Vocabulary
A deadly disease that spreads quickly
What is a plague?
A story about gods or goddesses, that is handed down through the years and is sometimes used to explain natural events
What is a myth?
The sea located just south of Greece
what is the Mediterranean Sea?
A great teacher who taught "always ask questions"
Who was Socrates?
These were made up of a city circled by villages and farms
What is a city-state?
A government that gives the people ruling power
What is a democracy?
A person trained to take part in competitive sports
What is an athlete?
Large island south of Greece
What is Crete?
A great Athenian leader. He rose to power in 461 B.C. He led Athens in its Golden Age
Who was Pericles?
This city-state had a military society that was known for its powerful army. It fought Athens in the Peloponnesian War
What was Sparta?
To rise up against a government; to refuse to obey the people in charge
What is to revolt?
A person who has certain rights and duties because he or she lives in a particular city or town
What is a citizen?
Mountain peak that was supposed to be the home of the Greek gods
What was Mount Olympus?
He said the Earth was round
Who was Eratosthenes?
This wealthy city-state was known for its art, theaters and great teachers like Socrates. It fought Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
What was Athens?
A ruler who has complete power
What is a tyrant?
The basic laws and rule of a government
What is a constitution?
Country to the north of Greece
What is Macedonia?
He said the Earth moved around the Sun
Who was Aristarchus?
Greece defeated this empire in the Persian Wars.
What was Persia?
A group of people who listen to the facts and decide if a person on trial is guilty or not guilty
What is a jury?
Athletic events of ancient Greece that were held every four years at the temple of Zeus in Olympia
What were the Olympics?
Sea located east of Greece
What is the Aegean Sea?
The king of the gods of Mount Olympus
Who was Zeus?
This was the temple to Athena built on the Acropolis of Athens.
What was the Parthenon?