Chapter 4: Ancient Greeks

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  1. 2. "The rule of the few"
  2. 3. A ruler who seized power by force from the aristocrats
  3. 5. in ancient Athens, the process for temporarily banning ambitious politicians from the city by popular vote
  4. 7. the method of teaching used by the Greek philosopher Socrates; it employs a question-and-answer format to lead pupils to see things for themselves by using their own reason (2 words)
  5. 9. A long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero (2 words)
  6. 10. a system of government in which the people participate directly in government decision making through mass meetings (2 words)
  7. 12. Athenian politician who codified the laws and added harsh penalties in the 600s
  8. 13. Adopted by the Greeks to make learning to read and write simpler (2 words)
  9. 15. Used by tyrants to gain and keep power (2 words)
  10. 16. Built as the Greek capital of Egypt
  11. 18. Became king of Macedonia at 20 years old (3 words)
  12. 19. an organized system of thought, from the Greek for “love of wisdom”
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  1. 1. Age when Greek language and ideas expanded to non- Greek world (2 words)
  2. 4. This event is featured in the Iliad and the Odyssey (2 words)
  3. 6. form of drama that portrays a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force and having a protagonist who is brought to ruin or extreme sorrow, especially as a result of a fatal flaw
  4. 8. Civilization at its height in Greece between 1400 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
  5. 11. in ancient Greece, a sacred shrine where a god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess
  6. 13. The early Greek city-states, consisting of a city/town and its surrounding countryside
  7. 14. the period between 461 B.C. and 429 B.C. when Pericles dominated Athenian politics and Athens reached the height of its power (3 words)
  8. 17. Established the value of pi