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Alexander the Great conquered this Persian King whose name is
King Darius
This philosopher questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge.
Aristotle
These thinkers were determined to seek the truth, no matter where the search led them
Philosophers
A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives, was an important legacy of Periclean Athens.
Direct Democracy
The foot soldiers of this army, called hoplites, stood side by side, each holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other.
Phalanx
Father to Alexander the Great (Worth 2x)
Phillip II
Wrote his most famous work, The Republic. In it, he set forth his vision of a perfectly governed society. It was not a democracy. In his ideal society, all citizens would fall naturally into three groups: farmers and artisans, warriors, and the ruling class. (Worth 2x)
Plato
Contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor. Playwrights often made fun of politics and respected people and ideas of the time.
Comedy
Rule by the people.
Democracy
Another name for a city-state
Ruler who came from Macedonia and and whose father was Philip II
Alexander the Great
This philosopher believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice. (The team in last can steal 200 points from each team if they get this correct)
Socrates
A serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal.
Tragedy
A government ruled by a few powerful people.
Oligarchy
Powerful individuals, usually nobles or other wealthy citizens, sometimes seized control of the government by appealing to the common people (Team in first can't answer)
Tyrants
Alexander the Great came from this Kingdom located just north of Greece.
Macedonia
War Between Athens and Sparta
Peloponnesian War
Their values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion became the standard of what is called. (Team in first can't answer)
Classical Art
A government ruled by a small group of noble, landowning families
Greeks traditional stories about their gods.
Myths
Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds, sometime between 750 and 700 b.c. (The team that picked this can't answer)
Epics
War between Greece and Persia
Persian War
The agora, or marketplace, or on a fortified hilltop called an
Acropolis
A single person, called a king, ruled in a government called a
Monarchy
Peasants forced to stay on the land they worked. (Worth 2x)
Helots