Vocabulary
Gods and Goddesses
Important Figures
Vocabulary II
Important Events
100
The citadel or high fortified area of an ancient Greece city.
What is the definition of Acropolis ?
100
God of the sky and ruler of all gods. Weapon is lighting bolt.
Who is Zeus?
100
Rational Investigations of the truths and principles at being knowledge of conduct.
What is philosophy?
100
Battle between Troy and Greeks. They got a wooden horse and went in to sabotage Troy.
What is the Trojan War based on ?
100
Gave us great monuments, art, philosophy, architecture, and literature which helped us build our civilization. Went from 500 to 300 BC. Was based on the Athens and Sparta.
What is the Golden Age?
200
The science of myths.
What is the definition of Mythology ?
200
God of the sea. Brother of Zeus. Weapon is trident.
Who is Poseidon?
200
Wrote philosophy in dialect. Featured Socrates in his conversations. Believed that no one should live in rich or luxury. Taught Aristotle. Most famous work was the Republic which talks about the meaning of justice and how the cities and governments should be ruled
Who is Plato?
200
The worship of many gods.
What is Polytheism?
200
It came from stories that were passed down in the family.
Where did Greek religion come from?
300
Government by the people.
What is the definition of democracy.
300
Greek Virgin Goddess of arts, literature, reason, and intelligent activity. Daughter of Zeus.
Who is Athena?
300
A poem created by the Greek poet Homer.
What is the Odyssey?
300
Government based on one individual.
What is the definition of Monarchy.
300
What kind of religion did the greeks follow?
Polythesim
400
Form of government in which all power is vested in a few people or in a dominant class or clique.
What is the definition of oligarchy.
400
Brother of Zeus. Lord of the underworld and wealth. Greedy god.
Who is Hades?
400
A famous Greek author who wrote the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
400
Consisted of a central city and all countryside around it.
What is the definition of city-state
400
Surrounded by sea, Jagged coastline, Mountainous country, Short rough rivers
What was the geography like in ancient Greek?
500
An Ancient Greece city-state.
What is the definition of polis.
500
First major greek philosopher. Came up with the "Socratic" method.Got greeks thinking hard about morals, good and evil,and how their society worked.
Who is Socrates?
500
The general of the Athens during the Golden Age.
Who are the Pericles?
500
Depended on the sea for food and commerce, settlements & later cities were isolated from one another, developed individual city-states.
Civilizations developed because of the geography of the land...
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