta
What is a Helot?
What is a theocracy?
One of Socrates' students. Credited for writing The Republic
Who is Plato?
This city-state oversaw the creation of the Delian League
Who is Athens?
This is the battle where King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan soldiers gave their lives to buy the Greek city-states time against the Persians
What is The battle of Thermopylae?