Greek Vocabulary
What does the word agora mean?
A gathering place;marketplace in ancient Greece
Where did the main tweleve Gods and Goddesses live?
Mount Olympus
Why did historians call the conflict between Athens and Sparta the peloponnisian war?
Because Sparta waa located in the Peloponnesus
What form of government did Athens use?
direct democracy
What did ancient Greeks excelle in?
Art and architecture
What is the definition of polis.
A Greek city state
What was the main land of Greece surrounded by?
Mountains and seas
How did the Greeks defeat the persians?
The greeks won because they united, tactics and weapons, fought in the right places, had smart leaders.
What government was in Sparta?
Oligarchy
True or False: The ancient greeks created and performed the first drama's.
True
What is a fable?
A story meant to teach a lesson
As the Greek main land was close to the sea, Where were the other lands surronded by?
Far from the coast
What two city-states fought in the peloponnesian war?
Athens and Sparta
What is the difference between direct democarcy and representative democracy?
Direct democracy is first hand and represntative democracy is vote for there behalf
Who was the student of socrates?
Plato
What is a philosopher?
A person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment.
Where was the Greek mainland located?
Southern part of the Europe Balkan Penisula
Since Athens provided sailors and soilders in the Delian league, what did other city-states provide?
money and ships
In addition to Sparta govermant being Oligarchy ruled by two kings sparta also had what
Governing bodies, the assembily and the council of elders
Who was the most famous writer of greek comedies?
Aristophanes
What does Zoroastrianism mean?
a Persian religion based on the belief in one god
How did physical geography influence the lives of the early Greeks?
It became easier to fish and trade
What caused war between Athens and Sparta?
Because of there differences and because of Athens was very rich and Sparta got jealous.
Since Spartas strict government brought stability and is costing the people of Sparta they feared losing what?
Helots(an enslaved person)
What did socrates believe in?
The search of truth