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  • What are the three architectural orders?
    the doric, the ionic, and the cornithian order
  • What was an oracle?
    someone who asked the gods to predict the future.
  • What jobs did non citizens have?
    merchants, craftsmen, and slaves. They could not own land
  • what are the three periods of ancient greek history?
    the archaic, the classical, and the hellenistic.
  • What is a deed?
    something someone did that can be very good or very bad.
  • Who was Phillip 2?
    the king of macedon who managed to conquer greece.
  • What are the two main geological characteristics of ancient greece?
    It was close to the sea and mounttainous
  • What were the poleis?
    The independent city states that made up ancient greece
  • what was the opisthodomos?
    the room in a temple where offerings and treasure were kept.
  • What were the hellenistic monarchies?
    the monarchies that formed after the death of alexander the great.
  • Who was a citizen in ancient greece?
    men whose parents were born in the same polis
  • Name some greek gods
    Zeus, hera, hades, posiden, hermes, apollo, artemis.
  • What is an oligarchy?
    a system where only a small number of people have political power
  • What role did women have in political life in ancient greece?
    women were excluded from political life.
  • What is rational thinking?
    explaining the world around you with science and logic, rather than religion
  • What is an agora?
    an agora is an open air square used for markets, political meetings, and social life
  • what is a myth?
    a story about gods or heroes.
  • Name the locations of some greek colonies.
    modern italy, spain, france, and turkey, north africa, ukraine.
  • What is the acropolis of athen?
    an acropolis with some of the most important temples: the parthenon, the erechtheion, and the temple of athena nike
  • What are tragedies and comedies?
    Tragedies are plays with sad endings, comedies are plays with happy endings.
  • What are the three periods of greek sculpture?
    archaic, classical, and hellenistic
  • What was the Ecclesia?
    the athenian assembly that debated issues and voted on laws.
  • What is the delian league?
    The delian league was a league formed by athens in order to prevent persian attacks.
  • What was education like in ancient greece?
    athenians used private tutors, spartans had state education
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