Vocabulary
A traditional story and they aren't exactly true
Myth
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on War
Sparta
What is something that Ancient Greece did to keep intruders out?
Walls
Who was the teacher to Plato?
Socrates
This important battle sparks the Greco-Persian Wars
The Battle of Ionia/ Ionian Revolt
What does Hellenistic mean?
The Greek Culture
Which main city state in Ancient Greece treated women more poorly
Athens
What two geographic features effected how Ancient Greece developed?
Mountains and seas.
List three things women in Athens were not allowed to do:
Leave the house by themselves, talk to men that were not in their family, vote, inherit property or money, chose who they want to marry, have a job
It is this battle that allows the Athenian citizens and government to flee the city to the small island of Salamis. According to story, 300 Spartans held the frontline against the entire Persian Army
The Battle of Thermopylae
The act of spreading ideas, culture, traditions, etc
Cultural Diffusion
What did both city states have in common?
Slavery, women at lower status than men, same religion and language
What kind of land form is Greece?
A peninsula
Socrates introduces what method?
Socratic Method
This war was fought in order to protect city-states right for independence. The main competitors in this war were Athens and Sparta
Peloponnesian War
The sense of belonging to ones country or region.
Citizenship
Who were citizens in Athens?
Free Males
What is the Peninsula that Greece is a part of?
Peloponnesian Peninsula
Aristotle taught which important figure from Greece at his school, the Lyceum.
Alexander the Great
This was the large alliance that Athens created to exert its' power.
The Delian League
Everyone's equal and have the same rights and opportunities no matter the race or gender
Equality
What type of Government did Athens first practice?
Monarchy
Because it was hard to farm, the Greeks became very good at what?
Trading and sailing
Aristotle believed in a perfect life in which there is balance. What did he call this idea?
The Golden Mean
This Kingdom becomes an empire after assisting the Greek city-state, Sparta, during the Peloponnesian Wars. King Phillip II was king of this mighty power before his son took the throne.
The Kingdom of Macedon (Macedonia)
A government in which all free, legitimate citizens are able to vote directly on the laws, without a representative. Practiced in Athens.
Direct Democracy
Who were the Arts most important too?
Athens
What is the Acropolis?
The place where people of power reside
List three ways America is influenced by the Greeks:
Art/Architecture, Democracy, Philosophy/Rational Thinking
This was the King of the Persians at the start of the Persian Wars
King Darius II
A government in which a small group of powerful individuals make all decisions. Represented in Sparta.
Oligarchy
Were members of rich families who owned large farms and were politically powerful
Aristocrats
What three continents did Alexander the Great's empire spread across?
Europe, Africa, and Asia
What did Plato describe as the ideal form of government?
He introduced the idea of the Philosopher king.
The two major effects of the Persian Wars was what?
1) The unification of Greece
2) The Peloponnesian Wars