Ancient Greek Vocabulary

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The Socratic Method is

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Asking a series of questions that force people to think deeply about a problem

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A Direct Democracy is

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Political system in which citizens vote on issues directly

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The Acropolis is

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Defensible fortification in a Greek Polis

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An Oligarchy is

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The Rule of a few powerful individuals.

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The Delian League is

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when Greek city-states joined together under the leadership of Athens in an alliance.

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The Mycenaeans were

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A Greek people who were war-like, interacted with the Minoans and attacked the city of Troy.

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The Persian Wars were

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Wars between the Persian Empire and the Greeks from 500BCE to 479 BCE.

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Pericles was

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Considered one of Athen's greatest orators and politicians. He built the Parthenon.

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Plato was

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A Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates, he stated a school called the Academy.

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Herodotus is

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Considered the "Father of History" who was a Greek from Asia Minor who wrote about the Persian Wars.