Ancient Civilizations
The name of the gods that the Greeks worshipped? (Not the individual names)
Who are the Olympians?
An old enemy of Greece, but the same empire that Sparta made a deal with. (Giving land in Anatolia for money to build a navy)
Who are the Persians?
The Greek philosopher who taught his students to question everything
Who is Socrates?
A person who seizes power and rules with total authority
What is a tyrant?
The type of terrain that made travel very difficult on the Greek mainland
What are mountains?
The Greek name for city-state
What is a Polis?
The alliance that was created, and later dominated by Athens, to fight back against the Persians and later the Spartans.
What is the Delian League?
The name of the famous book that Plato wrote
What is The Republic?
A form of government in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process (The government of Ancient Athens)
What is a Direct Democracy?
The only type of people that could vote in Ancient Athens
Who are free, land-owning males?
Considered the first peoples in Greece but were not considered Greek. Mainly lived on the island of Crete and were known for trade.
Who are the Minoans?
The name of the war between ancient Sparta and Athens
What is the Peloponnesian War?
The philosopher who combined 3 ideas of government (Monarchy, Oligarchy, Democracy)
Who is Aristotle?
The new genres of writing that the Greeks used to entertain people
What are comedies and dramas?
The name of the semi-enslaved people in ancient Sparta
What are helots?
This group invaded the Myceneans and started a 300 year Dark Age in Greece.
Who are the Dorians?
The great general, and young king, from Macedonia who conquered the Persian Empire
Who is Alexander the Great?
A group of thinkers who contributed to the emergence of philosophy. They travelled from Polis to Polis selling their teaching skills.
Who are the Sophists?
The three characteristics that Greeks started to express in their art and architecture
What are reason, balance, and harmony?
The Epic written by Homer that told the story of a man's 10-year journey back home after the Trojan War
What is the Odyssey?
The group known as the first Greek people
Who are the Hellenes?
The name of the leader who delivered the Funeral Oration and emphasized the importance of Democracy in Athens.
Who is Pericles?
The process of asking questions of someone to test their hypothesis
What is the Socratic Method?
One of the most famous scientists of the Hellenistic Era in Greece. He was known for being the founder of modern geometry, and was also known for figuring out the value of Pi (3.1415926...).
Who is Archimedes?
The main character of Homer's epic called the Iliad
Who is Achilles?