Ancient Greece

Question 1

What does Acropolis mean

Answer 1

the name for the fortified hill of an ancient greek city

Question 2

what is a city-state

Answer 2

community structure of ancient Greece

Question 3

what is a philosopher

Answer 3

people who belied that people could use the powers of the mind and reason to understand natural events

Question 4

what is a tribute

Answer 4

a regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one

Question 5

what is hellenistic

Answer 5

describes greek history and culture after the death of alexander the great

Question 6

what is a peninusula

Answer 6

an action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off its supplies

Question 7

what is an aristocrat

Answer 7

members of rich and powerful families

Question 8

what is a democracy

Answer 8

a form of government in which citizens govern themselves

Question 9

what is an agora

Answer 9

public markets and meeting places

Question 10

what did the greeks to for transportation since they lived on a peninsula

Answer 10

they sailed

Question 11

what was Greece isolated by

Answer 11

mountains and seas

Question 12

why was it hard to farm in greece

Answer 12

there were many mountains so there was little space to farm

Question 13

why was it hard to form a united comunity

Answer 13

because there were so many islands

Question 14

how many greek gods were there and who were they led by

Answer 14

12, led by Zeus

Question 16

who was apollo, what was he the god of

Answer 16

was the son of zeus. God of poetry and music

Question 17

who was athena, what was she the god of

Answer 17

daughter of Zeus, god of carats ad goddess who defended their people

Question 18

who was Poseidon, what was he the god of

Answer 18

Zeus’ son, god of the sea

Question 19

what did philosophers think of the gods

Answer 19

did not think they were good

Question 20

what was the golden age of Greece, what did they do, what was the year?

Answer 20

golden age was in Athens, lots of good art, democrats and philosophy in 479-431 BC

Question 21

what was the dark age of Greece, what happened to people, what was the year

Answer 21

after the trojan war, everyone moved, writing disappeared, resettled into villages near mountains in 1100-750 BC

Question 22

who was Socrates, what did he believe in

Answer 22

was a philosopher, discussed wisdom and goodness with people

Question 23

how did Socrates die

Answer 23

was killed from dishonoring the gods

Question 24

what did Aristotle believe in

Answer 24

reason should guide the pursuit to knowledge, and had a school

Question 25

what did plato believe in

Answer 25

thought society should be made of workers

Question 26

when was the peloponesion war

Answer 26

431 BC

Question 27

how long did the peloponesion war last

Answer 27

27 years

Question 28

who was the peloponesion war between and who won

Answer 28

between Athens and Sparta, sparta won

Question 29

what did Athens do after the war

Answer 29

was never a world leader after

Question 30

who was alexander the great what did he do

Answer 30

king of macadamia, had a very good army, established cities, never lost a battle

Question 31

go study the 2 sides to alexander the great

Answer 31

GO

Question 32

in Athens, who ran everything

Answer 32

men ran everything

Question 33

what power did woman hold in athens

Answer 33

no power

Question 34

how many slaves were in Athens

Answer 34

100,000

Question 35

what was important to Athens

Answer 35

arts and eductation

Question 36

was sparta a harsh civilization

Answer 36

yes girly girl they were

Question 37

what did Sparta value

Answer 37

war, every man was sent to war