Athenian Democracy
Solon
Who is the leader who created the 4 level class system of government based on wealth
Games Honored
Who is Zeus and all gods
Civil War
What is a war between citizens of the same country
Greeks Always Fighting
War gave power; war brought wealth; was had economic benefits
Democritus
Lived in the 5th century BCEe, universe is a big nothingness with particles floating around, and that the smallest piece of somethng is an atom.
Pericles
What is gave more power to the lower classes
Modern Olympics
What is began in 1894
Delian League
Formed at the end of the Persian Wars; led by Athens
Importance of War
What is 2 gods of war, poems and writing about war, cities built with high walls for war, and Olympics imitated war
Pythagoras
What is lived in the 6th century BCE, numbers explain the universe, saw a relationship between numbers and music, and named a mathematical equation which was actually discovered 1000 years before in Mesopotamia
Assembly
What are all citizens who could vote; meetings were chaotic and noisy;
Greek Calendar
What is started with the first Olympics
Peloponnesian League
Had been in existence for several years; led by Sparta
Trireme
fast...could travel 200 miles at 9 mph without stopping; powered by oarsmen; easily built, light weight and fragile
Hippocrates
What is the Hippocratic oath and what causes illness
Ostracism
What is votes were cast on broken pottery (ostrakon) for this punishment, exiled for 10 years, you did not have to be accused of a crime
Winning Catagories and Prizes
What is first place...win or lose only; prizes were money, olive oil, or crown of celery
Causes of Civil War
Rights/slavery, government/control, land/water, taxation, resources, money/economics, religion/beliefs, goods/trading, agriculture
Phalanx
Rows of soldiers organized in groups 8-12 men deep with overlapping shields
Eratosthenes
Who determined the earth is a sphere and calculated the size of the earth
Assembly Government Positions
Generals (10) in charge of the military and many civil matters; elected; could serve as many times as they could get eleted
Archons (9) in charge of political and legal matters; (1) year
Councilors (500) in charge of preparing business for the assembly; (1) year by lottery
Ancient Olympics cancelled
What is pagan gods and sacrafices;Christianity had begun
End of the Peloponnesian War
What is Athens is captured and its walls destroyed; beofre this event Sparta defeated the Athenians in a huge naval battle after which Sparta executed 3000 Athenian sailors
Hoplite
Heavily armed with a helmet, breast plate, shin guards, sword, and shield; middle class soldiers; fighting = rights
Archimedes
What is metals have different weights, water displacement, and weight and volume