World History- Chapter 4: Ancient Greece – Flashcards
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polis
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central focus of Greek life; city-state
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oligarchy
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rule by a few; type of government in Sparta.
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Sophocles
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Greek playwright who wrote Oedipus Rex
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Herodotus
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Greek historian who wrote History of the Persian Wars.
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Iliad and Odysses
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epics poems written by blind poet Homer.
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Cleisthenes
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responsible for laying the foundation of Athenian democracy.
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Thermopylae Pass
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Where Spartan troops were especially brave even though the Greek army was vastly outnumbered.
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Plato
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According to this philosopher, individuals could not achieve a good life unless they lived in a just and rational state.
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Persia
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Wanted revenge against the Greeks when the Greeks had supported an uprising in colonies under Persian control.
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Sophists
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Sold their services as professional teachers.
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Socrates
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Who said, "the unexamined life is not worth living"?
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Mount Olympus
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Where the Greeks gods lived according to Greek religion.
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Thycydides
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Considered by many historians to be the greatest historian of the ancient world.
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Alexander the Great
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His conquests caused language, art, architecture, and literature to spread throughout Southeast Asia.
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Mountains and seacoast
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What physical features most influenced Greek history?
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Crete
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Island were the Minoan civilization emerged.
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Mycenaeans
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Early Greek people who most probably invaded and destroyed the Minoan civilization.
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the Aeolians and Dorians
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Two major groups settled within Greece itself.
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Abandoned their city.
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What did the Athenians do after losing the Battle of Thermopylae?
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3/4
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What fraction of Greece is covered by mountains?
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Macedonia
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Home to Alexander the Great.
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Salamis
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Battle where the Athenian navy was able to destroy a third of the Persian fleet in 479 B.C.
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Zeus
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Main Olympic god.
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acropolis
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used for religious festivals and as a fortress; sits atop a hill.
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Darius
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Persian monarch at the Battle of Marathon.
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phalanx
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shoulder to shoulder formation of hoplites
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Tyrants
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Greek rulers who seized power by force from the aristocracy.
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Parthenon
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regarded as the greatest example of a Greek temple.
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Philip II
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the father of Alexander the Great.
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Ionia
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the western shores of Asia Minor where many Greeks settled
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Socratic method
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teaching approach using question/answer
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oracle
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sacred shrine where priests revealed the future.
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Delian League
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Athenian defensive alliance.
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ostracism
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Athenian vote of banishment.
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Marathon
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starting point of Pheidippides' 26-mile run.
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Xerxes
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Persian monarch.
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Age of Pericles
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height of Athenian power and brillance
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Alexandria
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Greek capital of Egypt.
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Corrupting the youth
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What crime was Socrates charged with?
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spartan
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highly self disciplined
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Athena
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patron goddess of Athens
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arete
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striving for excellence
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Minoans
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bronze-using peoples who lived on Crete
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ephors
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elected members of Sparta's oligarchy
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hoplites
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heavily armed foot soldiers
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Archimedes
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important because of his work on the geometry of spheres and cylinders; also for establishing the value of pi
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Phoenicians
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gave the world the phonetic alphabet; were excellent shipbuilders.
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Dorians
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took over after the Mycenaean.
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Triremes
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sturdy ships with battering ram in front for battle.
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Causes/Results of the Peloponnesian War 431-404 B.C.
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Causes/Results of Persian Wars 499-479 B.C.
