Vocab
a type of government in which people rule themselves
What is Democracy?
the Greek word for a city-state
What is a polis?
Greek fabulist and storyteller who created a number of fables, collectively known as Aesop’s Fables
Who is Aesop?
The Ionian sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and this sea surround Greece.
What is the Aegean?
the 18th-century United States republic was different from the ancient Athenian democratic government because it uses representative democracy. Athens used this style of democracy in which every citizen voted on policy.
What is 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?
Greek philosopher and teacher who taught by asking questions (Socratic Method). He was Plato’s teacher
Who is Socrates?
These geographic features made it difficult for Greeks to travel on land throughout Greece.
What are mountains?
This city-state developed a military society because they feared a slave uprising and believed that warriors could best protect their citizens.
Who is Sparta?
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?
a student of Plato who became the greatest Greek thinker. He taught that people should live lives of moderation or balance.
Who is Aristotle?
This civilization began on the island of Crete.
Who are the Minoans?
In this city-state, unlike Sparta, wealthy boys were trained in music and literature.
What is Athens?
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?
the greatest Greek doctor, who aimed to figure out the cause of a disease, so he could better treat it
Who is Hippocrates?
This man's political reforms affect the Athenian government by giving more power to Athenian citizens.
Who is Solon?
As a result of this war Sparta became the dominant power in Greece.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
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?
a student of Socrates who created a school called the Academy, where students, philosophers, and scientists could go to discuss ideas
Who is Plato?
Laws that were created by the people were written into this. It defined Athenian Democracy.
What is a constitution?
What is mythology?