| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Homer | A blind singing poet of ancient Greece |
| Socrates | A Greek philosopher concerned witht he best way to live |
| Aesop | Freed Greek slave who wrote fables |
| Zeus | A Greek god honored by the Olympic games |
| Achimedes | Possibly the greatest Greek scientist |
| Gulf of Corinth | body of water that almost cuts Greece in half |
| Mediterranean Sea, Agean Sea, Ionian Sea | Three bodies of water that surround Greece |
| Phoenicians | The alphabet that the Greeks added vowels to |
| Alexandria | Name given to many cities that Alexander the Great built and conquered |
| Alexandria, Egypt | The most important Alexandria of this time |
| Four | How many sections Alexander's Empire was divided into |
| Art, architecture, science, religion, philosophy | Things Greek culture influenced during the Hellenistic Age |
| 776 B.C. | The year the first Olympics were held |
| Myceneans | Responsible for leaving the Trojan horse outside the city of Troy |
| Athens | Greatest Cultural center in ancient Greece |
| Athens | developed the idea of democracy |
| Athens | At age 7 they went to school to learn how to become good citizens |
| Sparta | At age 7 boys were taught how to become good and loyal soldiers |
| Athens | Became a citizen at age 18. |
| Sparta | Philosophers and foreigners were not welcome here |
| Sparta | first powerful City-state |
| Sparta | Boys never learned to read or write |
| Sparta | all work was done by Helots |
| Athens | Most famous city-state |
| Balkan | Peninsula where Greece is located |
| City-state | Greece's independent city in ancient times |
| Bard | A singing poet |
| Phalanx | A group of foot soldiers armed with spears and trained to move together |
| Philip II | Able to conquer and unite most of Greece for the first time |
| Inia | As far east that Alexander the Great's empire went |
| Daniel | book of the Bible that prophisied that Alexander the Great's life would be short |
| Democracy | People rule |
| Democracy | When a citizen of a country takes an active part int he government of their country |
| Greek | Became the language of the most cvilized world during Hellenistic Age |
| Theater | Largest gathering place |
| Acropolis | religious center |
| Gymnasium | Men practiced their favorite sport |
| Stadium | Racing Track |
| Agora | Marketplace |
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