Greece Vocab Flashcards
(22 cards)
Politics
They art and practice of government
Polis
A city-state
Acropolis
A high city
Democracy
A political system in which the people rule
Direct democracy
A political system in which citizens participate directly in decision making
Representative democracy
A political system in which citizens elect others to represent them in the government
Citizens
Members of the city state who hold legal rights
Odyssey
An epic poem that describes the adventures of the Greek soldier and hero odysseus on his journey home after the war
Homer
A poet who wrote odyssey and Iliad
Iliad
An epic poem that tells events during the Trojan war but stops before the Greeks victory
Aesop’s fables
Fables written by Aesop that teaches a moral lesson
Oracle
Someone who predicts what will happen in the future
Phalanx
A formation of heavily armed foot soldiers together as a unit
Socratic method
A form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to make them think more clearly
Hellenistic
The form of Greek culture that emerged after Alexander’s conquest
Artistocracy
A hereditary class of rich people who rule land and stuff
Oligarchy
A type of government where political power is held by a small group of people
Tyrannies
Governments run by a strong ruler; they use an unjust rule of power
Juries
Made up of citizens; served in the court and decided cases by majority vote
Minoans
A highly Advanced civilization that had a writing system; inhabitants of Crete
Mycenaeans
A civilization that was governed by a monarchy; they were the first greeks
Mythology
The collection of myths and stories that tell people about their gods and heroes
