| A | B |
|---|
| Acropolis | fort built on top of a hill |
| Polis | city-state |
| Metic | Athenian non-citizens |
| Fresco | paintings made on wet plaster walls |
| Hoplite | non-aristocratic soldier |
| Helot | Spartan slaves |
| Solon | kind Athenian archon |
| Draco | strict Athenian archon |
| Pericles | great leader of Athens |
| Dorians | invaders of Sparta |
| Ephors | Overseers of the Council of Elders |
| Pedagogues | slave who cares for a young boy |
| Oligarchy | rule by an elite group of leaders |
| Monarchy | one man rule (typically a king) |
| Representative Democracy | citizens elect decision makers |
| Direct Democracy | all citizens participate in gov't |
| Knossos | location of the Minoan palace |
| Hubris | excessive pride |
| Phalanx | rows of soldiers |
| Oratory | public speaking |
| Agora | public meeting place |
| Rhetoric | the study of oratory |
| Philosophy | study of reality and human existence |
| Plato | developed dialogues |
| Aristole | founder of the Academy |
| Socrates | believed in learning by questions |
| Philip II | father of Alexander the Great |
| Alexander the Great | king who conquered western Asia |
| Macedonia | homeland of Philip II and Alexander |
| Stoic | an unaffected person |
| Cynic | people are selfish and insincere |
| Hellenistic | the spread of Greek culture |
| Hippocratues | made great medical advances |
| Socratic Method | teaching by questioning |
| Epicurus | taught to seek pleasure, avoid pain |
| Euclid | foundation for today's geometry |
| Olympics | games played every 4 years |
| Mythology | stories of gods and goddess |
| Zeus | King of the Gods |
| Hera | Wife of Zeus |
| Apollo | God of light, music, & poetry |
| Epic | Greek poetry describing heroes |
| Monotheism | belief in one god |
| Homer | autor of Illiad and Odessey |
| Perisa | conquered some Greek city-states |
| Xerxes | followed Darius in leading Persia |
| Darius | leader Alexander wanted to defeat |
| Monotheism | belief in one god |
| Ethical Monotheism | emphasized ethical behavior |
| Covenant | an agreement |
| Ten Commandments | moral laws brought from Mt. Sinai |
| Saul | found first united Israeli kingdon |
| David | made Jerusalem a capital city |
| Moses | led Hebrews out of Egypt |
| Solomon | built a great temple to Yahweh |
| Jerusalem | religious center of Israel |
| Myron | sculpted The Discus Thrower |
| Phidias | sculpted Zeus and Athena for temples |
| Praxiteles | scupltor who admired the human body |
| Sophists | relied on teaching by memorization |
| “Republic” | discussed organization of the society |
| Herodotus | Greek historian |
| Skeptic | someone who doubts accepted ideas |
| Terracing | low walls on hillsides for farming |
