Vocab
This word means " a type of government in which power is controlled by a small group of people"
What is an oligarchy?
This mountain was believed to be home to the gods
What is Mount Olympus?
Who is Athena?
These people are the most important in the Spartan social structure
Who are Spartan men?
This event took place every four years in honor of Zeus
What are the Olympics?
This word means "a military technique whereby soldiers march and fight side-by-side in rows"
What is a phalanx?
This city-state is named after the goddess of wisdom
What is Athens?
This goddess is known as the "goddess of love and beauty"
Who is Aphrodite?
These people pledged to Sparta but were not Spartan or failed a fitness test at 20
Who are the Perioekoi?
This mathematician's work was developed around 300 B.C and is still being taught today
Who is Euclid?
This word means "a type of government in which citizens make decisions and share power"
What is a democracy?
This is the biggest island in Greece
What is Crete?
This god is known as Cupid in Roman mythology
Who is Eros?
In this social structure, only adult (over 18) men had political rights
What is the Athens social structure?
The Hippocratic Oath, written by this person, is sworn by doctors to a code of ethical care for patients
Who is Hippocrates?
This word means "Greek philosophers who taught public speaking, history, math, reading, and science"
Who are Sophists?
This is part of Baulken, and the southernmost peninsula in Greece
What is the Pelopenesus peninsula?
This god is the "god of music" and is also the name of many NASA space expeditions
Who is Apollo?
This word is the word for slaves in the Spartan social structure
Who are helots?
This philosopher's quote was used in a Taylor Swift song
Who is Aristotle?
This word means "An open area where people would gather to socialize and trade"
What is an agora?
This is the only city-state (that we learned about) that is located on the Asia Minor
What is Troy?
This goddess is Zeus' wife and is the "goddess of marriage"
Who is Hera?
These people paid more taxes and were usually traders or merchants in Athens
Who are the Metics?
Homer, the poet, wrote this epic
What is the Iliad and the Odyssey?