Greeks, Democracy, and going over vocab words

Notes:
-Greeks invented:
  1. Democracy
  2. Theatre
  3. Came up with "big questions"

-Talked abut if our country is a true democracy:
 1. No; we are a republic
 2. Pledge of Allegiance "And to the REPUBLIC..."

-Syria
 1. Leader in Syria is using chemicals to kill their own people
 2. Obama is asking congress to vote on what to do about it

-Went over vocab
 1. Arete: "excellence"
 2. Polis: City-states (ex: Athens and Sparta) They didn't consider themselves all Greeks. They considered themselves whatever their city-state was.
 3. Agora: Place where people met
 4.The Year of 508BC: Year they overthrew their government***
 5. Socrates: Questioned everything and always asked "why"