April 4

Today in class if we had finished our first assignment we were told to do page: 142-145 and the questions: 1,3,4,5 on 145 in our textbook along with taking notes and putting all of it on our blog for that day.

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 

•comedy - scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor 

•Peloponnesian war - war between Athens and Sparta  

•philosopher - great thinkers who sought the truth  

•socrates - believed that absolute standards existed for truth and justice 

•plato - wrote The Republic and envisioned a perfect society 

•Aristotle - questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge 

3. Pericles increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries in order to increase democracy. This allowed Athens to have more citizens participating in self-government.

4. The Athenians' battle strategy was to avoid land battles with the Spartans and wait to strike them from the sea. The Spartans' battle strategy was that they had the stronger army and their inland location prevented them from being easily attacked by the sea.

5. Some Athenians might have found the ideas of Socrates disturbing because he believed that standards existed for truth and justice, and he encouraged Greeks to question their character and what they believed, which was unusual for someone to do back in Greek times.