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Chapter 10 Flashcards
City-States
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History
7th Grade
11/16/2017

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Helots
Definition
enslaved people
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Cleisthenes
Definition
noble who made the 1st democratic constitution
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Marathon
Definition
battle unexpectedly won by the Greeks
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agora
Definition
open-area marketplace
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polis
Definition
city-state
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aristocrats
Definition
nobles
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Pericles
Definition
1st citizen of Athens
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Nike
Definition
Greek goddess of victory
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Darius
Definition
Persian king who lost the Battle of Marathon
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acropolis
Definition
fortified hill
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Triremes
Definition
warships with 3 levels of rowers
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democracy
Definition
government favoring the equality of all people
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Xerxes
Definition
son of Darius who won the Battle of Thermopylae
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Thermopylae
Definition
battle in a narrow pass where 300 Spartans led a brave but losing fight
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magistrates
Definition
judges
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mercenaries
Definition
hired soldiers
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oligarchy
Definition
government in which a few people have ruling power
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ephors
Definition
managers (5) who ran Spartan public affairs
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constitution
Definition
set of principles and rules for governing
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perioeci
Definition
merchants and artisans BUT NOT citizens
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