WORLD HISTORY QUIZ 1
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- helot
- One of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, neither a slave nor a free citizen.
- democracy
- government by the people
- tyrant
- people who gained power by force
- legislature
- law making body
- alliance
- A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes
- direct democracy
- under this system, a large number of citizens take direct part in the day to day affairs of government
- stipend
- fixed salary
- jury
- panel of citizens who have the authority to make the final judgement in a trial
- ostracism
- sending away a public figure who is seen as a threat to a democracy
- logic
- rational thinking
- rhetoric
- the art of skillful speaking
- tragedy
- plays that told stories of human suffering that usually ended in disaster
- comedy
- humorous plays that mocked people or customs
- sparta
- nation of soldiers: 2 kings and a council of elders. looked down on trade and wealth, forbade their own citizens to travel, and had little use for new ideas or the arts
- athens
- a limited democracy: noble landowners held power and chose the chief officials. only males could participate in government, women had no share of public life
- solon's reforms
- appointed archon in 594 BCE. outlawed debt slavery and freed those who already been sold into slavery for debt. opened high offices to more citizens, granted citizenship to some foreigners and gave the athenian assembly more say in important decisions. introduced economic reforms
- Polis
- A city-state of ancient Greece.
- monarchy
- a government in which a king or queen exercises central power
- aristocracy
- rule by a landholding elite
- oligarchy
- power is in the hands of a small powerful elite usually from the business class
- phalanx
- massive formation of heavily armed foot soldiers
- Trojan war
- 1250 BCE: may have had its origins in economic rivalry between Mycenae and Troy. troy controlled the vital straits that connect the mediterranean and the black seas. However, greek legened attributes the war to tge judbaooubg if helen
- age of homer
- Iliad, Odyssey. according to tradition, homer was a blind poet who wandered from village to village singing of heroic deeds. the epics reveal much about the values of the ancient greeks. the heroes display honor courage and eloquence
- persian wars
- ionian greeks rebelled against persian rule. persians crushed the rebel cities, darius sent force to punish athens, persians retreated to ships because of athenian assault. xerxes sent force to conquer greece. persians defeated spartans and marched south and burned athens. greeks defeated the persians on land in asia minor. increased greeks sense of uniqueness athens was most powerful city state