273917555 | Delian League | Alliance of Greek city states around Athens after the successful Persian War | 0 | |
273917556 | Rhetoric | The art of effective persuasion, both oral and on the page | 1 | |
273917557 | Parthenon | The most famous example of Greek architecture, on Athens' Acropolis | 2 | |
273917558 | Thermopylae | Site of the great stand by the Spartans during the Persian War | 3 | |
273917559 | Peloponnesian War | Ended the "Golden Age" of Athens and gave Sparta a great victory | 4 | |
273917560 | Battle of Marathon | Early Greek victory in the Persian War, announced in Athens by Pheidippides | 5 | |
273917561 | Oligarchy | A government system in which the power belongs to a few elite citizens | 6 | |
273917562 | Acropolis | Hilltop fortress in the Greek city states, in Athens site if the Parthenon | 7 | |
273917563 | Knossos | The capital of the Minoan culture on Crete, site of the mythical labyrinth | 8 | |
273917564 | Battle of Salamis | Resulted in reconquest of Athens and the final defeat of the Persian Empire | 9 | |
273917565 | Helots | Captured slaves who made up more than half the population of Sparta | 10 | |
273917566 | Hellenistic Culture | Spread by Alexander, it combined Greek w/Indian, Persian and Egyptian ideas | 11 | |
273917567 | Sparta | The Peloponnesian city-state that was Athens' great rival | 12 | |
273917568 | Fresco | Wall painting done with water color mixed in plaster | 13 | |
273917569 | Sophists | Early Greek philosophers who sought practical success through rhetoric | 14 | |
273932135 | Heinrich Schliemann | Archaeologist who claimed he found ancient Troy | 15 | |
273932136 | Herodotus | The first historian, he wrote a history of the Persian War | 16 | |
273932137 | Sappho | The first great poetess of love in the Western Tradition | 17 | |
273932138 | Sophocles | Famous playwright, most known for tragedies such as Antigone | 18 | |
273932139 | Lyceum | The Athenian school of philosophy established by Aristotle | 19 | |
273932140 | Alexander the Great | Established a massive empire in only thirteen years as a ruler | 20 | |
273932141 | Pythagoras | The greatest of the early Greek mathematicians | 21 | |
273932142 | Sir Arthur Evans | British archaeologist who excavated the Minoan capital Knossos | 22 | |
273932143 | Cleisthenes | Athenian ruler who established the Council of 500 | 23 | |
273932144 | Hippocrates | Greek philosopher who first established the principle of modern medicine | 24 | |
273932145 | Thucydides | Introduced objectivity and verification of facts to history writing | 25 | |
273932147 | Pericles | Ruler during Athenian Golden Age, oversaw creation of direct democracy | 26 | |
273932148 | Homer | Thought to be a blind poet, he wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey | 27 | |
273932149 | Philip of Macedonia | Conquered the Greek city states before he was assassinated | 28 | |
273932150 | Thales | Helped establish the idea of natural laws and the existence of atoms | 29 |
Matching/Vocab Terms Test 1- The Greeks Flashcards
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