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Ancient Greece Vocabulary Hunt
These words WILL BE on your vocabulary quiz:
Mythology - Stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
Democracy - A type of government in which people rule themselves
Hippocrates - Greek doctor/physician who was very important and influential
Sparta - A city-state within Greece. It is known for having a strong army
Pericles - Influential Greek official and general during Greece’s Golden Age
Tyranny - A style of government that the leader has invaded and taken over control of the land and people
Homer - Legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Socrates - A Greek philosopher who used doubt and questioning to challenge leaders of Greece: believe d in the Socratic method of questioning
Aristotle - A Greek philosopher who was the student of Plato and the teacher of Alexander the Great; believed in science and reason
Oligarchy - A government in which only a few people, at the top, have power
Plato - Greek philosopher who was the student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle; believed in the wisest people ruling the people
Athens - A city-state within Greece. It is known for education and philosophy
Alexander the Great - A leader of Greece. He is known for conquering other lands and spreading Greek Culture
Peloponnesian War - A war between Athens and Sparta in the 400s BC
Polis - Greek word for city-state
Acropolis - High hill upon which a Greek fortress was built
Aristocrats - Rich land owners or nobles in Greek Society
Peninsula - Area of land that is surrounded on 3 sides by water
Euclid - Greek mathematician, often referred to as the “founder of geometry”
Agora - A central public place, like a market, in ancient Greek city-states
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The following words WILL NOT BE on your Quiz
Persian Wars - A series of wars between Persia and Greece in the 400s BC
Phalanx - Group of warriors who stood close together in a square
Aristocracy - Government that is made up of a small group of people from the highest social class in a society
Citizens - A person who has the right to participate in the government
Hellenistic - Greek like; heavily influenced by Greek ideas
Mythology - Stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
Democracy - A type of government in which people rule themselves
Hippocrates - Greek doctor/physician who was very important and influential
Sparta - A city-state within Greece. It is known for having a strong army
Pericles - Influential Greek official and general during Greece’s Golden Age
Tyranny - A style of government that the leader has invaded and taken over control of the land and people
Homer - Legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Socrates - A Greek philosopher who used doubt and questioning to challenge leaders of Greece: believe d in the Socratic method of questioning
Aristotle - A Greek philosopher who was the student of Plato and the teacher of Alexander the Great; believed in science and reason
Oligarchy - A government in which only a few people, at the top, have power
Plato - Greek philosopher who was the student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle; believed in the wisest people ruling the people
Athens - A city-state within Greece. It is known for education and philosophy
Alexander the Great - A leader of Greece. He is known for conquering other lands and spreading Greek Culture
Peloponnesian War - A war between Athens and Sparta in the 400s BC
Polis - Greek word for city-state
Acropolis - High hill upon which a Greek fortress was built
Aristocrats - Rich land owners or nobles in Greek Society
Peninsula - Area of land that is surrounded on 3 sides by water
Euclid - Greek mathematician, often referred to as the “founder of geometry”
Agora - A central public place, like a market, in ancient Greek city-states
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The following words WILL NOT BE on your Quiz
Persian Wars - A series of wars between Persia and Greece in the 400s BC
Phalanx - Group of warriors who stood close together in a square
Aristocracy - Government that is made up of a small group of people from the highest social class in a society
Citizens - A person who has the right to participate in the government
Hellenistic - Greek like; heavily influenced by Greek ideas
Ancient Greece Performance Task Essential Questions
Directions: Each day you will have a different assignment related to Greece. At the end of each assignment there is an essential question. You will answer the essential question according to the directions and submit your response for a formal grade. There are 5 performance tasks, 5 essential questions/answers - each one is 10 points...5 tasks x 10 points = 50 points FORMAL
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Your essential question answers are based on several topics or performance tasks. Use the buttons below to explore the different performance tasks. Each task has a set of directions that you should follow. They also match up to particular page numbers in your textbook (which you can find linked above)