Government
The form of government where citizens directly make decisions
What is democracy?
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on War
Sparta
Who were the three main influential philosophers?
Aristotle, Plato, Socrates
A traditional story and they aren't exactly true
What is a Myth
God of Thunder
Who is Zeus
Cruel and oppressive government or rule
What is Tyranny
A main city-state in Ancient Greece that treated women more poorly
What is Athens
Which people lived on the island of Crete?
The Minoans
He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer
God of the Ocean
who is Poseidon
A type of government, a small group of people having control over a country or organization
What is an Oligarchy
Who were the Arts most important too?
Athens
These early "Greek" people were influenced by the Minoans
Who are the Mycenaeans
The Greek architectural feature used in many important buildings in Washington, DC
What are columns
A type of government where only the highest social class had power.
What is aristocracy?
What was Sparta's main value?
The Military
What geographic features led to the creation of city-states?
Mountains, Seas
What is the main oath for a Doctor of Medicine
The Hippocratic Oath
What did they call the gathering where the citizens met to debate issues in Athens?
The Assembly
What is an "agora"?
This Greek peninsula was also the name of a war?
What is Peloponnesian
One new genre of literature started in Ancient Greece
What is Drama or History or Tragedy
God of Wisdom
Athena
The word democracy comes from...
the "rule of the people"
What is the meaning of "polis"?
city-state
Name two bodies of water that surround Greece
Mediterranean, Ionian, Adriatic and Aegean Seas
One of the two types of poetry the Greeks wrote
Lyric, Epic
Goddess of Love
Aphrodite
Representative democracy elected representatives to make and execute laws whereas everyone was involved in direct democracy.
Something Ancient Greek city-states did to keep intruders out
What is Built Walls
The method of teaching by questioning
What is the Socratic Method
Type of literature characterized by animals and a moral lesson
Fable
Goddess of Hunting
Artemis
Solon
Who said all free men were citizens?
Pericles
Who led Athens to its height of glory?
Draco
Who imposed harsh rules to prevent future rebellions?
Which god was responsible for the growth of life on Earth and the harvest, and stopped doing her job while looking for her daughter?
Demeter