Chapter Three Flashcards

(30 cards)

1
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outraged the athenian assembly who rejected it

A

this act of “submission”

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2
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the persian force was decisively defeated by the athenians but the ______, ending persian efforts for the time being

A

battle of marathon

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3
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Themistocles

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use silver from a publicly owned mine to expand the navy

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4
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tasked with avenging his fathers lone defeat at the hand of the greeks

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xerxes I

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5
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31 greek city-states formed a coalition called the _____ to resist the persian invasion

A

hellenic league

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6
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the coalition to be led by the

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spartan king leonidas I

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7
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reasons for greek victory

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•greeks had better and more farsighted commanders
•better armor and warships, that were more effective in close combat
•the military alliance that united against a common enemy to preserve their political freedom

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8
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controlled by Athens and consisted of some 300 city-states

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delian league

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9
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controlled by sparta and consisted of over 50 city-states

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peloponnesian league

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10
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slave of athenian society

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40%

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11
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the increase in athenian naval power

A

promoted the development of a wider democracy at home but it undermined

the democracy of the delian league

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12
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radical democracy introduced reforms that challenged traditional understandings of society

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expand participation to the masses yet reserve aspect leadership to the elite

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13
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pericles, citizenship law

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  • restricted athenian citizenship to those whose parents were both born in athens

law increased the status and desirability of athenian women

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14
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A covered walkway or portico offering a protective atmosphere usually located on the edge of the agora

A

stoa

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15
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agora

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The central market square

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16
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Competitive intellectuals traveling educators who charged a fee to supplement the limited education that most wealthy young male citizens received

17
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Sophists taught
was one of the most attractive aspects of sophists

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above all rhetoric

18
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The father of relativisms

19
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Socrates was the first Philosopher to make

the main focus of his teachings

A

Ethics and morality

20
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Teaching style was a series of relentless questioning

A

Socratic Method

21
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Father of Western Medicine

22
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Considered the Father of history

23
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Violent arrogance that, according to the Greeks, drove the competitive spirit to excess

24
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Causes of the War

A

The Spartans were fearful of Athens growing imperial ambitions

and the aggressiveness with which Athens dominated the Delian League

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The Athenian Strategy
1. Win a war of attrition using their superior wealth of resources 2. Avoid the superior Spartan land army
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Upon Pericles death, an Athenian Statesman
Cleon
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Following the destruction of the Sicilian Expedition
Much of Ionia rose in revolt against Athens The Syracusans sent their fleet to the peloponneisans The Persians decided to support the Spartans with money and ships
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Spartans spare Athens, tear down the long walls, and install an oligarchy of Athenian citizens called
The thirty tyrants
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The new regime determined to settle the internal strife (desire for revenge) that threatening to tear Athens apart issued first known In western history
Amnesty
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After the war Athens found itself right back where it started in 500 BC
Fearful of Sparta, and worried whether the worlds first democracy could survive