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Vocabulary
People and Places
A few more people and places!
Who are we?
Other not so random questions (That have a really really good chance of being on your test)
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archipelago
a chain of islands (Greece's islands form this)
100
a blind ancient Greek poet who can take credit for writing the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
100
Aristotle
an ancient Athenian philosopher - pupil of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great
100
got along with their neighbors and benefitted from trade with the rest of Greece:
Minoans
100
What can we use to learn a lot about other cultures that no longer exist?
Art
200
peninsula
a body of land almost surrounded by water
200
the ancient Greek known as the father of history; historian of the Persian Wars
Herodotus
200
A meeting place in ancient Greek towns, commonly the marketplace
Agora
200
War like early settlers of Ancient Greece
Mycenaean
200
Each Greek city state had its own personal
God or Godess
300
Maritime
having to do with the sea
300
ancient Athenian philosopher - teacher of Plato
Socrates
300
A city-state in ancient Greece
polis
300
Had a direct democracy, where everyone's vote counted directly to the passage of rules and laws
Athens
300
Athens person god or goddess was
Athena
400
Strait
a long, narrow body of water with land on either side
400
an ancient Athenian philosopher - pupil of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle
Plato
400
a heavily armed Greek foot soldier
hoplite
400
A culture of trained fighters
Sparta
400
The Roman name for the personal god of Sparta was named
Roman name: Mars Greek name: Aries
500
acropolis
a meeting place for each ancient Greek city-state that was usually on the top of a hill
500
a city and it's surrounding land that is also a separate independent state and government
city-state
500
The first civilization who settled part of ancient Greece
Minoans
500
The culture that organized it self into a hierarchy of its people. PLEASE KNOW THE DEFINITION OF HIERARCHY FOR YOUR TEST!
Mycenaean
500
The type of government which ruled Sparta was called
an oligarchy