Chapter 4 Study Guide: Ancient Greece

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering key historical figures, terminology, leagues, conflicts, and concepts from Chapter 4 Ancient Greek history.

Alexander the great

Leader who spread Greek culture across the Ancient Near East.

Judas macabee

Figure known as "The Hammer."

Xerxes

Darius’s son who continued the conquest of Greece.

Cylon

Individual who attempted to take over the government in a coup d’etat.

Draco

Established the first Athenian law code.

Themistocles

Athenian politician and general who invested in a navy.

Pericles

Leader who paid citizens to attend dramas.

Alcibiades

Individual who betrayed Athens by siding with Sparta while in Sicily.

Cleisthenes

Established Athenian democracy.

Mythology

Played a dominant role in forming Greek culture.

Stoics

Taught that the affairs of men and the universe were ordered by fixed laws, and that man must accept fate and live a life of duty and self-control.

peridodotus

Historian who allowed myths and exaggeration to influence his writing of Greek history.

Plato

The most famous pupil of Socrates.

Homer

The author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Sparta

The city-state that won the Peloponnesian War, characterized by an oligarchic government.

Comedy and Tragedies

The two forms of Greek drama.

Epicurean and Stoic philosophers

Philosophic groups with whom the apostle Paul came into conflict during his visit to Athens.

Platea

The battle site of the final defeat of the Persians in Greece.

Zeus

"King of gods" who ruled Mount Olympus.

The breakdown of government and order

Too much liberty and freedom without restraint often leading to anarchy

Helanistic

Term meaning "like the Greek."

Democracy

Rule by the people.

Oligarchy

Rule by a few; the classification of Sparta’s government.

Polis

The basic political unit of Greece.

Archaic age

The historical era in which city-states like Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and Delphi arose.

Delian League

A defensive alliance formed among Greek city-states to protect against any further Persian attacks.

Peloponnesian League

An organization designed to protect against foreign invasion and prevent tyranny and democracy.

Athens

The city-state that became the leading power of Greece as a result of the Persian War.

Peloponnesian War

War that developed from a rivalry between Athens and Sparta.

Hannukah

The celebration commemorating the rededication of the temple.

Sparta’s government would be classified as what?

oligarchy