Early Greek Civilization
Religion, Philosophy, and the Arts
Daily Life in Athens
Sparta and Athens
The Spread of Greek Culture
100
A high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built.
What is an acropolis?
100
A type of government in which citizens govern themselves.
What is democracy?
100
condition of being owned by, and forced to work for, someone else.
What is slavery?
100
A widespread disease.
What is the plague?
100
To murder for political reasons.
What is to assassinate?
200
A ruler who takes power by force
What is a tyrant?
200
someone who uses reason to understand the world.
What is a Philosopher?
200
a seller of goods.
What is a vendor?
200
a member of a certain class of servants in ancient Sparta.
What is a Helot?
200
A wild and uncivilized person.
What is a barbarian?
300
A member of a rich and powerful family.
What is an aristocrat?
300
In ancient Greece, a sacred site where a god or goddess was consulted; any priest or priestess who spoke for gods.
What is an oracle?
300
A public market and meeting place in an ancient Greek city; the agora of Athens when spelled with a capital A.
What is an agora?
300
an action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies.
What is a blockade?
300
of or relating to Greek history, culture, or art after Alexander the Great.
What is Hellenistic?