Vocabulary
A Greek city-state.
What is -opolis?
Land feature affected the development of the Greek city-state.
What are mountains?
Rich landowners.
Who are aristocrats?
Created strict laws to prevent a government overthrow.
Who is Draco?
life
What is bios?
People who have the right to participate in government.
What is a citizen?
Traded around the Mediterranean and ended partly because of volcanic activity.
What do the Minoans and the Mycenaeans have in common?
Rule by a few people.
What is an oligarchy?
Created new laws not as strict as Draco's and gave rights to nonaristocrats.
Who is Solon?
ruler
What is archos?
A person who rules alone, usually through military force.
What is a tyrant?
Who were the Minaons?
Referring to a period of great achievements.
Tyrant who unified Athens and made improvements.
Who is Perisistratus?
small
What is micros?
Rule by the people.
What is a democracy?
Lived on the Greek mainland and spoke Greek.
Who were the Mycenaeans?
Stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works.
What is mythology?
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Athena.
Who are some of the main Greek gods and godesses?
earth
What is geos?
Stories that teach lessons.
What are fables?
Made people feel safe, so they could focus on activities like colonization and trade.
What is a polis?
A fortress of a Greek city up on a high hill.
What is an acropolis?
Homer
Who is the author of the Iliad?
What is oligos?