#03 Terms (Greek) Practice

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A subdivision of the tribe and, at least theoretically, a kin grouping

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Phratry

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In class times a well-defined social group concerned with defining descent and citizenship.

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Phratry

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TorF. Every Athenian citizen family belong to a phratry.

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True.

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During the Mycenaean Age and Dark Ages, a parcel of land given to preeminent families. Name it

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Temenos

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In the Archaic Age and later this Greek word referred to the sacred land given to a god or a hero, with ans altar or other building.

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Temenos

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A free man forced by his poverty to hire himself out for wages (he owned no property).

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thes

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In Athens according to Solon's division of citizens the lowest class (give the plural).

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Thetes

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The term (it's Greek) describing the coming together of several smaller communities to form a larger political union.

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Synoecism

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this Greek term also referred to the actual movement of people from several communities into a new composite settlement. Give the term.

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Synoecism

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The larger tribes into which the demos was divided

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Phylai

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There were ten of these established by Cleithenes (give the Greek word).

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Phylai.

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Ionian communities had 4 of these; Dorians had three. What is their name?

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Phylai.

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Name the early 6th c BC reformer who divided Athenian citizens into four groups based on their income.

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Solon

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Name Solon's four classes of Athenian citizens.

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Pentakosiomedemnoi; Hippeis (Knights); (Zeugetai (could afford a team of oxen); the Thetes (those without property).

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The Greek word for a city or town

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Polis

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In the _____ th c BC the polis began to be a political community and its surrounding areas.

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8th c BC

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Greek cities were formed into city-states. In Greek, they were called _____

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Poleis (polis, sg).

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The standard form of the Greek warship in the classical period.

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Trireme.

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This warship was propelled by three banks of oars. Name it.

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Trireme.

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This warship used its bronze ram to ram rival warships. Name?

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Trireme.

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Name the island off which the Athenian navy defeated the Persian navy in 490 BC.

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Salamis

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The economic and political arrangements found in the Bronze Age kingdoms of the Near East and Greece.

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Redistributive System

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The agricultural and manufacturing system controlled from the center (=king), which passed out the resources it saw fit.

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Redistributive System

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This was the English for the the pro-Spartan puppet government set up in Athens (under Lysander) after the Athenians lost the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC.

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30 Tyrants

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This group of pro-Spartan tyrants murdered over 1,000 Athenians after Athens lost the Peloponnesian War.

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30 Tyrants.

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How long were "the Thirty" in power?

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About a year--the Athenian Democracy was brought back. Socrates was tried under the Democracy.

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This Archon was the "War Leader" --name him (a Greek word).

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Polemarch

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The Archon called the "polemarch" commanded the Greek army for about _____,

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A year.

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In 500 BC the Athenians established the strategoi, a group of generals selected from each of the phylai. They "marginalized" (i.e. made irrelevant) the Archon called, _____

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The Polemarch

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This was the title of the governors of the main territorial divisions of the Persian empire.

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Satrap

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This local Persian governor en joyed considerable Independence from the Persian King and he freely negotiated with the warring states. Name the title.

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satrap

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A "faction" or a group that took a decided political stand.

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Stasis

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The Greek for "the action of taking sides".

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Stasis

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at time _____ stasis meant bloodshed; so, in order to keep the city nonviolent, cities continually worked to minimize this condition. Name it.

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Stasis

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After the defeat at Syracuse (in Sicily) these ten men were set up to govern Athens. Name them.

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The ten probouloi.

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The tactical battle formation of a Greek military unit.

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Phalanx

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How many rows deep was a typical Phalanx?

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8 rows

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Under this general's direction the phalanx was deepened to 16 men, about 1500 men. the soldiers carried a short sword and a small round shield and a long pike.

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Phalanx

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The name for the long pike carried by the Macedonian pike men.

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sarissa

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A stone slab inscribed with a Greek text. Give the Greek name.

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Stele

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The Greek term for an illegal seizure and control of a polis by a single strongman.

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tyranny, tyrant

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When was tyranny popular in the Greek city-states?

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in the 7th-6th c BC.

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These men became involved in the politics of Athens during the 4th c BC. Name them (its a Greek word).

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Rhetores

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This word was often translated as "politicians"; it refers to politicians of the 4th c BC.

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Rhetores

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The itinerant intellectuals who taught and gave speeches during the 5th c BC. They received money for their services.

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Sophists

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Give the Greek name for the Ionian philosophers. It means, "the wise men".

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Sophoi

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Give the Greek name for a "military general"; in some city-states his was a military and political office (like Pericles).

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Strategos (strategoi)