Ancient Greek Government
A city state.
What is a polis?
People who were conquered by Sparta and served as serfs.
What are Helots?
This philosopher believed that everything was related to mathematics and that the future could be predicted by using rhythmic patterns
Who is Pythagoras?
A philosophy where people didn’t believe in a divine power, instead they trusted only their senses.
What is Epicureanism?
Rule by the people.
What is democracy?
This these were two plants that the Greeks grew.
What are olives, grapes, barley, flax, wheat?
This poem written by Homer was about Achilles and the Trojan War.
What is the Iliad?
Time of period underneath Alexander the Great that means “to imitate Greeks”.
What is the Hellenistic Era?
To banish a member of society for ten years because he is said to be harmful to the city.
What is ostracism?
The mountainous geography of Greece had this impact on the Greek city-states.
This scientist determined the circumference of the earth.
Who is Eratosthenes?
Name the three major philosophers of ancient Greece.
Who are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
Rule by a few wealthy citizens.
What is an oligarchy?
This Greek colony was known for its military nature and led the attack at Thermopylae.
What is Sparta?
Written by Homer about Odysseus’s travels back to Greece.
What is the Odyssey?
A philosophy that believed in divine law and order where people should submit to such an order by ignoring pain and pleasure for virtue.
What is Stoicism?
This man allowed every male 25 years or older to vote in the Popular Assembly.
Who is Cleisthenes?
A military formation of heavily armed infantry soldiers who march shoulder to shoulder.
What is a phalanx?
This scientist supposedly discovered the law of floating bodies while taking a bath.
Who is Archimedes?
Who is Philip?