Unit #3 Ancient Greece
Sparta
military city-state
Delian League
modern name of the Athenian alliance, founded after the Persian Wars
Geography of Greece
mountainous and divided into warring city-states
direct democracy
people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly
Hippocratic Oath
pledge to not bring harm to patients
Athenian Assembly
poor attendance
Greek Philosophy
promoted mass education
oligarchy
rule by 3 (middle class nobles)
tyranny
rule by force (may be a dictator)
democracy
rule by people
Greek influence on Western Civilization
sculpture and architecture copied much later in Europe
Greek engineering
use of geometry
Peloponnesian League
loose confederation of Greek city-states led by Sparta
Government in Athens
Assembly
Battle of Marathon
Athenians defeat Persian
Plato's Republic
Athens & Democracy
Effects of Peloponnesian Wars
Greece was weakened
Cause of Persian Wars
Ionia fights for independence
Battle of Thermopylae
Persians defeat Spartans at narrow pass
Greek Architecture
Soldiers Field (Chicago)
Plato
The Republic
city-state
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
philosopher
a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline.
hierarchy
any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
Pericles
democracy benefits the majority
misery
distress
Greek Mythology
explain the mysteries of the world
Pandora's Box
explain why there is evil and sickness in the world
Greek statues
honor gods
Greek Olympics
honors gods
Socrates, Plato, & Aristotle
influenced way of thinking about thinking
monarchy
king (one rule)
Alexander the Greek
spread cultural diffusion throughout Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Persia
Pericles
supported democracy
Greek city-states unite
threat of Persian Empire