Unit 7B Vocabulary

Unit 7B Social Studies Vocabulary

22 words

Conquest

​A territory that has been gained by the use of subjection and military force.

Delian League

Athens formed the Delian League and became the strongest member.

Peloponnesian War

the Athenians began treating the other city-states like subjects and began forming an Athenian Empire

Macedonia

A kingdom in Greek antiquity

Poll

What is the meaning of CONQUEST??

• A. A territory that has been gained by the use of subjection and military force

• B. Were originally held to honor and pay tribute to Zeus

​Alexander the Great

​Was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

Polytheism

Gods had humanlike qualities and controlled the world deities

Deities

a god or goddess

​Olympics

​Were originally held to honor and pay tribute Zeus

​Epic

​A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation

​Homer

​Wrote the IIiad and the Odessey to show how the Gods interacted with humans

​IIiad

​The IIiad is an epic poem that tells the final year of the 10-yr Trojan War where Greek city-states besiege Troy in order to regain Helen, the wife of Menelaus (King of Sparta)

​Odyssey

​The poem is the story of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, who wanders for 10yrs trying to get home after the Trojan War.

(although the action of the poem covers only the final 6 weeks)

​Philosophy

​A theory or attitude held by a person or organization that acts as a guiding principle for behavior

​Socrates

​He wanted people to question their beliefs. He was arrested and condemned to death for challenging authority

​Socratic Method

​Teaching style was based on asking questions

Plato

​Plato started a school in Athens called the Academy and wrote The Republic , which describes an ideal society run by philosophers

​Aristotle

​He taught that people should live lives of moderation and use reason in their lives

​Acropolis

​Hilltop fortress in Athens

​Parthenon

Originally built as a temple to the goddess Athena for which the city is Named

​Fortress

​A military stronghold, especially strongly fortified town fit for a large garrison

​Cultural Diffusion

The spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures

​Hellenistic

​Relating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian in 31 BC

​Unification

The process of being united or made whole