Israel
Define Prophet
a messenger sent by God to deliver his word to the people
Define:
Polis
Agora
Peninsula
Polis: Greek city-state
Agora: Greek marketplace
Peninsula: a piece of land nearly surrounded by water
Define:
Patricians
Plebians
Patricians: the wealthy ruling upper class
Plebians: the ordinary citizens
Who is...
Homer
A Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is...
the goddess of wisdom and warfare
Athena
Find the term for the following:
the belief in only one god
Monotheism
Find the term for the following:
1. a governor of a province in Persia
2. a province in Persia
3. Helot
1. Satrap
2. Satrapy
3. Enslaved people in ancient Sparta
Define:
Veto
Legion
Veto: to reject
Legion: large groups of roman soldiers
Who...
created the Socratic Method of questioning and one of the world’s first philosophers; believed in absolute truth and all knowledge was within a person
Socrates
Who is...
the goddess of love and beauty
Aphrodite
Find the Term for the following:
1. rules that God wanted the Israelites to follow
2. an agreement with God
1. Commandments
2. Covenant
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someone who writes or performs epic poems about epic heroes and their deeds
Bard
Define:
Republic
Consul
Republic: a form of government where people elected their leaders
Consul: head of government with limited term in office
Who is...
Plato
student of Socrates; became a teacher and founded the Academy; believed an ideal society should be just and fair
Who is...
Zeus
Hades
Zeus: God of gods; God of lightning
Hades: God of the underworld
Define the following:
Psalm
Exodus
Psalm: a sacred song or poem used in worship
Exodus: the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt
Find the Term for the following
1. a form of government where a small group of people have control
2. a form of government where everyone has the right to vote
1. Oligarchy
2. Democracy
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1. someone with absolute power
2. large farming estates
1. Dictator
2. Latifundia
Who is...
Aristotle
a student of Plato; founded zoology, the study of animals; created the school, Lyceum
Who is...
Apollo
the sun god
Define the following:
Seder
Torah
Sedar: a meal of religious significance on the Jewish Passover
Torah: teachings that Moses received from God; later became the first part of the Hebrew Bible
Define:
Hippocratic Oath
Socratic Method
1. a set of promises about patient care that doctors have to take when they start practicing medicine
2. a philosophical method of questioning to gain truth
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1. the idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country
2. Roman peace
1. Civic Duty
2. Pax Romana
Who is...
1. the father of medicine and he believed that illnesses have natural causes
2.the father of mathematics and created the Pythagorean Theorem; discovered important many mathematical principles still used in geometry today
1. Hippocrates
2. Pythagoras
Who is...
Ares
Hermes
Ares: God of war
Hermes: Messenger God