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Vocab II
Culture
History/Geography
Government
100
a high rocky hill where early people built cities
What is an acropolis
100
a member of a rich and powerful family, called a(n) ___________, might have ruled an early Greek city-state
What is an aristocrat
100
writer of the Illiad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer
100
This describes the Dark Ages in Greece
What is people built villages and fortified structures
100
This is the proper order of government types in ancient Greece
What is aristocratic rule, tyrants, democracy
200
an area of land nearly surrounded by water
What is a peninsula
200
during the Dark Ages of Greece, people often fortified the _______________ near them
What is an acropolis
200
The reason for the Greek Dark Ages
What is no one knows for sure
200
Historians agree on this about the Trojan war
What is greece and Troy fought and Troy was destroyed
200
Pericles is remembered as
What is a great leader of Athens
300
a payment made by a less powerful state or nation to a more powerful one
What is a tribute
300
when a greek drama ends in disaster for the main character it is called this
What is a tragedy
300
sculptures at the Parthenon showed this
What is images of perfection
300
This made it difficult for people to communicate with each other in Greece
What is mountains, islands, and peninsulas of Greece's physical geography
300
Solon helped promote democracy in Athens by changing laws that
What is enslaved citizens with debts
400
in ancient Greece, a sacred site used to consult a god or goddess; any priest or priestess who spoke for the gods
What is an oracle
400
a ruler supported by the middle and working classes in Greece
What is tyrant
400
in general, greeks worshipped
What is several gods and tried to avoid angering them
400
Greece's physical geography influenced its early civilizations in this manner
What is encouraged people to be sailors and traders
400
Pericles helped poor citizens get involved in government by
What is paying salaries to city officials
500
a long poem that tells a story
What is an epic
500
a person who uses reason to explain natural events
What is philosopher
500
this best describes citizens of Athens and other Greek city-states
What is value their freedoms and took an active role in government
500
Oracles had a great impact on Greek history because
What is advice to priests and priestesses was taken seriously by Greek leaders
500
This is how Socrates and Plato knew each other
What is Socrates taught Plato