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41 Cards in this Set
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Socrates
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not much about his personal life
writings of his students series of questions (Socratic Method) |
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Plato
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writings of his own (especially government)
believed that only philosophers should rule/govern philosopher's education now more formal |
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Aristole
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emphasis on reason and logic
studied the nature of the world around him tutored Alexander the Great |
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Iliad
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Story of Achilles and Hector
Last year of the war Basis for education |
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Odyssey
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Odysseus's 10 years at sea
Heroes Basis for education |
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Types of poetry
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Descriptive
Lyric (deals with emotions and desires) |
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Herodotus
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Major events
Some incorrect Wrote about the history of the Persian Wars |
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Thucydides
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Peloponnesian War
Credible sources |
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Xenophon
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described famous men
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Types of Drama
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Tragedy (focuses on hardships faced by Greek heroes)
Comedy (humorous(?) |
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Great temple built at the acropolis at the city's center
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Parthenon
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Sculpture
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human form
no flaws few remain (most knowledge from replicas built by Romans) |
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Reason
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clear and ordered thinking
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Logic
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the process of making inferences
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philosophia
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the love of wisdom
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Archimedes
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amazing inventor
built a compound pulley that could lift heavy loads discovered that the displacement of water can be used to measure water |
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Alexander the Great's father
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Philip II
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Philip II's son
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Alexander the Great
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Euclid
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lived in Egypt
formulated many ideas about geometry |
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Eratosthenes
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calculated size of the world
Earth is round |
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Hellenistic
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culture combined elements of Greek civilization with ideas from Persia, Egypt, Central Asia, and other regions
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Polis
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city-state
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Acropolis
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a typical polis built around a high area
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Agora
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marketplace
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Hoplite
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foot soldiers
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Phalanx
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a tight rectangle formation in which soldiers held long spears out ahead of a wall of shields
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Democracy
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a form of government run by the people
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Aristocracy
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government by the nobility or by a privileged upper class
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Helots
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state slaves
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Archon
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an elected official who served as the chief of state in Athens
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Tyrant
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a strongman who seized power by force and claimed to rule for the good of the people
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What caused the downfall of Athens?
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plague
political differences war with Spartan |
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How did Draco deal with civil unrest?
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reformed the city's laws (harsh punishment)
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What did Solon do to achieve reform?
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outlawed debt slavery
encouraged trade all men could govern rich could run for offices |
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What did Pisistratus do?
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he was a tyrant
pushed aristocrats out of office increased trade |
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What did Cleisthenes do?
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divided Athens into 10 tribes based on where you lived (these tribes became basis for elections)
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Where were the Minoans located?
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Knossos, Crete
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Why may have the Minoans disappeared?
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Volcanic eruption caused weather pattern changes/tidal wave(s)(?)
violent invasion from Greek mainland |
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Where did the gods and goddesses live?
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Mt. Olympus
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Peloponnesian War
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Athens and Sparta struggled for domiance
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Who built the Parthenon?
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Pericles
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