Vocabulary
A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is *not* the lawful king or queen, where that power is usually taken by force.
What is Tyranny?
This is the term used to describe a land area surrounded on three sides by water.
What is a peninsula?
The form of government created in Athens, in which citizens voted for laws.
What is democracy?
This english word is derived from a Greek word that translates to, " a viewing place."
What is theater?
The father of Alexander the Great, who first conquered/united most of the Greek city-states.
Who is Phillip II?
A system of government that Greece had, in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person.
What is Monarchy?
Three natural features which contributed to the isolation of ancient Greek civilization.
What are mountains, rough seas, and no large rivers (also will accept islands).
Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote in Athens.
What are women and slaves?
A large athletic competition, involving many sports, born in Ancient Greece, in which many city-states participated. It developed into the biggest international athletic competition in the world today.
What are the Olympics?
Alexander was from this empire in the north of Greece.
What is Macedonia (or Macedon)?
What are the Ionian, Mediterranean, and/or the Aegean Sea?
This city-state was known for it's military strength, and for its women having more rights than other Greek women.
What is Sparta?
Ancient Greek Scientist Ptolemy is known for designing this system of lines on a map.
What is latitude and longitude?
Alexander was tutored by this famous philospher.
The definition of a colony.
What is a settlement under the control of a (usually) distant country?
The name of the group of citizens who gathered daily in Athens to participate in city government.
What is the Council of 500?
Ancient Greek man, Hippocrates, changed for perople regarded health a medicine. He is also called this.
What is "the father of medicine"?
Alexander conquered _____ and declared himself _____. Later, in Greece, he required all Greeks to accept him as the son of _____.
What is Egypt, Pharaoh, and Zeus.
What are olive oil and pottery?
This Spartan king is famous for defending Greece from the Persians. He lost his life in the Battle of Thermopylae.
Who is King Leonidas?
This man is known as "the father of history."
Who is Herodotus?
Historians are unsure why Alexander adopted the customs of lands he conquered. These are two possible explanations.
What are ....
To be more acceptable and popularand because he viewed the people he conquered as equal to Greeks?