Section 5 SOL 2 Ancient Greece

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A philosopher accused of corrupting the youth of Athens; died by poisoning

Socrates

Developed Athens' first written law code

Draco

Because most of Greece is covered by mountains, the Greeks formed independent

City State

_____ was a Greek city-state located on the Peloponnesian peninsula in a valley

Sparta

Athens had a well trained ____. You wouldn't want to fight them on ____

Navy Water

This type of government means "rule by the best"

Oligarchy

The _____ Games were competitions held between Greek city-states in order to please the ____

Olympic Gods

Competition between the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta caused the _____ __

Peloponnesian War

Athenian democracy reached its height under this leader; built the Parthenon

Pericles

A student of Socrates, who wrote the Republic, famous for his theory of forms

Plato

The Greek word for city-state

Polis

_____ was the god of the sea

Poseidon

Believed that everything could be explained in terms of math. (A^2+B^2=C^2)

Pythagoras

Improved Athens' legal system and gave citizens more rights in the Assembly

Solon

A Greek hilltop fortress

Acropolis

This ______ was built as a temple to honor Athena

Acropolis

The Macedonian leader ______ __ ____ conquered the Persian Empire and most of the known world before dying at age 32

Alexander the Great

This type of government is ruled by a small group of citizens

Aristocracy

Student of Plato; wrote about physics, poetry, biology, politics, and happiness

Aristotle

Sparta had a well-trained ___. You would not want to fight them on ____

Army Land

The Goddess of wisdom

Athena

____ was a Greek city-state named after Athena. Located on the Greek mainland

Athens

Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian are all types of ____

Columns

A ____ ____ is a government where the people are directly involved in the decision making process

Direct democracy

The public marketplace or assembly area in a Greek town

Forum

Alexander the Great also spread ______ culture wherever he went

Hellenistic

Often called "the Father of History"

Herodotus

Considered to be the founder of medical science; patient-centered oath

Hippocrates

____ was a Greek poet often credited with the Iliad and the ____

Homer Oddysey

Weak Greek city-states were eventually conquered by ____ a kingdom to the north

Macedonia

At the battle of _____, a small Athenian army defeated a large Persian army

Marathon

The Battle of Marathon leads to our modern-day race, which is 26.5 ___ long

Miles

This type of government is ruled by a single king or queen

Monarchy

The Greek gods lived on ___ ___

Mount Olympus

3/4 of the Greek peninsula is covered by

Mountains

At the battle of _____, 300 Spartans held back a huge Persian army for several days

Thermopylae

A _____ is a person who gains control of the government through force

Tyrant

The Greek gods were led by ___ a supreme ruler of the gods

Zeus


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