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Section 1: The Culture of Ancient Greece
Section 2: Greek Philosophy and History
Section 3: Alexander the Great
Section 4: The Spread of Greek Culture
Vocabulary
100
Mount Olympus.
What is the highest mountain in Greece?
100
A critic of Sophists. Believed that there was an absolute wrong and right
What are Socrates?
100
Rose to the throne in 359 B.C. in Macedonia and wanted to make the kingdom strong to defeat the mighty Persian empire.
Who is Philip II?
100
A philosophy founded by Epicurus.
What is Epicureanism?
100
Traditional stories about gods and heroes.
What are myths?
200
King of gods; god of the sky, rain, and lightning.
Who is Zeus?
200
Taught the idea of the "golden mean." He believed in observation and comparison were necessary to gain knowledge.
What/Who is Aristotle?
200
A lawyer and one of the Athens's great public speaker. He gave several powerful speeches warning Athenians that Philip was a threat to Greek freedom.
Who is Demosthenes?
200
Study stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies.
What is/are astronomers?
200
The highest mountain in Greece where the most important gods lived.
What is Mount Olympus?
300
A big huge, hollow, wooden horse that warriors hid inside of.
What is the Trojan Horse?
300
He rejected the idea of democracy as a form of government. Plato believed that philosopher-kings should rule society.
What/Who is Plato
300
He became the king of Macedonia when he was only 20 and his father was Philip II.
Who is Alexander the Great?
300
Established the science of physics and explained he lever and compound pulley.
What/Who is Archimedes?
300
A sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke.
What is and oracle?
400
Believed in certain ideas and tried to show those ideas in their work.
What did artists in ancient Greece believe in?
400
Wrote the history of Persian Wars.
What is Herodotus?
400
Refers to a time when the Greek language and ideas spread to the non-Greek people of southwest Asia.
What was/is the Hellenistic era?
400
Established that Earth revolves around the sun.
What is Aristarchus?
400
A group of individuals born and living at the same time in history.
What is a generation?
500
God of the underworld.
Who is Hades?
500
The greatest historian of the ancient world. He fought in the Peloponnese War
Who is Thucydides?
500
By 100 B.C. it was the largest city in the Mediterranean world.
What is Alexandria?
500
Created a system to explain how planets and stars move.
Who is Hipparchus?
500
A story that ends happily.
What is a comedy?