Set: Social Studies-Ancient Greece

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Term Definition
isthmus VOCABULARY: A small strip of land. Lesson 1
harbors VOCABULARY: Sheltered places with deep water close to shore. Lesson 1
trireme VOCABULARY: A fighting ship. Lesson 1
cultural borrowing VOCABULARY: Taking ideas from other cultures. Lesson 2
epics VOCABULARY: Long story-poems. Lesson 2
polis VOCABULARY: A city-state. Lesson 3
acropolis VOCABULARY: A secure place. Lesson 3
agora VOCABULARY: An open-air market and a gathering palce. Lesson 3
tyrant VOCABULARY: Someone who took control of the government by force or other means and rules alone. Lesson 3
aristocracy VOCABULARY: The wealthy ruling class that is made up of powerful landowners and merchants. Lesson 3
assembly VOCABULARY: Law-making group. Lesson 3
helot VOCABULARY: Slaves owned by the state. Lesson 3
oligarchy VOCABULARY: A small ruling group. Lesson 3
democracy VOCABULARY: Rule by the people. This was the way of rule under Pericles. Lesson 3
majority rule VOCABULARY: The type of voting in which whichever side has more votes gets their law passed. Lesson 3
myth VOCABULARY: Story passed down about a god or hero. Lesson 3
leagues VOCABULARY: Groups of allies. Lesson 4
tragedies VOCABULARY: Serious plays where the main character comes to an unhappy ending. Lesson 4
comedies VOCABULARY: Humerous plays. Lesson 4
plague VOCABULARY:A deadly sickness. Lesson 4
demagogues VOCABULARY: Bad leaders. Lesson 4
alliance VOCABULARY: An agreement to help each other. Lesson 5
Hellenistic VOCABULARY: Greek-like. Lesson 5
multicultural VOCABULARY: An empire with many cultures. Lesson 5
Aegean Sea GEOGRPHY: An arm of the Mediterranian Sea between Asia Minor and Greece.
Mycenaeans PEOPLE: A group of people that were warlike and measured wealth by the number of weapons they owned.
Minoans PEOPLE: These people seemed to be mainly farmers and traders, and lived on the island of Crete.
Sparta PEOPLE: A Greek city-state the was located in southern Peloponneus, and where physical activity was thought to be overly important.
mountains GEOGRAPHY: This feature covered over three fourths of Greece!!!
Crete GEOGRAPHY: A large, Greek island that sepereates the Mediterranian and the Aegean Seas from each other.
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.
Pericles PEOPLE TO KNOW: A great leader of Athens that ruled during Athens golden age.
Plato PEOPLE TO KNOW: A Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle.
Socrates PEOPLE TO KNOW: A famous Greek philosopher who taught by asking questions rather than reading his students the information.
Aristotle PEOPLE TO KNOW: A Greek philosopher and teacher of Alexander the great. His is considered one of the greatest thinkers of all time.
citizen VOCABULARY: A member of a city, state, or country.
wine GOOD TO KNOW: One of Greeks favorite drinks was...
Olympic Games GOOD TO KNOW: A huge sporting event (sort of) that honored the Greek king of the Gods, Zeus.
Macedonia An ancient civilization near the Aegean Sea.
direct democracy GOVERNMENT: A type of government where citizens took a direct role in the governent.
Athenian democracy GOVERNMENT: A type of government used in Athens which is sort of a combine of majority rule and democracy.
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.
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 ____-______.
Spartans PEOPLE: These people believed that physical activity was overly important.
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.

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Created April 2, 2007
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  1. demagogues → VOCABULARY: Bad leaders. Lesson 4 - 24 misses
  2. aristocracy → VOCABULARY: The wealthy ruling class that is made up of powerful landowners and merchants. Lesson 3 - 23 misses
  3. oligarchy → VOCABULARY: A small ruling group. Lesson 3 - 20 misses
  4. trireme → VOCABULARY: A fighting ship. Lesson 1 - 18 misses
  5. harbors → VOCABULARY: Sheltered places with deep water close to shore. Lesson 1 - 17 misses
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  7. polis → VOCABULARY: A city-state. Lesson 3 - 16 misses