What is the name for a group of citizens, rich or poor, who hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law?
Jury
What is the search for wisdom and the right way to live?
Philosophy
Who was the Greek teacher who questioned the city's laws, customs, and religion? He was brought to trial for urging Athens' young people to revolt and was sentenced to death.
Socrates
Who was born around 428 B. C. and wrote down Socrates' ideas and later became a famous teacher?
Plato
Ancient Greek writers, such as Sophocles, wrote _________ in which the main characters died and ______________ in which they did not.
tragedies; comedies
The Golden Age of Athens ended with the ______________ _____.
Peloponnesian War
During the Peloponnesian War, Pericles ordered the Athenians to
move inside the city walls
During the Peloponnesian War, Pericles ordered the Athenians to
move inside the city walls
Neither Athens nor Sparta could gain an advantage during the Pelooponnessian War. As the war dragged on, a ____________ broke out inside the city. Among the dead was Pericles.
plague
What kingdom to the north invaded Greece 50 years after the Peloponnesian War?
Macedonia
Who was the Macedonian king who desired to conquer all of Greece?
King Philip II
What is the name of the small units into which King Philip II organized his soldiers?
Phalanxes
What is an orator?
A person who is skilled in public speaking
Who was the Athenian orator who tried to warn the people about the danger posed by King Philip II of Macedonia? (He begged the Greeks to unite against King Philip, but only two city-states took him serously.)
Demosthenes
