| A | B |
|---|
| Zeus | leader of the Greek gods |
| philosophers | used reason to explain events |
| Democritus | idea that things are made of atoms |
| Aristotle | Alex. the Great's tutor; a philosopher |
| "Know thyself" | Socrates said |
| Egyptian city named for A. the Great | Alexandria |
| mythical | fiction, not fact--gods and heroes |
| Pericles | leader of Golden Age of Athens |
| Greek culture included | philosophy, art, theater, architecture |
| human form and immortality | Greek Gods had... |
| Goddess of Athens | Athena |
| Achilles | hero of the Illiad |
| New ways to use pulleys & levers | Archimedes |
| Aristophanes | dramatist |
| Philip of Macedonia | Father of A. the Great |
| a high hill where Greeks built things | acropolis |
| Parthenon | On top of the famous acropolis |
| Early, wise Athenian leader | Solon |
| Early reform ruler | Solon |
| Govmt in which people rule themselves | democracy |
| Things from Greece | Hellinistic things |
| Hellas | Means "Greece" in Greek |
| Greek topography was... | hilly, rocky |
| Why did Athens & Sparta fight | tribute money, jealous, |
| Famous for asking questions | Socrates |
| Euclid | created rules of Geomotry |
| More stuff than you need | surplus |
| Siezed control of power, gentle | tyrants |
| killing the leader of a country | assassinate |
| wild and uncivilized and gross | barbarians (like Macedonians) |
| Peloponnesian War was a... | 27-year fight between Sparta&Athens |
| His troops wouldn't go past India | Alexander the Great |
| Trained in military skills | Spartans |
| The way Spartans won the P war | blockaded harbors of Athens |
| Greek Dark Ages | trade & writing disappeared |
| Sparta & Ath. thought Maced's were | barbarians |
| two kinds of dramas | comedy and tragedy |
| Spent a lot of Greek money on art | Pericles |
| earth was round, not flat | Eratosthenes thought |
| Greeks surprised them at Marathon | Persians |
