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Social Studies
7th Grade
10/03/2013

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Term
Democracy
Definition
People rule
Term
Tyranny
Definition
One person rules
Term
Oligarchy
Definition
Rule of the few
Term
Anarchy
Definition
No ruler
Term
archaeology/ archaeologist
Definition
The study of man made objects that represent a certain time period of time or culture/ someone who studies that
Term
Artifact
Definition
A man made object representing a culture from a specific period of time
Term
Minoan
Definition
related to the ancient civilization of Crete, dating
from 3000-1100BCE
Term
Crete
Definition
a Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea, southeast
of mainland Greece
Term
Sir Arthur Evans
Definition
a British archaeologist famous for
finding the palace at Knossos on the island of Crete, and
exploring and naming the Minoan civilization
Term
Troy
Definition
A city in modern day
Turkey. Once a Greek citystate and the location of
the Trojan War
Term
Heinrich Shliemann
Definition
A German archaeologist,
famous for discovering the
location and treasures from
the epic Trojan War
Term
Homer
Definition
A bard who told the famous stories of the Iliad and the Oddysey
Term
Iliad and oddysey
Definition
Two epic poems about the Trojan war and the travels of Odysseus told by Homer
Term
Persia
Definition
The greatest empire in the
world at the time of the
Persian Wars.
Term
Sparta
Definition
A Greek city-state that
trained individual warriors
Term
Leonidas
Definition
The King of Sparta.
Term
Themistocles
Definition
A Greek commoner who comes to
power in the citizen assembly. He
suggests how Athens should fight the
Persians
Term
Hellespont
Definition
Fiery gates, battle of 300
Term
Athens
Definition
A Greek city-state known for
its art, culture and democracy
Term
Peloponnesian War
Definition
A twenty-seven year war (431-404 BCE) fought between the Athenians, Spartans and other Greek city-states.
Term
Plague
Definition
a sickness that spreads quickly.
Term
Pericles
Definition
an Athenian leader during the Golden Age.
Term
Thucydides
Definition
an Athenian historian who wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War.
Term
Delian league
Definition
an alliance between city-states, led by Athens
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