Social Studies Ch. 5 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Macedonia
A powerful kingdom north of Greece
Sophocles
One of the 3 most famous writers of Greek tragedies, use 3 actors instead of 1 or 2
Sophist
Professional teachers in Ancient Greece, that travel city to city teaching others
Myth
Traditional stories about Greek gods or goddesses about gods and heros
Hellenistic Era
Was marked by Alexander’s conquest, means “like the Greeks”, and refers to non-Greek language and ideas
Mount Olympus
The highest mountain in Greece and where the 12 most famous gods and goddess lived
Alexander
Commander of Macedonian Army and became king at age 20
Phythadoras
A Greek philosopher that believed all relationships could be expressed through numbers
Stoics
Believed happiness came from doing your duties not emotions, and thought people had to do duties to serve their city
Thucydides
Fought the Peloponnesian War and wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War
Archimedes
Most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era, figured out PI, and invented weapons and catapults
Vote government should be headed by philosopher kings
Plato
Alexander the Great
Son of Philip II and left the legacy and started the Hellenistic Era
Rituals
Centered their gods by praying for them and giving them gifts, and believed when people died they went into the glumly underworld
Ways Philip II got Greeks cities to join him
Took some cities by force and some he bribed
Euclid
The most famous Greek philosopher wrote the book Elements focusing on Plane Geometry
Macedonian who loved Greek culture
Philip II
The Lliad
One of the first Greek epics of early Greece written by Homer
Athena
Child of Zeus, goddess of wisdom, and protector of cities
Herodotus
Known as the father of history that wrote the history of the Persian Wars
