Unit 2

2. is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies.
3. was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought
7. was an ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history's greatest military minds who, as King of Macedonia and Persia, established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen.
8. a city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes.
11. was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world.
14. is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains the remains of several ancient buildings
15. a cruel and oppressive ruler.
16. was a Greek poet credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.
17. was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar pole weapons
19. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
20. was the last phase of the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC.

1. series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of almost half a century.
4. was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
5. a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline.
6. a member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens.
9. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
10. is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.
12. the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.
13. was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.
18. was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.