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Matching/Vocab Terms Test 1- The Greeks Flashcards

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273917555Delian LeagueAlliance of Greek city states around Athens after the successful Persian War0
273917556RhetoricThe art of effective persuasion, both oral and on the page1
273917557ParthenonThe most famous example of Greek architecture, on Athens' Acropolis2
273917558ThermopylaeSite of the great stand by the Spartans during the Persian War3
273917559Peloponnesian WarEnded the "Golden Age" of Athens and gave Sparta a great victory4
273917560Battle of MarathonEarly Greek victory in the Persian War, announced in Athens by Pheidippides5
273917561OligarchyA government system in which the power belongs to a few elite citizens6
273917562AcropolisHilltop fortress in the Greek city states, in Athens site if the Parthenon7
273917563KnossosThe capital of the Minoan culture on Crete, site of the mythical labyrinth8
273917564Battle of SalamisResulted in reconquest of Athens and the final defeat of the Persian Empire9
273917565HelotsCaptured slaves who made up more than half the population of Sparta10
273917566Hellenistic CultureSpread by Alexander, it combined Greek w/Indian, Persian and Egyptian ideas11
273917567SpartaThe Peloponnesian city-state that was Athens' great rival12
273917568FrescoWall painting done with water color mixed in plaster13
273917569SophistsEarly Greek philosophers who sought practical success through rhetoric14
273932135Heinrich SchliemannArchaeologist who claimed he found ancient Troy15
273932136HerodotusThe first historian, he wrote a history of the Persian War16
273932137SapphoThe first great poetess of love in the Western Tradition17
273932138SophoclesFamous playwright, most known for tragedies such as Antigone18
273932139LyceumThe Athenian school of philosophy established by Aristotle19
273932140Alexander the GreatEstablished a massive empire in only thirteen years as a ruler20
273932141PythagorasThe greatest of the early Greek mathematicians21
273932142Sir Arthur EvansBritish archaeologist who excavated the Minoan capital Knossos22
273932143CleisthenesAthenian ruler who established the Council of 50023
273932144HippocratesGreek philosopher who first established the principle of modern medicine24
273932145ThucydidesIntroduced objectivity and verification of facts to history writing25
273932147PericlesRuler during Athenian Golden Age, oversaw creation of direct democracy26
273932148HomerThought to be a blind poet, he wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey27
273932149Philip of MacedoniaConquered the Greek city states before he was assassinated28
273932150ThalesHelped establish the idea of natural laws and the existence of atoms29

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