Ancient Greece

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  1. 2. logical guess.
  2. 5. hereditary class of rulers, Greek for “rule by the best people”.
  3. 6. government in which citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of government.
  4. 8. person who pays rent, either in money or crops, to grow crops on another person’s land.
  5. 11. in ancient Greece, an athletic competition held every 4 years in honor of Zeus.
  6. 12. legal member of a country or city-state.
  7. 13. man responsible for the day-to-day operation of the government in Sparta.
  8. 15. Greek victory over the Persian Navy during the Second Persian War.
  9. 18. Greek city-state
  10. 20. school of philosophy founded by Plato
  11. 21. ownership and control of other people as property
  12. 22. foreigner in a Greek city-state, often a merchant or artisan.
  13. 24. the civilization of the Ancient Greeks and Romans.
  14. 27. military alliance led by Sparta.
  15. 28. unjust use of power, or in ancient Greece a government run by a strong ruler.
  16. 29. In ancient Greek drama, a group of people who commented on the action of a play and advised the characters.
  17. 31. the form of Greek culture that emerges after Alexander’s conquests
  18. 32. Greek military formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit.
  19. 33. military housing.
  20. 34. collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes.
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  1. 1. military alliance led by Athens.
  2. 3. 18 foot long Macedonian pike.
  3. 4. oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way.
  4. 7. membership in a state or community, which gives a person civil and political and obligations.
  5. 9. democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation’s laws.
  6. 10. worship of many gods or deities.
  7. 14. Greek victory over the Persian Army that ended the First Persian War.
  8. 16. art and practice of government.
  9. 17. poetic songs.
  10. 19. form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to force them to think more clearly.
  11. 22. society organized for the purpose of waging war.
  12. 23. “high city” in Greek, the upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city’s defenses were located.
  13. 25. form of government in which citizens hold political power.
  14. 26. Messenian person forced to work as a lowly farmer in Sparta.
  15. 30. government in which a small group of people rule.