Euro Civil Terms Exam #3

Democracy

A system of government were citizens vote Or participate in government

Homer

Blind storyteller

Myths

Traditional stories about their gods

Epics

Narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds

Polis

Greek word for city state or an independent city and it’s surrounding farmland

Pericles

Strengthen Athenian democracy, strengthen the empire, and glorified Athens

Direct democracy

Citizens directly not the representatives

Philip the second

King of Macedonia, Neighbor of north of Greece, conquered city states

Alexander, the great

Phillips son conquered Asia, responsible for spreading hellentheism

Reform

Making changes for improvement

Philosopher

Lovers of wisdom

Legislative

Make/pass the laws

Executive

Carry out the laws

Judicial

Settle disputes/arguments interpret laws

Hellenism

The spread and blending of Greek culture

Socrates

Question the government by saying why

Plato

Student of Socrates that also question the government also started the school called the Academy and put all his good work in the book called the republic

Aristotle

Student of Plato tutored Alex the great and Invented method for arguing using logic

Draco

Athenian Noble, that was the first to write laws of Athens

Solon

Rewrote Draco‘s laws and ended debt enslavement and limited owned land