Vocab
a type of government in which people rule themselves
What is Democracy?
the Greek word for a city-state
What is a polis?
a student of Plato who became the greatest Greek thinker. He taught that people should live lives of moderation or balance.
Who is Aristotle?
These 3 seas surround the Greek Mainland?
What are the Ionian Sea (West), the Mediterranean Sea (South), and the Aegean Sea (East)?
Athens had this style of government. In contrast to the representative style of the United States.
What is a direct democracy?
a person who has the right to participate in government
What is a citizen?
a government in which only a few people have power
What is an oligarchy?
a student of Socrates who created a school called the Academy, where students, philosophers, and scientists could go to discuss ideas
Who is Plato?
These geographical features made it difficult to travel by land in Greece.
What are Mountains?
Sparta became this type of society due to the threat and fear of a slave uprising.
What is a militarized society?
a short story that teaches a lesson about life or gives advice on how to live
What is a Fable?
stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
What is mythology?
the greatest Greek doctor, who aimed to figure out the cause of a disease, so he could better treat it
Who is Hippocrates?
This civilization started on the Island of Crete.
Who are the Minoans?
This city-state won the Peloponnesian War and became the dominant power in Greece.
What is Sparta?
government that is made up of a small group of people from the highest social class in a society
What is an aristocracy?
clear and ordered thinking
What is reason?
Greek fabulist and storyteller who created a number of fables, collectively known as Aesop’s Fables
Who is Aesop?
This man's political reforms gave more power to Athenian citizens.
Who is Solon?
This was created to explain the things that happen in the natural world.
What is mythology or myths?
high hill on which a Greek fortress was built
What is an acropolis?
a war between Athens and Sparta in the 400s BC
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Greek philosopher and teacher who taught by asking questions (Socratic Method). He was Plato’s teacher.
Who is Socrates?
This city-state's democratic government had laws that were created by the people were written into a constitution.
These two writings by Homer have influenced Western Culture even unto today.
What are the Iliad and the Odyssey?