Section 1
An area of land almost completely surrounded by water and connected to the main-land by a narrow strip of land
What is a peninsula?
In Ancient Greece, a sacred site where a god or goddess was consulted; any priest or priestess who spoke for the gods
What is an oracle?
A city-state in Ancient Greece; the capital of modern day Greece
What is Athens?
A city-state in the southern part of ancient Greece, that is famous for training soldiers
What is Sparta?
A wild and uncivilized person
What is a barbarian?
The fortified, or strengthened, hill of an Ancient Greek city
What is an acropolis?
Someone who uses reason to understand the world; in Greece, the earliest of these used reason to understand natural events
What is a philosopher?
A public market and meeting place in an Ancient Greek city
What is an agora?
A member of a certain class of servants in ancient Sparta
What is a helot?
To murder for political reasons
What is to assassinate?
A member of a rich and powerful family
What is an Aristocrat?
a type of serious drama that usually ends in disaster for the main character
What is a tragedy?
A seller of goods
What is a vendor?
A war fought between Athens and Sparta in Ancient Greece, involving almost almost every other Greek city-state
What is the Peloponnesian War?
The King of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C., and the conqueror of Persia and Egypt, and invader of India
Who is Alexander the Great?
A ruler who takes power by force
What is a tyrant?
a regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one
What is a tribute?
A condition of being owned by, and forced to work for, someone else
What is slavery?
A widespread disease
What is a plague?
Something that is describing Greek history or culture after the death of Alexander the Great, including the three main kingdoms formed by the breakup of Alexander’s empire.
What is Hellenistic?
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves
What is a democracy?
Fill in the blank:
____ of serious gods and goddess were found all over Greece.
What is oracles?
Fill in the blank:
Buyers and ___ often bargained for the best prices.
what are vendors?
An action taken taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies
What is to blockade?
Fill in the blank:
King Philip had power, but then he was _____, and Alexander the Great took over Macedonia.
What is assassinated?