Vocab. 1
Peninsula
What does "polis" mean?
A city-state
Who came up with the Pythagorean Theorem?
Pythagoras
Greece does not have a lot of (fill in the blank)
Farm land
In which city state were women given the least amount of rights?
Athens
What is an acropolis?
A fortress built on a hilltop.
What is a tyrant? How are they different today?
Someone who forced themselves into power. Back then, they were good leaders but now they are seen as "evil" and "bad".
Who spent his life studying mathematics and was one of the greatest mathematicians?
Euclid
Greece is very (fill in the blank)
Mountainous
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
A market place.
Agora
A made up story to teach a lesson or explain the world.
myth
Which Greek thinker created The Academy and wrote many works, including The Republic?
Plato
Greece has (fill in the blank) (places near bodies of water and starts with a "c")
coasts
How was the government set up in Sparta? Who was in charge? What kind of government did Athens have?
Ruled by 2 kings who jointly led the army
Elected officials had more power than the kings
Set up to control helots (slaves)
Athens: democracy but not everyone had a voice
What is a democracy?
Type of government in which people rule themselves (the people hold the power)
What is a phalanx?
Group of warriors who stood close together in a square and held spears facing outwards.
Which Greek Thinker told his friends to stop crying and then calmly drank the poison?
Socrates
Who was considered the first Greeks?
Mycenaeans
What are two things Athens and Sparta have in common?
Both have an army, both were city-states in Greece, both trained their soldiers to fight, both forced men to be in the army, etc.
Type of government in which a small group of people hold all the power (typically rich men)
Oligarchy
What are aristocrats?
a group of rich land owners
Who believed in living life in balance and that moderation was based on reason?
Aristotle
Both the Minoans and Mycenaeans were great (fill in the blank)
Ship builders
How was schooling in Athens different from schooling in Sparta? Give at least 3 examples.
Answers will vary.