G1U5 Vocab: Greece and Rome

Govt when citizens participate in the everyday affairs of govt rather than by elected reps

• Direct Democracy
• Republic
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

Highest and most fortified point within a Greek city-state

• Acropolis
• Polis
• Parthenon
• Aqueduct

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Government headed by a privileged minority or upper class

• Aristocracy
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Dictator

In ancient Greece, a play that mocked people or social customs

• Comedy
• Tragedy
• Hellenistic
• Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Government in which people hold ruling power

• Democracy
• Direct Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Aristocracy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In ancient Greece, a play that focused on human suffering and very often ended in disaster

• Tragedy
• Comedy
• Socratic Method
• Parthenon

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A series of questions to help man discover truth and self-knowledge

• Socratic Method
• Comedy
• Tragedy
• Hellenistic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

City-state in ancient Greece

• Polis
• Acropolis
• Parthenon
• Legion

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A culture that blended customs from Greece, Persia, Egypt and India

• Hellenistic
• Aristocracy
• Plebian
• Consul

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Government in which a king or queen exercises central power

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy
• Dictator