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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Chpt 6: Ancient Greece

by: Libby Schaaf

peninsula

- an area of land almost completely surrounded by water
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harbor

- a sheltered place along a coast used to protect boats/ships
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Attica Peninsula

-a peninsula in east-central Greece on the Aegean Sea
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Peloponnesus Peninsula

- a mountainous peninsula in southern Greece
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polis

- a city-state in ancient Greece 
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acropolis

- a large hill in ancient Greece where city residents sought safety 
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agora

- a central area in Greek cities used as a marketplace and meeting place

commodity

- something that can be bought and sold
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citizen

- a person with rights and responsibilities in their community

monarchy

- a government ruled by a king or queen
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oligarchy

-a type of government in which a small group of people control decisions

democracy

- a system of government where citizens vote to make descisions

epic

- a long poem that tells a legend of heroes
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Homer

- An ancient Greece poet
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SPARTA

-THE LARGEST ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATE

ATHENS

- FOR MANY YEARS THE MOST POWERFUL GREEK CITY-STATE, CAPITAL OF GREECE TODAY
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ASSEMBLY

- A LAW-MAKING BODY OF GOVERNMENT MADE UP BY A GROUP OF CITIZENS

JURY

-A GROUP OF CITIZENS CHOSEN TO HEAR EVIDENCE AND MAKE DECISION
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PHILOSOPHY

- THE STUDY OF OR SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND WISDOM, ECT.

PELOPONNESIAN WAR

- A WAR FOUGHT BETWEEN ATHENS AND SPARTA IN THE 400S B.C.

MT. OLYMPUS

- THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN GREECE
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PHALANXES

- A MACEDONIAN BATTLE FORMATION OF INFANTRY
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ORATOR

- A PERSON WHO IS A SKILLED PUBLIC SPEAKER

PERICLES

- Athenian leader who made sure all citizens took part in government
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Socrates

- Greek philosopher who discussed laws, customs, Ect. with students
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Plato

-Greek philosopher and student of Socrates
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Phillip the 2nd

-King of macedonia, father of Alexander the great
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Parthenon

- a temple to the goddess Athena

Macedonia

- an ancient kingdom which conquered Greece and the Persian Empire
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Hellenism

- a culture that was a blend of ideas and traditions
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Alexander

- KIng of Macedonia
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Aristotle

-Greek philosopher, private teacher of Alexander