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Ancient Greece
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9th Grade
11/07/2013

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jury
Definition
panel of citizens who make final decisions on a trial
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Pericles
Definition
led Athens from 460-429 B.C.
leader during the golden age
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fresco
Definition
watercolor painting done on wet plaster
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Hippocrates
Definition
Father of medicine
"Do no harm"
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strait
Definition
narrow water passage
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Homer
Definition
poet
wrote the Iliad about the Trojan war
wrote the Odyssey about hero
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Knossos
Definition
palace for the Minoan King
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Aristotle
Definition
philosopher
student of Plato
teacher of Alexander
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Polis
Definition
Greek city
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shrine
Definition
area dedicated to the worship of gods and goddesses
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Herodotus
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Father of History
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rhetoric
Definition
public speaking
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Democracy
Definition
any government where the people hold ruling power
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phalanx
Definition
formattion of heavily armed foot soldiers used in Sparta
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Tyrant
Definition
people who gain power by force
Cleisthenes
Pisistratus
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Legislature
Definition
lawmaking body
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oligarchy
Definition
rule by small, wealthy elite
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stipend
Definition
fixed salary
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aristocracy
Definition
rule by hereditary landowning elite
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philosophers
Definition
lovers of wisdom; deep thinkers
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assimilated
Definition
absorb or adopt another culture
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acropolis
Definition
high city with temples for gods and goddesses
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Alexander the Great
Definition
Phillip's son
conquered Greece, parts of Egypt, and Persia, stopped at Indian border
created over 70 new cities, most named Alexandria
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alliance
Definition
formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defense
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Socrates
Definition
Athenian philosopher
said to have corrupted youth
sentenced to death by hemlock
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Archimedes
Definition
mastered use of pulley
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Plato
Definition
wrote down Socrates' teachings
founded the Academy
wrote the Republic
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Parthenon
Definition
temple dedicated to Athena
founded during Pericles' rule
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logic
Definition
rational thinking
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direct democracy
Definition
citizens participate directly in government instead of through elected representatives
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tragedies
Definition
plays that told stories of human suffering and ended in disaster
Sophocles- "Antigone"
Aeschylus
Euripedes
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comedies
Definition
plays that mocked people or customs
Aristophanes
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Phillip II
Definition
King of Macedonia (359 B.C.)
Alexander's Father
assassinated at daughter's wedding
united Athens and Thebes
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assassination
Definition
murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons
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ostracism
Definition
banishment
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Pythagorus and Euclid
Definition
great mathmaticians
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heliocentric
Definition
theory that the sun is the center of the universe
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