Vocab
Sacred shrine, where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess.
What is an oracle?
Greek City State.
What is a Polis?
Chief god of the Greeks, who is honored with the Olympic Games.
Who is Zeus?
Athens had this kind of democracy.
What is direct democracy?
The age Alexander became king.
What is 20 years old?
Short story meant to teach a lesson
What is a fable?
What is a representative democracy?
Big three gods of Greek mythology.
Who are Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus?
United States has this kind of democracy. ( Opposite of Athens)
What is representative democracy?
Macedonian king who was killed by a political rival.
Who is Philip II?
Piece of land nearly surrounded by water.
What is a Peninsula?
Play in which characters failed to overcome serious problems.
What is a tragedy?
Goddess of beauty and love.
Who is Aphrodite?
Created the Socratic method.
Who is Socrates?
Happened to Alexander’s Empire after he passed away.
What is divided into four different kingdoms by his generals?
Philosophical method of questioning in order to gain truth.
What is the Socratic method?
Form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision making process.
What is a Direct democracy?
King of the underworld.
Who is hades?
Sophists were best known for teaching this.
What is rhetoric?
When looking at a timeline years in BC go in this direction.
What is backwards?
Government in which a small group has control.
What is an Oligarchy?
Time period following the death of Alexander, during which Greek culture spread through the known world.
What is Hellenistic era?
Built and used by the Greeks to gain entry into Troy during the Trojan war.
What is the Trojan horse?
Number of letters in the Greek alphabet and an example of one that is not alpha, beta or Omega.
What is 24 and
philosopher believed that observation and comparison were necessary to gain knowledge
Who is Aristotle?