Ancient Greece

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  1. 1. 480 B.C.E. The battle that effectively ended the Persian war. The Greek fleet, although vastly outnumbered, defeated the Persian fleet. This helped end the Persian war, freeing Greece.
  2. 3. A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city
  3. 4. Formed from the surrounding city-states near Sparta. It was formed to defeat democracy in Athens.
  4. 5. an alliance headed by Athens that says that all Greek city-states will come together and help fight the Persians
  5. 6. When a runner ran 26.1 Miles to deliver the message of victory of Greece over Persia in a great battle that SAVED ATHENS
  6. 8. foreigner in a Greek city-state, often a merchant or artisan
  7. 11. foot-long Macedonian pike (spear).
  8. 14. A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives
  9. 17. A person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
  10. 19. A city-state in ancient Greece.
  11. 20. A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
  12. 21. Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.
  13. 22. A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility
  14. 24. Farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops
  15. 27. and educated guess
  16. 28. military housing
  17. 29. Wars fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies; came in two stages, the first from c. 460-446 BCE and the second and more significant war from 431-404 BCE. With battles occurring at home and abroad, the long and complex conflict was damaging to both sides but Sparta, with financial help from Persia, finally won the conflict by destroying the Athenian fleet at Aegospotami in 405 BCE.
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  1. 2. way of teaching developed by Socrates that used a question-and-answer format to force students to use their reason to see things for themselves
  2. 7. a set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine
  3. 9. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
  4. 10. a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf
  5. 12. Cruel and oppressive government or rule
  6. 13. A government ruled by a few powerful people
  7. 15. in ancient Greece, an athletic competition held every four years in honor of Zeus
  8. 16. Spartan Slave
  9. 18. society organized for the purpose of waging war
  10. 19. Method of maintaining, managing, and gaining control of government (who gets what, when, and how)
  11. 23. an advanced state of development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions
  12. 25. A military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields
  13. 26. a high-ranked government official in Sparta who was elected by the council of elders