Today we finished up the last presentation and started working on new stuff. we took notes in our text book and answered questions on the notes we took. here are the questions and answers.
1)Direct democracy
a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives
Classical Art
Values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion
Tragedy
a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal. They featured a main character, or tragic hero.
Comedy
contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor. Playwrights often made fun of politics and respected people and ideas of the time
Peloponnesian War
between the two city-states Athens and Sparta
Philosopher
Great thinkers...they were determined to seek the truth, not matter where the search led them. It means lovers of wisdom.
Socrates
he believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice. However, he encouraged Greeks to go farther and question themselves and their moral character.
Plato
A student of Socrates....he taught the idea of a perfectly governed society
3) Pericles increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries to help strengthen the democracy in athens.
4) Athens avoided battles on land considering they had a very strong navy and Sparta attacked on land and burned Athens food supply.
5) I think some people found it so disturbing because they never had to question their own morals.
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