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Vocabulary
Religion
The rise of Greek civilization
Philosophy and arts
Notes
100
Long story-telling poems.
What is an epic?
100
They predict the future and ask the gods for advice.
What does an oracle do?
100
Crete
What is the island that the Minoans lived on?
100
Pericles.
Who was the most powerful man in Athenian politics?
100
They might have been Neolithic farmers who migrated from Asia Minor.
Who were the first Greeks?
200
A ruler who seizes power with force.
What is a tyrant?
200
They were immortal.
What is the main difference between gods and humans?
200
They probably destroyed the Minoans.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
200
It was built to honor the patron, or protector, of Athens, The goddess Athena.
Why was the Parthenon built?
200
Served as the central meeting places.
What are palaces?
300
A serious drama that ends in disaster fir the main character.
What is a tragedy?
300
The ruler of all the gods.
Who is Zeus?
300
The Iliad and the Odyssey.
What are the two epics about the Trojan War?
300
This brought Greek architecture to its highest point.
What is the Acropolis?
300
Zeus, Hermes, and Apollo.
What are some examples of the important gods?
400
A sacred site used to consult a god or godess.
What is an oracle?
400
Through dreams or riddles.
How did the gods give them their advice?
400
Aristocrats.
Who ruled after Greece's Dark Ages?
400
Thales.
Who was the one of the first philosophers?
400
The Polis.
What was the center of Greek life?
500
The '' high city ''
What is the acropolis?
500
The city-states come together every four years for a festival.
How do the city-states honor Zeus?
500
The middle and working classes.
Who supported tyrants?
500
He was one of Socrates students who founded a school called the Academy/
Who was Plato?
500
All citizens make political decisions in government.
What is direct democracy?