chapter 5 world history quizlet – Flashcards
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Minoans
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Civilization that lasted almost 2,000 years and was heavily involved in seafaring (to travel by sea) and colonization
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Mycenaenans
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Considered the first Greeks because they spoke the first form of early Greek (duh)
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Polis
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A city-state of ancient Greece
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Acropolis
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A walled, high area surrounding a Polis
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Agora
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An open area that served as a meeting place and market in early Greek city-states
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Helots
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In ancient Greece, state slaves
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Hoplites
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Foot soldiers in ancient Greece
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Democracy
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A government run by the people
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Salon
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Gatherings in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the enlightenment
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Tyrant
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A strong man who got his power by using force and claimed rule for the "good of the people" (probably not good for all the people)
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Cleisthenes
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Was a noble Athenian who reformed the constitution of Athens and made it a democracy, and he is considered "the father of the Athenian democracy"
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Direct Democracy
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A type of governing system where all people vote directly on an issue (remember directly for direct democracy)
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Phalanx
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A military formation composed of rows of soldiers standing shoulder carrying heavy spears
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Pericles*
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Athenian statesman; he was all for the spread of democracy in Athens and the grow in its power.
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Socrates*
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Greek philosopher of Athens he liked to teach people how to ask questions, and he wanted people to question their own beliefs. He was sentenced to death for challenging authority
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Plato*
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Another Greek philosopher, but he became a philosopher after Socrates because Socrates taught him. STARTED A SCHOOL IN ATHENS CALLED THE ACADEMY. In the republic he describes how it would be really cool if philosophers ruled instead of kings
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Aristotle*
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Another Greek philosopher and a student of Plato, and he was really big on logic and said it what the tool for anything.
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Homer*
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This guy was a poet, he wrote two very famous epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey which both tell stories of the Trojan war.
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Herodotus*
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He was a historian; His most famous work "the histories" which describes the major things of the Persian war
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Thuycides*
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Greek historian of Athens, noted for things that he did that no one had ever done before
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Alexander the Great
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King of Macedonia and conqueror of much of Asia; he is considered one of the greatest generals of all time (but then he was poisoned bc no one liked him)
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Phillip
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Father to Alexander the Great
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Hellenistic
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The blending of Greek cultures of those with Persia, Egypt, and Central Asia
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Euclid
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Greek geometer (really good at geometry)-created practical and mathematics
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Eratosthenes
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Greek astronomer and geographer, calculated circumference of the globe (I thought Christopher Columbus did that???)
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Archimedes
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Greek mathematics and inventor, he was known for his work in geometry, physics, and mechanics (seems really boring tho)
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King Minos
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King of Crete
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Labrynth
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Prison or maze where prisoners were eaten alive by the Minotaur (ew)
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Minotaur
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Half man, Half bull
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Sir Arthur Evans
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Discovered ruins of Crete in 1878
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Poseidon
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God of the sea and earthquakes
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Agaeus
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King of Athens
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Ineseus
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The prince of Athens
