Flashcards
Chapter 4 Ancient Greece
Cards in this deck (14)
- 1Peninsulabody of land surrounded on three sides by water
- 2Mt. Olympusthe highest mountain in Greece where the ancient Greeks believed many of their gods and goddesses lived
- 3Cretelargest island off of Greece the Minoan civilization flourished here from 2700 BC to 1450 BC
- 4HoplitesGreek soldiers who carried a round shield a short sword and a 9 foot spear
- 5Phalanxa military formation: a wall of shields created by soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation
- 6Sophoclesfamous Greek playwright; he wrote the tragedy, Oedipus the king
- 7amphitheateroutdoor theater it was open to the sky; the Greeks loved drama; one of the most famous amphitheaters is Epidaurus
- 8SocratesFather of Philosophy; put on trial for corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens; drank poison hemlock
- 9Socratic methodthe teaching method invented by socrates based on asking questions; the point of this teaching style is to get students to recognize the truth for themselves
- 10Platomost famous student of Socrates who wrote about Socrates teachings and trial ; established a school known as The Academy
- 11Aristotlewas a student of Platos; he wrote about science politics just about everything he taught Alexander the Great
- 12Alexander the Greatat 20 years old he was king of Macedonia he conquered almost all of the known world he spreads Greek culture
- 13Hellenistic agename for the time alexander is king really refers to the spread of greek culture language ideas a high point in greek history
- 14The Peloponnesian Warlong war between the 2 largest greek city-states Athens and Sparta