Greece Sect 1&2
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cellochick on May 9, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aristocrats | Members of rich and powerful families who rule communities |
| Epics | The Iliad and Odyssey, long poems about the Trojan war |
| Peninsula | a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides |
| city-states | Independent communities that followed their own traditions, government and laws |
| Acropolis | A early Greek settlement on a high rocky hill |
| democracy | a form of government in which citizens govern themselves |
| tyrants | Rulers who were supported by the middle and working classes In ancient Greece |
| Athens | Which Greek city became the center for a new system of government in which citizens govern themselves |
| Thales | believed water was the basic material of the world |
| Democritus | believed that everything was made of tiny atoms |
| Socrates | asked questions that made others think about their beliefs challenging Athenian values |
| tragedy | a serious play that ends in disaster for the main character |
| Pericles | main political leader |
| philosopher | A person who uses the power of his or her mind and reason to understand natural events |
| immortal | lived forever |
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