Quizlet Social Studies-Ancient Greece

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  1. acropolis: VOCABULARY: A secure place. Lesson 3
  2. Aegean Sea: GEOGRPHY: An arm of the Mediterranian Sea between Asia Minor and Greece.
  3. agora: VOCABULARY: An open-air market and a gathering palce. Lesson 3
  4. Alexander the Great: PEOPLE TO KNOW: Son of Phillip II, was tutored by Aristotle, and became king of Macedonia in336 B.C. He then continued and ruled a huge area, taking of much with his huge army.
  5. alliance: VOCABULARY: An agreement to help each other. Lesson 5
  6. aristocracy: VOCABULARY: The wealthy ruling class that is made up of powerful landowners and merchants. Lesson 3
  7. Aristotle: PEOPLE TO KNOW: A Greek philosopher and teacher of Alexander the great. His is considered one of the greatest thinkers of all time.
  8. assembly: VOCABULARY: Law-making group. Lesson 3
  9. Athenian democracy: GOVERNMENT: A type of government used in Athens which is sort of a combine of majority rule and democracy.
  10. Athenians: PEOPLE: A group of people living in a Greek city-state that beleived those should only serve in the army when needed, and thought that all should be able to apart of the governement, which lead this city-state to a democracy.
  11. citizen: VOCABULARY: A member of a city, state, or country.
  12. city-states: GOOD TO KNOW: Forts, called acropolises, agoras, assemblies or aristocracies, women having less right than men, slaves, and little trade were all common throughout most Greek ____-______.
  13. comedies: VOCABULARY: Humerous plays. Lesson 4
  14. Crete: GEOGRAPHY: A large, Greek island that sepereates the Mediterranian and the Aegean Seas from each other.
  15. cultural borrowing: VOCABULARY: Taking ideas from other cultures. Lesson 2
  16. demagogues: VOCABULARY: Bad leaders. Lesson 4
  17. democracy: VOCABULARY: Rule by the people. This was the way of rule under Pericles. Lesson 3
  18. direct democracy: GOVERNMENT: A type of government where citizens took a direct role in the governent.
  19. epics: VOCABULARY: Long story-poems. Lesson 2
  20. harbors: VOCABULARY: Sheltered places with deep water close to shore. Lesson 1
  21. Hellenistic: VOCABULARY: Greek-like. Lesson 5
  22. helot: VOCABULARY: Slaves owned by the state. Lesson 3
  23. Homer: PEOPLE TO KNOW: A Greek poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Much of what we know of the Mycenaeans comes from his famous stories.
  24. isthmus: VOCABULARY: A small strip of land. Lesson 1
  25. leagues: VOCABULARY: Groups of allies. Lesson 4
  26. Macedonia: An ancient civilization near the Aegean Sea.
  27. majority rule: VOCABULARY: The type of voting in which whichever side has more votes gets their law passed. Lesson 3
  28. Minoans: PEOPLE: These people seemed to be mainly farmers and traders, and lived on the island of Crete.
  29. mountains: GEOGRAPHY: This feature covered over three fourths of Greece!!!
  30. multicultural: VOCABULARY: An empire with many cultures. Lesson 5
  31. Mycenaeans: PEOPLE: A group of people that were warlike and measured wealth by the number of weapons they owned.
  32. myth: VOCABULARY: Story passed down about a god or hero. Lesson 3
  33. oligarchy: VOCABULARY: A small ruling group. Lesson 3
  34. Olympic Games: GOOD TO KNOW: A huge sporting event (sort of) that honored the Greek king of the Gods, Zeus.
  35. Pericles: PEOPLE TO KNOW: A great leader of Athens that ruled during Athens golden age.
  36. plague: VOCABULARY:A deadly sickness. Lesson 4
  37. Plato: PEOPLE TO KNOW: A Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle.
  38. polis: VOCABULARY: A city-state. Lesson 3
  39. Socrates: PEOPLE TO KNOW: A famous Greek philosopher who taught by asking questions rather than reading his students the information.
  40. Sparta: PEOPLE: A Greek city-state the was located in southern Peloponneus, and where physical activity was thought to be overly important.
  41. Spartans: PEOPLE: These people believed that physical activity was overly important.
  42. tragedies: VOCABULARY: Serious plays where the main character comes to an unhappy ending. Lesson 4
  43. trireme: VOCABULARY: A fighting ship. Lesson 1
  44. tyrant: VOCABULARY: Someone who took control of the government by force or other means and rules alone. Lesson 3
  45. wine: GOOD TO KNOW: One of Greeks favorite drinks was...