Vocabulary
Geography of Greece
City-States of Greece
Athens Golden Age
Greek Empire
100
The Greek word for city
What is a polis?
100
The people from which Greece developed their alphabet.
Who are the Phoenicians?
100
A type of government ruled by a king or queen
What is a monarchy?
100
A type of poem that describes a hero The Illiad and the Odyssey are 2 examples by Homer
What is an epic?
100
The man who conquered Greece after the Peloponnesian War
Who is Philip II?
200
An area of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides
What is a peninsula
200
A large sea that surrounded Greece and was important for trade.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200

Religion, language, trade by the sea

What are things all Greek city-states have in common?

200
The Peloponnesian War caused this to end because so much money and destruction happened. During this time geometry, theatre, philosophy, and sports were all improved.
What is the Golden Age of Athens?
200

An important trade city located in Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea named after Alexander the Great

What is Alexandria?

300
A building high on a hill in ancient Greece
What is an acropolis?
300
A place for boats to dock and unload
What is a harbor?
300
A type of government that is ruled by some wealthy people
What is an oligarchy?
300
A temple in Athens dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom and patron of the city
What is the Parthenon?
300

A combination of Asian, Greek, African, and Macedonian cultures.

What is Hellenism?

400

Two genre's of Greek theatre

What is comedy and tragedy?

400
It is a large open market where people gathered.
What is an agora?
400
A type of government that means "rule by the people" All citizens can vote on government issues
What is democracy?
400

A philosopher who encouraged his students to question everything and a philosopher who taught Alexander the Great

Who are Socrates and Aristotle?

400
This caused the end of the Greek Empire
What is death of Alexander the Great?
500

The study of when people seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves

What is philosophy?

500

A description of the landscape of Greece

What is mountainous and rocky?

500
Only wealthy men were considered to be this in Ancient Greece.
What is a citizen?
500
A group of people that make decisions based on evidence in court
What is a jury?
500
A young leader who spread the Greek Empire by never losing a battle and conquering many lands.
Who is Alexander the Great?
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