Ancient Greece Vocabulary
Belief in more than 1 god
What is polytheism?
This powerful city state in Ancient Greece focused more on war and discipline.
Sparta
Name at least two of the three geographic features effected how Ancient Greece developed.
Mountains, seas, poor farmland, arid climate
This was the actual country that Alexander is from (and it's not Greece!)
What is Macedonia?
This building once housed books of knowledge from around the world before it burned to the ground.
What is the library at Alexandria?
A political construct in which one ruler is in control of other countries.
Empire
Which main city state in Ancient Greece treated women more poorly
Athens
What kind of land form is Greece?
A peninsula
This father of Alexander conquered most of the Greek city-states before he was assassinated.
Who is Phillip II?
Which was NOT a characteristic of the Hellenistic World?
A. New philosophies like stoicism and epicureanism.
B. A blending of different cultures and traditions.
C. The foundation of Christianity.
What is C? Christianity came about 300 years later.
What is the name for the high part of a city-state in Greece with protective walls? (Literally means "sky city")
ακροπλισ
The Acropolis
Who could vote in ancient Athens?
Male Citizen of Athens
Because it was hard to farm, the Greeks became very good at what? Name one of them.
Trading and sailing
This once-powerful island kingdom was turned into a peninsula and thoroughly destroyed by Alexander.
What is Tyre?
Probably the most important and influential thing that was spread by Alexander.
What is the Greek language?
This was the basic political unit in Ancient Greece.
What is a polis/ city-state?
What is the name for the famous building overlooking Athens?
The Parthenon
List two things women in Athens were not allowed to do:
Leave the house by themselves, talk to men that were not in their family, vote, inherit property or money, chose who they want to marry, have a job
As he conquered, Alexander founded many new cities; many that he named...
Alexandria
What happened to Alexander's empire after he died?
Civil war then it was split up into 4 separate empires.
Government in which citizens are in charge and make laws through voting.
What is a Democracy?
In which men make the decisions
Patriarchy
What would happen to babies in Sparta if they were deemed unfit/weak?
They would be thrown off a cliff and left to die.
Many welcomed Alexander because he was overthrowing this empire that had been ruling them with cruelty...
What is the Persian Empire?
Hellenic statues were more stiff and idealistic. In contrast, Hellenistic statues were much more. _____________ and ______________.
What is emotional and realistic?