Greece Vocab Cards Part 2-1 PDF
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This document contains a list of vocabulary words related to ancient Greece, including key figures and events. The document appears to be a study aid or a list of important terms for a class, potentially for higher secondary school students.
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | The Persian wars | United | | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Athens and | | | Sparta against the Persian Empire | | +===...
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | The Persian wars | United | | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Athens and | | | Sparta against the Persian Empire | | +===================================+===================================+ | The Greeks won which 2 battles | Marathon | | during the Persian wars? | | | | Salamis | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Thermopylae | Small mountain pass that | | | controlled all access into Greece | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | After the Persian Wars, Athens | Delian League | | formed a defensive alliance | | | called the- | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | War between Athens and Sparta | Peloponnesian War | | | | | -Lasted nearly 30 years | | | | | | -Ended the Golden Age of Pericles | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Competition between the Greek | Peloponnesian War | | city states of Athens and Sparta | | | caused the | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Famed sculptor of Athena Statue | Phidias | | in the Parthenon | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Father of History | Herodotus | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Pythagoras | Developed the Pythagorean Theorem | | | Geometry | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Socrates | Philosopher | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Euclid | Father of Geometry | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | Parthenon | | | | | | Located in Athens | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Hippocrates | Father of Medicine | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Plato | Philosopher | | | | | | Student of Socrates | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |  | Doric | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | Ionic | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |  | Corinthian | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Leader of Athens during the | Pericles | | Golden Age | | | | | | -Strengthened democracy | | | | | | -Glorified Athens | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Timeline of Greek Events | 1\. Persian Wars | | | | | | 2\. Golden Age | | | | | | 3\. Peloponnesian Wars | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Hellenistic civilization was a | Greek | | blend of which 4 cultures | | | | Egyptian | | | | | | Persian | | | | | | Indian | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | The Peloponnesian war weakened | Macedonia | | many city-states and allowed for | | | the conquest of Greece by- | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Father of Alexander the Great who | Phillip II | | conquered Greece | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Alexander the Great conquered | Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, | | | Persia | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
