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6 Hist Ch 8 BJU
Question | Answer |
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Aesop | Greek slave who wrote fables |
Aristotle | Greek philosopher who introduced the scientific method |
Athens | the men were educated and allowed to partcipate in the Assembly; the women were rarely seen in public and rarely worked outside the home |
Biblical truth-essay | the true God is holy and perfect; in the Old Testament, God required people to make sacrifices to Him as a symbol of man's greatest need; when Jesus died on the cross, He paid the sacrifice for all mankind |
ca. 500 BC | the classical age of Greece began |
consequence of the Peloponnsian War | Sparta took control of Greece for about 30 years; the spartan oligarchy was unpopular with the other city-states; Athens lost its democracy |
Euclid | author of the first geometry book |
events leading up to the Peloponnesian War | Athens formed an alliance with many city-states called the Delian League; Athens grew wealthier from collecting taxes and guarding the treasury; tension grew between Athens and Sparta |
fable | a story designed to teach a lesson |
Greek religious beliefs- essay | worshiped gods and goddesses who were very much like humans and just as sinful; believed that they needed the favor of the gods to accomplish the various tasks of life; to win the favor of the gods, the Greeks offered them sacrafices |
Hippocrates | Father of Medicine |
Holy Spirit | th Bible teaches that it is impossible to live a godly life without the power of this |
Homer | poet who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey |
Locate Athens, Crete, Ionion Sea, Peloponnesus and Sprarta on Map Look at p. 199 text book | Athens, Crete, Ionion Sea, Peloponnesus to the right of Sparta, Sparta |
monarchy | a government ruled by a king |
Muses | a group of nine goddesses who presided over the arts |
myth | a traditional story about gods and goddesses |
oligarchy | a government ruled by few people |
Plato | Greek philosopher who believed the spiritual world was superior to the physical world |
Socrates | Greek philosopher and teacher who asked his students thought-provoking questions |
Sparta | the whole society revolved around building and maintating its army; an oligarchy was this city-state's only type of government; the men were taught from a very young age to fight, steal, and protect themselves |
spread of Greek culture | brought a common language to the Western world |
tyrant | a ruler with absolute authority |
virtues | Greek philosophers and the Bible emphasize many of the same virtues |