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What is agora?
Term meaning rule by the "best"
What is aristocracy?
Term for an alliance formed by Sparta with Corinth, Megara, and other cities in the Peloponnesus
What is Peloponnesian League?
Explain the cycle of governments in Greek city-states
Monarchies-->Aristocracy-->Oligarchy-->tyranny--
-->then a cycle of Democracy, Tyranny, and Oligarchy
Alexander the Great's most important contribution to world history
What is the spreading of Greek culture which helped prepare the world for the coming of Jesus Christ?
Name given to non-Greek-speaking peoples
What is barbarian?
Term meaning rule by the "few rich"
What is oligarchy?
Term for process by which a quorum (a select group) of citizens could vote to banish for 10 years any person believed to be dangerous to the state
What is ostracism?
Explain how democracy worked in Ancient Athens
All "citizens" could assemble in one place to make decisions. But, only 1/5 of residents were recognized as citizens therefore, control of a polis was left to only a few hundred men
Describe the education in most Ancient Greek cities, such as Athens
Most city-states aimed to develop a well-rounded citizen. Only boys were educated, starting at seven years old with the help of a pedagogue (slave who oversaw education). Boys learned various subjects in school, whereas girls learned household management at home
Contests of skill held every fourth year at Olympia in honor of Zeus
What are the Olympic games?
Term for rule by one man who has seized power by rebellion and insurrection
What is tyranny?
Term for a government in which the citizens elect a few men who represent them in the government
What is representative democracy?
Describe Spartan government and society
Spartan society consisted of three classes:
>Ruling class (only class able to participate in government)
>Middle class
>Helots (slaves)
How humanism affected the Greek philosophers in their search for truth and the application of Romans 1 to the ideas of the ancient Greeks
Attempting to find philosophical absolutes, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle erred by placing man at the center of all things, they failed to recognize man's responsibility to a Creator God.
Romans 1 shows that although the pagan philosophers freed themselves from false gods, they still remained in bondage to sin by rebelling against the one true God Who is clearly revealed in nature.
Name for the period between the Olympics
What is an Olympiad?
Term for rule by many or the common people
What is democracy?
He conquered the Persian empire and spread Greek culture from Egypt to India
Who is Alexander the Great?
Why didn't Sparta make any great contributions to civilization?
Sparta was a strictly controlled military state. This did not allow for intellectual advancement.
The most significant development of the Hellenistic Age and its contribution to the spread of the Gospel
What is the spread of the koine Greek language all over the known world and its enabling the Gospel to be preached to many people in a language then understood by most?
Term meaning "rule by one"
What is monarchy?
Greek term for slaves; third class of Spartan society
What are helots?
Persian king who attempted to avenge his father's defeat at Marathon; he was defeated by the Athenian navy at Salamis
Who is Xerxes I?
His Empire extended from Greece in the west, across Asia Minor, Egypt, and Mesopotamia, as far as the Indus River Valley in the east.
His conquests ended because his soldiers were tired and would not travel any further.
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