Famous Greeks
This philosopher taught by asking questions.
Who is Socrates?
A government where people elect leaders.
What is a democracy?
Land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
Greek heavily armed foot soldiers (Round shield, spear, phalanx).
What are hoplites?
Athenian leader sponsors major building projects during the Golden Age.
Who is Pericles?
This method uses questions to help people think deeply.
What is the Socratic Method?
A government ruled by one king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
This term means a Greek city-state.
What is a polis?
The Persian king that led the second invasion of Greece (Thermopylae and Salamis).
Who is Xerxes I?
Semi-circular, open air Athenian theater seated thousands of people.
What is the Theater of Dionysus?
This student of Socrates started the Academy. (Founded a school in Athens)
Who is Plato?
One person takes control without being legally chosen.
What is a tyranny?
This fast Greek warship had three rows of oars and was used to ram enemy ships in naval battles.
What is a trireme?
In 480 BCE, Darius' son King Xerxes planned to attack Greece once again resulting in this battle.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
The largest temple on the Athenian Acropolis, dedicated to Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
This teacher of Alexander the Great and studied science/logic.
Who is Aristotle?
This type of government is ruled by a small group of powerful people.
What is an oligarchy?
A record created after the event by someone not there (Written later).
What is a secondary source?
Naval battle in 480 BCE turned the tide against Persia (Greek triremes trap larger fleet).
What is the Battle of Salamis?
The three types of Greek columns.
What are Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian?
This leader was a Macedonian king known for conquering lands and spreading Greek culture.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This is the type of government Plato believed in, where the most educated people rule.
What is an aristocracy?
The open area in a city where people met and traded (Marketplace and meeting spot).
What is an agora?
490 BCE battle saw Athenians defeat Persia. The Greek side used a brilliant strategy to surround the Persian army and attack from all sides.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
A careful Athenian (one of the first historians) writes about the Peloponnesian War using facts.
Who is Thucydides?