Chapter 4 Study Guide

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  1. 2. City-state that was at war with Athens and Sparta for 66 years.
  2. 3. Greek hero whose anger led to disaster: only weak point was his heel.
  3. 5. Athenian political leader.
  4. 7. Greeks during the dark ages who established themselves in southwestern Greece and in some Aegean Islands.
  5. 8. Place where the oracle of Apollo was.
  6. 9. Established the Mathematical Constant, pi.
  7. 14. Astronomer who calculated the Earth's circumference at 24675 miles.
  8. 19. Greek playwright who wrote Oedipus Rex.
  9. 20. Story of Odysseus' journey home after the Trojan War.
  10. 21. Place where the Greek gods lived.
  11. 23. Greek city-state the conquered land instead of making colonies.
  12. 24. Rulers who seized power by force from the aristocrates.
  13. 25. Bordering sea of Greece that makes up the western border.
  14. 29. Society that greatly influenced mainland Greece and it was an elaborate civilization.
  15. 33. Heavily armed infantry soldiers.
  16. 36. Greatest historian of the ancient world.
  17. 39. Greek city-state that became an oligarchy and nearly fell into civil war, but was reformed.
  18. 40. Peoples to the north of Greece: were considered savages.
  19. 41. Many Greeks left mainland and settled in Ionia: advances in agriculture and iron replaced bronze.
  20. 50. "to imitate Greeks": Era created by Alexander the Great.
  21. 54. Battle formation where Hoplites marched shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation.
  22. 57. An organized system of thought.
  23. 58. Every male citizen voted on government decisions.
  24. 59. Strip of land in Asia Minor that the Greeks colonized.
  25. 61. People that the Spartans conquered and used as slaves.
  26. 62. Athenian alliance that Athens took money from.
  27. 63. Taught students to live by a code of ethics.
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  1. 1. Macedonian who invaded Greece when they were weakened by the war between Sparta and Athens.
  2. 2. First type of Greek drama and were usually trilogies.
  3. 4. Mountain pass where the battle of the 300 Spartans occured: Spartans lost, but Greece united later to beat Persia.
  4. 5. Famous for his Pythagorean Theorum.
  5. 6. Sacred shrine where gods and goddesses communicated through priests.
  6. 10. Wrote "Elements": book about plane geometry.
  7. 11. Greek poetwho recounted the military actions of the Battle of Troy.
  8. 12. Mountains and Oceans caused Greek city-states to develop differently and protected them from each other and outside forces.
  9. 13. Human beings are meant to follow their own self interest.
  10. 15. Famous for their Art of Pursuasive Speaking.
  11. 16. Ancient Minoan city that held a giant palace that contained artifacts of the culture.
  12. 17. Stroy of Achilles in the Trojan War.
  13. 18. Wrote the only complete Greek trilogy we posses, Oresteia.
  14. 22. Student of Socrates: didn't trust democracy and wrote "The Republic."
  15. 26. Taught "Don't trust your senses, but what can be proven."
  16. 27. Island where Minoan civilization began.
  17. 28. Government is ruled by the people.
  18. 29. Southern border of Greece that holds the Island of Crete.
  19. 30. Inherited the Macedonian kingdom and conquered most of the known world.
  20. 31. Greek capitol of Egypt.
  21. 32. Government is ruled by the few.
  22. 34. Areain western Asia Minor that was conquered by Alexander and later, the Romans.
  23. 35. Persian king who invaded Greece as revenge for Ionian rebellion.
  24. 37. Find happiness by living in harmony with the will of God.
  25. 38. Persian King who attacked Thermopolae to get to Greece.
  26. 42. Open area that people used as a market and a place to assemble.
  27. 43. Written in a q&a format.
  28. 44. One of the seas that borders Greece: it created the eastern border.
  29. 45. Greek name for a city-state.
  30. 46. Controlled by Persia, but Athens helped Ionia lead a revolt.
  31. 47. Practice of banning politicians that voters felt were a threat: practiced in Athens.
  32. 48. 5 elected men who were responsible for the education of youth and the conduct of all citizens.
  33. 49. Greek hitorian who wrote "History of the Persian Wars."
  34. 51. Greek playwright who made more realistic characters and was sympathetic towards women.
  35. 52. Greek word for excellence: achieved in a struggle or contest and a showing of bravery.
  36. 53. Fortified hilltop that served as a place of refuge and a religious center.
  37. 55. Athenian reformer created a 500 man council which was the basis for Athenian democracy.
  38. 56. Fortified site on mainland Greece which was the center of the Mycenaean Greek civilization.
  39. 60. Athenian reformer who canceled all land debts.