Geography
This type of terrain covers 80% of Greece's landscape.
What are mountains?
These people were wealthy landowners held most of the power in early Greek city-states.
Who are aristocrats?
Two styles of plays in Greece.
What are comedies and tragedies?
Leader that united Europe with Asia and the Middle East through a military conquest that lasted 11 years.
Who was Alexander the Great?
Known as the father of history or "First Historian"
Who was Herodotus?
Word for a cluster of islands.
Athens practiced this form of government where citizens directly participated in decision-making.
What is direct democracy?
This famous temple on the Acropolis in Athens was dedicated to Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
Greek city-states united to fight a common enemy in these wars.
What are the Persian Wars?
This Athenian statesman led Athens during its Golden Age and oversaw the construction of the Parthenon.
Who was Pericles?
Greek word for city-state.
This type of government, practiced in Sparta, is ruled by a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
The three types of columns used in Greek architecture.
What are doric, ionic, corinthian?
City-state that defeated Athens in the wars that lasted for 26 years.
What is Sparta?
This physician and philosopher created an oath for other physicians in which they promised to do best to not harm patients, and inspired oaths still used by medical professionals today.
Who was Hippocrates?
Provide 2 negatives of Greece's geographic features.
lack of political unity, lack of resources, lack of arable land
How should citizens act according to Pericles?
What type of citizen was useless?
Active, informed, and involved in city life.
Aloof citizens.
Hellenistic culture was a syncretic blend of which cultures?
Which kingdom conquered Greek city-states after they were weakened during the Peloponnesian Wars?
Is it Macedon?
Philosopher who wrote "The Republic," exploring the nature of justice and the ideal state.
Who was Plato?
What are the three bodies of water that surround Greece?
Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean Seas
What people in Athens were considered citizens?
What rights did citizens have?
Men who were born in Athens and completed military requirements.
Had the right to participate in assembly.
Provide three SPECIFIC examples to support that Athens existed in a golden age under Pericles.
Popularization of greek theater
Greek art (sculptures, and pottery)
Achievements (Hippocratic oath, pythagorean theorem, Ptolemy's heliocentric model)
Works of philosophers (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)
The military formation used by Phillip II to strengthen his army in which soldiers stood in a 16 x 16 formation.
What is a phalanx?
Greek philosopher who became the teacher to the heir to the Macedon throne, Alexander.
Who was Aristotle?