World History Ch 5 KTQ

Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds, sometime between 750 and 700 B.C.

• 1. Myths

• 1. Epics

• 1. Dorians

• 1. Trojan War

1. People who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.

• 1. Tiryns

• 1. Thebes

• 1. Athens

• 1. Mycenaeans

The Greeks developed a rich set of _________, or traditional stories, about their gods.

• Myths

• Epics

• Dorians

• Trojan War

The fundamental political unit in ancient Greece.

• Monarchy

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Tyrants

The agora, or marketplace, or a fortified hilltop.

• Monarchy

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Tyrants

Powerful individuals, usually nobles or other wealthy citizens, sometimes seized control of the government by appealing to the common people for support.

• Monarchy

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Tyrants

A single person, called a king, ruled in a government.

• Monarchy

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Tyrants

A government ruled by a small group of nobles, landowning families.

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Acropolis

• Tyrants

A government ruled by a few powerful people.

• Monarchy

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Oligarchy

A government ruled by the people.

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Acropolis

• Democracy