Vocabulary 1
A body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
Love of wisdom
What is philosophy?
A Greek term for a city-state
What is a polis?
He wrote The Illiad and The Odyssey.
Who was Homer?
This is where the Gods and Goddesses were supposed to live.
Where is Mount Olympus?
Traditional stories about gods, goddesses and heroes
What is a myth?
Long poem that tells a story about heroic deeds
What is an epic?
A type of drama that has a happy ending
What is a comedy?
This philosopher believed in absolute truth.
Who is Socrates?
This is the plain where the Persian army was defeated by the Greeks.
Where was Marathon?
An open area market and a place to debate
What is an agora?
Enslaved neighbors - captive workers
What is a helot?
All citizens help run the government.
What is a democracy?
This philosopher wanted philosopher kings to head the government.
Who is Plato?
This Battle took place on a narrow strip of water.
Where is Salamis?
In government where only a FEW people have the power.
What is oligarchy?
In this type of drama, a person struggles to overcome difficulties but fails.
What is a tragedy?
This scientist studies stars, planets and heavenly bodies.
What is an astronomer?
Father of Medicine
Who is Hippocrates?
The narrow pass through the mountains where Greeks fought the Persians.
Where is Thermopylae?
This type of government requires EVERY citizen to vote on all laws and policies.
What is Direct Democracy?
Refers to a time when Greek language and ideas spread to non- Greek speaking people of SW Asia.
What is the Hellenistic Era?
This is the study of ball-like shapes - spheres, tubes and cylinders.
What is solid geometry?
Known as the Father of History, wrote about the Persian Wars.
Who is Herodotus?
This was the battle where the Greeks CRUSHED the Persian army and made them retreat.
Where is Plataea?