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Greece
1) Direct Democracy - A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives.
Classical Art - They wanted to portray ideal beauty, not realism. Their values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion became the standard.
Tragedy - A serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal. These dramas featured a main character, or tragic hero. A tragic flaw usually caused the hero's downfall.
Comedy - Scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor. Playwrights often made fun of politics and respected people and ideas of the time.
Peloponnesian War -A war between 2 city-states, Athens with the stronger navy, Sparta with the stronger army.
Philosopher - "Lovers of wisdom".
Socrates - A critic of Sophists, he believed in that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice.
Plato - A student of Socrates, he wrote his most famous work, The Republic.
Aristotle - A student of Plato, who questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge.
2) What steps did Pericles take to strengthen democracy in Athens? They increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries.
What were the battle strategies of Athens and Sparta in the Peloponnesian War? The spartans cut off the food supply and used their strong army to attack, and Athens used their strong navy but could not attack with them so far inland.
Why do you think some of the ideas of socrates so disturbing?
They did not believe what he had to say, the citizens believed he was corrupting their youth and neglecting the city's gods. They didn't understand Socrates so they didn't believe him, they were puzzled from what he said.
1) Direct Democracy - A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives.
Classical Art - They wanted to portray ideal beauty, not realism. Their values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion became the standard.
Tragedy - A serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal. These dramas featured a main character, or tragic hero. A tragic flaw usually caused the hero's downfall.
Comedy - Scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor. Playwrights often made fun of politics and respected people and ideas of the time.
Peloponnesian War -A war between 2 city-states, Athens with the stronger navy, Sparta with the stronger army.
Philosopher - "Lovers of wisdom".
Socrates - A critic of Sophists, he believed in that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice.
Plato - A student of Socrates, he wrote his most famous work, The Republic.
Aristotle - A student of Plato, who questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge.
2) What steps did Pericles take to strengthen democracy in Athens? They increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries.
What were the battle strategies of Athens and Sparta in the Peloponnesian War? The spartans cut off the food supply and used their strong army to attack, and Athens used their strong navy but could not attack with them so far inland.
Why do you think some of the ideas of socrates so disturbing?
They did not believe what he had to say, the citizens believed he was corrupting their youth and neglecting the city's gods. They didn't understand Socrates so they didn't believe him, they were puzzled from what he said.
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