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lis
acropolis- a hill or high, defensible part of a city

http://pixshark.com/ancient-greekmarketplace-agora.htm
agora- the marketplace of ancient Greek cities

http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/Alexande
rtheGreat.html
Alexander the Great- Son of Macedonian king named Philip II

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fairprojects/project_ideas/Aero_p044.shtml
Archimedes- made many advances in technology during the Hellenistic age

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon
archon- elected official who served as the chief of state in Athens

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/34560/Aristotle
Aristotle- the third of the great Athenian philosophers

https://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/early-greekhistory/deck/6189835
Cleisthenes- a reformer who took over Athens after Peisistratus died

http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?
campaignid=demo2010
democracy government by the people

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy
direct democracy- where citizens themselves vote in government

https://www.childrensmuseum.org/legacygames/cosmicquest/ancient.html
Eratosthenes- man whom was best known for calculating the size of the world

http://www.storyofmathematics.com/hellenistic_euclid.html
Euclid- a scholar who formulated many ideas of geometry

http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/ch
apters/051clasgk.htm
Hellenistic- the new civilization of Alexander the Great

http://www.weblearneng.com/helot
helots- state slaves

http://classicalanthology.theclassicslibrary.com/greekprose/herodotus/
Herodotus- the first major writer of history in Greece

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer
Homer- best scoring hit in baseball

http://www.strategietotale.com/forum/42-autresguerres-aspects-antiques/131067-le-combat-d-hoplites-pas-de-tactique
hoplites- Foot soldiers

http://mythphile.hubpages.com/hub/greek-mythology-quizhubris
hubris- excessive pride and arrogance

https://morethansweetpotatoes.wordpress.com/2014/10/0
6/i-know-that-you-will-catch-me-when-i-fall/
logic- science or study of reasoning principles

http://www1.union.edu/wareht/lyric/
lyric poetry- poems that deals with emotions and desires

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericles
Pericles- a skilled politician who was responsible of the rebuilding of Athens

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comment
s/2yt7b6/when_and_why_did_the_greek_phalanx_fall_out_of/
phalanx- a platoon

http://www.celebritytypes.com/quotes/plato.php
Plato- Socrates' student who also became a great philosopher

http://www.slideshare.net/joseklo/ancient-greecevocabulary-actions-42110213
polis- city-state in ancient Greece

https://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/clas/newstudents/gr
eek_top10/
reason- to argue by appealing to someone's intellect

http://honza.ca/socrates/
Socrates- first of the great Athenian philosophers

http://atlantisforschung.de/index.php?title=Solon
Solon- a law maker over turning Draco's harshest laws

http://study.com/academy/lesson/greek-historian-thucydidesbiography-histories-speeches.html
Thucydides- a second major historian

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Periander-Greek-TyrantPosters_i10053933_.htm
tyrant- a person in power that rules harshly

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