Unit 3 - World History Vocab

Archimedes

I am a greek mathematician and physicist from ancient Sicily

Aristotle

I am an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath, teacher of Alexander the Great

Eratosthenes

I am a greek mathematician and geographer who became the chief librarian at the library of Alexandria

Herodotus

I am a greek historian and geographer from Halicarnassus, and I created the first narrative history

Homer

I am an ancient Greek poet known for creating the Iliad and the Odyssey

Pericles

I am a greek statesman in Athens known for strengthening its democracy

Phillip II

I am the King of Macedonia who united the Greek city-states

Plato

I am a Greek philosopher known for founding the Academy

Ptolemy

I am a Roman mathematician and astronomer most known for my geocentric model of the universe(earth in middle of solar system theory)

Pythagoras

I am an ancient Greek philosopher known for my Pythagorean theorem

Socrates

I am an Athenian philosopher most known for my Socratic method (teaching by asking questions)

Centralized

I am a government system where power and control is in a single authority

Patriarchal

I am a social structure where men hold most of the power

Bureaucratic

I am a system that focuses on following the rules

Satraps

I am the governor of a province in ancient Persia

Zoroastrianism

I am an ancient monotheistic religion in ancient Persia centered on the struggle between good and evil

Polis

I mean city in ancient Greek

Oligarchy

I am a form of government where power is in the hands of a small group of military officials

Monarchy

I am a form of government where a single king or queen hold the power and is passed down through family

Theocracy

I am a form of government ruled by religion

Direct Democracy

I am a form of government where citizens participate directly in the decision making of a nation

Helots

We are the slaves whose territory is ruled by the Spartans who make up majority of the Laconia and Messenia population

Sparta

I am an city-state in ancient Greece known for its warrior society

Athens

I am a Greek city-state known for its direct democracy which influenced America's modern republic known today

Civic Responsibility

I am the obligations a citizen has to their community and their society