VOCAB
Greek city-state
Polis
A form of government run by an unjust strong ruler
Tyranny
An oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine ethically
Hippocratic Oath
What period is a mix of ancient Greek culture with that of Egyptian, Persian, and Indian
Hellenistic
What is the main purpose of forming a hypothesis?
To explain an observation
"High-City" the upper part of an ancient Greek city where public buildings and the city's defenses were located.
Acropolis
A form of government in which citizens hold political power
Democracy
Form of teaching with questioning to force students think more clearly.
Socratic Method
The ___ _____ attracted great independent governments
Great Library
Collection of stories that people tell about their gods and heros
mythology
Practice of government
Politics
Democracy where people elect representatives to make the nations laws.
Representative government
This philosophers school of philosophy
Plato
Athens allowed who to vote in their city?
Free Men
Poetic Songs
Lyrical Poetry
Highest class of leaders, usually this is an inherited position
Aristocracy
Government in which people take part in the day to day affairs of the government
Direct democracy
Laid the foundational framework for the Westernization
Aristotle
What was created in ancient Greece to honor Zeus?
Greek military formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved as one unit
Phalanx
metic
Small group of people who run the government
oligarchy
Name all four philosophers in this unit
Plato, Socrates, Hippocrates, Aristotle
The Athenian ___ ____ that modern democracies follow is that all people should have a voice in government
Politics Principle
polytheism