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Vocabulary
100
Greek city-states were also called this
What is polis?
100
He wrote the epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
100
Ultimate goal of Alexander the Great
What is to conquer the entire world?
100
The form in which the Greeks viewed their gods
What is human like?
100
Blending together to make one group
What is assimilation?
200
The type of government that developed in Athens, which also includes all citizens taking part
What is democracy?
200
He tutored Alexander the Great
Who is Aristotle?
200
These two things were how Athens had a military advantage over Sparta
What is a good port and a strong navy?
200
How the land forms of Greece were unlike any other River Valley civilization we have studied
What are islands/peninsulas?
200
The name for Greek religion
What is mythology?
300
This reason made it difficult for the Greek city-states to unite under a single government
What is the geography? (They were isolated)
300
Was arrested for "corrupting the youth of Athens" and "neglecting the city's gods"
Who is Socrates?
300
Word that has come to mean "highly self-disciplined"
What is Spartan?
300
The period of time when the Greeks reached new heights of culture
What is the Golden Age?
300
Banishment/exile from your city, family, job, etc., etc.,
What is ostracism?
400
This culture was a result of Greek, Egyptian and Persian influences combining into one culture and spreading to lands conquered by Alexander the Great
What is Hellenistic?
400
Said the earth was the center of universe, which was a commonly accepted fact for 14 centuries
Who is Ptolemy?
400
Where the brave Spartan soldiers held off the Greeks, even though the Spartans were vastly outnumbered
What is Thermopylae Pass
400
Wrote the Republic
Who is Plato?
400
The three classes in Spartan society
What is Helots, Periocei, Citizens?
500
These three cultures combined to make a unique Greek civilization
Who were the Dorians, Minoans and the Mycenaeans?
500
Made large advances in geometry and physics
Who is Archimedes?
500
Was formed to deal with Persian threats
What is the Peloponnesian League?
500
This city-state's government included 2 kings, a council of elders, the assembly, and ephors
What is Sparta?
500
Spartan foot soldiers that marched in this formation
What are hoplites and phalanx?