Vocabulary
This is the term for Greek city-state
What is a polis?
The "father of modern medicine" who made his students take an oath that doctors still take today.
Who is Hippocrates?
This man was the King of Macedonia
Who is Phillip II?
An epic poem that tells about the Trojan War.
What is the Iliad?
How did athletes compete in the Ancient Olympics?As individuals or on teams?
Who are individuals?
This is a high fortified hill settlement or city, built for defense
What is an acropolis?
Explain why Alexander was so "great".
Alexander had the largest empire the world had ever seen and spread Greek culture to many areas.
This temple was built for Athena
What is the Parthenon?
This is who the ancient Greek Olympics were held to honor.
Who was Zeus?
This person was responsible for the revival of the modern Olympic games.
Who is Pierre de Coubertin?
What is Hellenistic?
The 3 Greek philosophers whose names start with : S,P and A.
Who are Socrates, Plato and Aristotle?
This is the place where Alexander and his army of 40,000 soldiers defeated the Persians.
Where is Granicus?
This is the most famous temple built on the Acropolis in Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
This is the reason Alexander's empire fell apart when he died
Alexander did not appoint someone to succeed him. His generals fought over who should be the next leader.
Government run by a strong ruler.
What is tyranny?
This goddess had a famous temple built for her on the Acropolis in Athens.
Who is Athena?
This was the earliest civilization that was located on the island of Crete
Who are the Minoans?
The Age of Pericles is known for being called this
What is the Golden Age?
Women in this city-state had more rights than women in other city-states.
What is Sparta?
This was the military alliance led by Athens
What is Delian League?
This man is known as the greatest statesman in Greek history.
Who is Pericles?
This was the battle where the Athenians beat the Persians in the 1st Persian War.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
In Athenian democracy, all citizens except these 3 groups were able to vote
Who were women, slaves and foreign-born residents
This is why the early Greeks were sailors, traders and merchants.
Travel by water (sea) was faster than traveling across the rugged land of Greece. Greece was a peninsula. The land was not good for farming.