Greek democratic system wherein people advocate for themselves without the use of elected representatives.
What is direct democracy?
100
The man considered by many to be the "Father of Philosophy".
Who was Socrates?
100
This temple, built on the Athenian acropolis, was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
100
The battle of Marathon marks the beginning of this conflict.
What is the Persian War?
200
Farming that provides only enough for the immediate family members who grow it.
What is subsistence farming?
200
The somewhat oxy-moronic term that refers to a leader who seizes power, but rules with the people's interest in mind.
What is a benevolent tyrant?
200
Oral storytelling groups of Ancient Greece.
Who are bards?
200
The person who was commissioned by Pericles to build the Parthenon.
Who is Phidias?
200
The shrewd commoner who proved his political worth in the Athenian assembly and rose to greatness as a general in the Persian War. (Mr. Mitchell's Favorite Greek)
Who is Themistocles?
300
The Indo-European group that descended on Greece, replacing pre-classical dialects and ushering in a Greek Dark Age.
Who were the Dorians?
300
The Athenian statesman who developed a strict legal code to keep citizens accountable for their actions.
Who was Draco?
300
Two Greek philosophers who founded institutions of higher learning.
Who are Plato and Aristotle?
300
Greek structures were unique because they were built for this purpose.
What are public institutions?
300
This major overstep of authority by the Athenian courts resulted in the decimating of Athenian military leadership in the Peloponnesian War.
What was the killing of generals for not trying to save crewmates?
400
Pre-democratic leadership in Greece was almost exclusively from this social order.
Who are aristocrats?
400
The movement in Greek Asia-Minor that inspired the advancement history, philosophy, mathematics, and science and challenged the Homeric understanding of the past.
What was the Ionian Enlightment?
400
This is the protruding brass battering ram fixed on the front of the Greek trireme.
What is a rostrum?
400
This was the formation by which hoplite forces advanced in battle.
What is a phalanx?
500
Name 3 potential factors that contributed to the decline of of the Mycenean civilization.
1. Invasion of Sea People
2. Dorian Invasion
3. Drought
4. Social or Political Revolution
5. Disruption of Trade Networks
500
The harsh, but deeply democratic system designed to limit the power of Athenian politicians.
What is the Ostraka?
500
This type of philosophical statement applies deductive reasoning by connecting two or more statements assumed or asserted to be true. Example: "All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal."
What is a syllogy?
500
The three classical orders of classical Greek architecture.
What are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian?
500
Empire in Greece grew in unique and unforeseen ways. The establishment of this empirical institution served as the closest example of classical empire.