Vocabulary
The real life location that was the fictional home of the Greek Gods.
Where is Mt. Olympus?
A style of government where a government ruthlessly oppresses or controls the population it oversees.
What is a tyranny?
Buildings where the Greeks could gather to worship their gods and godesses.
What are temples?
Greek educated free men who contributed in various fields such as math, science, psychology and politics.
Who were philosophers?
The art of thinking about human life and the world.
What is philosophy?
A government where the people elect officials in a republic to represent their population, create laws and enforce the laws.
What is a representative republic/democracy?
The 3 styles of Greek architecture
What is Ionic, Doric and Corinthian?
Philosophers challenged the idea that these beings don't control everything that happens in the universe.
Who are gods?
The Greek 5 day sporting event & religious ceremony where athletes from the city states competed in various sports.
What is the Olympics?
What is a constitutional monarchy?
A city state that famously practiced a direct demcoracy.
Where is Athens?
This philosopher believed democracy led to tyranny because the common man wasn't trusted to make big decisions.
Who was Socrates?
Independent Greek settlements that served as individual countries.
What is a city state?
A type of government where the people directly vote on proposing laws, passing laws and electing government officials.
What is a direct democracy?
A collection of important buildings to a Greek city state located on a hill or higher vantage point.
What is an acropolis?
This philosopher believed humans could live a "good" life and stated that our acquired knowledge throughout our lives separated humans from animals.
Who was Aristotle?
Stories the Greeks told about their gods that explained reasonings for happenings in the world.
What are myths?
A non existent or non accepted form of government where there is little to no established order in a specific area.
What is anarchy?
A gathering place for the council of citizens (an elected body of government officials) to gather.
What is a bouleuterion?
This philosopher focused on psychology and politics. He believed justice bonded humans together in society through harmonious strength.
Who was Plato?