Ancient Greece Vocabulary
A place of worship that is often dedicated to a sacred object or person
Shrine
The main city state in Ancient Greece that focused more on the military.
Sparta
Consists of the following: Rooms for the royal family
Banquet halls, Working areas for artisans, Shrines, Frescoes
Knossos
The Athenian leader noted for advancing democracy in Athens and for ordering the construction of the Parthenon.
Pericles
Who led Confederate forces at the Battle of Gettysburg?
Level 1
watercolor paintings that are done on wet plaster
Frescoes
This is the main city state in Ancient Greece that treated women more poorly.
Athens
This form of architecture is the most elaborate and was employed in both Greek and Roman architecture.
Corinthian
A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
Is war ever justified?
Level 3
The 10-year war fought between the Mycenaean Greeks and the city of Troy
Trojan War
This city-state won the Peloponnesian War.
Sparta
What had columns on them in Ancient Greece?
Temples or Important buildings
Greek Historian, considered the father of History. He came from a Greek community in Anatolia and traveled extensively, collecting information in Western Asia and the Mediterranean lands.
Herodotus
Why did the North win the Civil War?
Level 2
Murder by a sudden attack often for a political reason
Assassination
Who were citizens in Athens?
Free Males
What is the Agora?
Public space in Ancient Greece
A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
Heliocentric
How did the North’s war aims change over the course of the war and why?
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A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
Strait
Athens is famous for this type of government.
Democracy
Earliest of the three architectural styles
Made the transition from impermanent materials (i.e. wood) to permanent materials, namely stone
Doric
A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
How would the U.S. be different today if the South had won the Civil War?
Level 3
A city-state in ancient Greece.
They were Greece's city soldiers.
Hoplites
Success based on trade, not conquest; Height of success was between 1700-1400 B.C.; Traded with the Egyptians and with Mesopotamia (lived at a crossroads – Africa, Asia, and Europe) as well as Greek mainland
What type of Architecture did the Greeks Create?
Columns
A person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
Citizen
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
Who was the biggest enemy of Ancient Greece?
Persia
to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully
assimilate
A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility
Aristocracy
Athens defeated the Persian king Darius I and his empire at this battle.
Battle of Marathon
Which people lived on the island of Crete?
The Minoans
a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment
Philosopher
the art of using language effectively and persuasively
Rhetoric
What was Sparta's main value?
The Military
Who were the warlike mainland people?
The Myceneans
Socrates tried to get people to do this.
Think for themselves and question the way things are
A type of government, a small group of people having control over a country or organization
Oligarchy
Spartan force holds off this empire at Thermopylae. (This is Sparta).
Persians
Built between 447 and 432 B.C. during the height of the ancient Greek Empire; Dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena; Sits atop a compound of temples known as the Acropolis of Athens; Largest and most lavish temple the Greek mainland had ever seen
The Parthenon
This method was called "Teaching by Questioning."
Socratic Method
Military formation employed by the Greeks that includes lines of soldiers with large spears
Phalanx
Athens emerges as the leader of Greek city-states, starts this alliance of city-states.
Delian League
What is the main sea that Ancient Greece is located in?
Mediterranean sea
He taught Alexander the Great.
Aristotle
A group of people who have the power to make laws
Legislature
What did they call the gathering where the citizens met to debate issues in Athens?
The Assembly
Led to the wiping out of the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures and advancements; Plunged Greece into the dark ages
Dorian Invasion
He wrote The Republic.
Plato