Ancient Greece

Question 1

What was the impact of the Greek geography?

Answer 1

Rugged terrain led to the development of many different independent city-states

Question 2

What was the result of the isolation of the city states?

Answer 2

Each had their own culture and prevented unification

Question 3

What kind of trade did Greece have?

Answer 3

sea farers, traded with surrounding areas since they have limited agricultural resources (soil was poor)

Question 4

Who were the first to speak greek

Answer 4

Mycenae

Question 5

Who are the Mycenae

Answer 5

arose after the defeat of the minoans

Question 6

Who was Homer

Answer 6

wrote great stories about heroes and wars (Iliad and Odyssey)

Question 7

What was greek heroism

Answer 7

the willingness to fight and protect your family/firneds and to preserve honor for yourself and family

Question 8

Who were the main olympians

Answer 8

zeus- heavens
poseidon- sea
hades- underworld

Question 9

what was the purpose of mythology

Answer 9

• promote virtues
• prevent foolish behaviour
• explain nature

Question 10

Where did the city states come from

Answer 10

greeks became overcrowded and began to spread out and started new colonies

Question 11

what is a polis

Answer 11

a greek city state

Question 12

what is a acropolis

Answer 12

upper part of the city where the temples and public building were located

Question 13

what is an agora

Answer 13

open air market place

Question 14

What effect did the climate of greece have

Answer 14

allowed for people to be outdoors and have an active part in commerce and politics

Question 15

What are hoplites

Answer 15

foot soldiers

Question 16

what is a phalanx

Answer 16

hoplite battle unit

Question 17

What happened when trade increased

Answer 17

greece went from a barter economy to a money economy with coins

Question 18

What was the patron god of sparta

Answer 18

ares -war

Question 19

How did sparta expand

Answer 19

took over neighbors and made them slaves

Question 20

What were the people captured by spartans

Answer 20

helots

Question 21

at what age did a boy start his military training

Answer 21

7

Question 22

What was the spartan government

Answer 22

oligarchy , ephors and kings were elected each year and ephors kept order while the kings were leading armies

Question 23

What was the council of elders

Answer 23

law making body of sparta

Question 24

What was athens government

Answer 24

monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, democracy

Question 25

who was draco

Answer 25

codified laws of athens

Question 26

who was solon

Answer 26

cancelled debts for the poor and ended debt slavery

Question 27

who was the athenian assembly

Answer 27

passed laws after free and open debate

Question 28

what was the athenian economy based on

Answer 28

agriculture and trade

Question 29

What was the battle of marathon

Answer 29

``` persian empire took over Ionia, ionians revolted with help of athens darius became very angry and vowed to seek revenge greeks won battle of marathon to darius, unified city states ```

Question 30

what was the battle of thermopylae

Answer 30

persian army invaded but spartan bravery allowed for extra time for the athenians to escape burned athens persia won

Question 31

what was the battle of salamis

Answer 31

athenians moved to an island salamis | large persian ships could not maneuver in the waters and strong athenian navy destroyed them

Question 32

what was platea

Answer 32

final battle of the persian wars | greeks won

Question 33

what was the delian league

Answer 33

asserted power and built athenian empire

Question 34

who was pericles

Answer 34

brought a golden age in athens and believed hat all male citizens should take part in gov and made participation in gov accessible

Question 35

What was the peloponnesian war

Answer 35

greeks resented athenian domination so sparta created the pelponnesian league athens had a serious geographical disadvantage (sparta inland and navy couldnt do anything, plague killed a third of the population, and internal struggles) ended athenian greatness greece was left vulnerable

Question 36

who was the father of alexander

Answer 36

philip who was king of macedonia

Question 37

who is philip

Answer 37

conquered greek city states and united them

Question 38

who was alexander the great

Answer 38

kind of macedonia who was proclaimed a pharaoh (son of zeus) founded alexandria expanded empire all the way to the indus river adopted many customs and spread greek culture great military leader

Question 39

what were the two areas of greek theatre

Answer 39

comedy and tragedy

Question 40

who was aeschylus

Answer 40

greek playwright whose tragedies are the first known plays

Question 41

who is sophocles

Answer 41

greek tragic playwright | most famous play is oedipus the king

Question 42

wgi us arustiogabes

Answer 42

considered the father of comedy, wrote the frogs which used satire

Question 43

what is philosophy

Answer 43

an organized system of thought

Question 44

who is a philosopher

Answer 44

lover of wisdom

Question 45

what is a sophist

Answer 45

group of traveling teachers

Question 46

who was socrates

Answer 46

encouraged people to examine their own beliefs and idea socratic method was put on trial for corrupting the city's youth and failed to respect the gods

Question 47

who was plato

Answer 47

student of socrates established the academy emphasized the importance of reason wrote the republic (ideal state)

Question 48

who was aristotle

Answer 48

student of plato believed that reason should be the guiding force for learning established the lyceum tutor of alexander the great

Question 49

who was herodotus

Answer 49

father of history

Question 50

who was thucydides

Answer 50

wrote first work of scientific history

Question 51

what was greek sculpture like

Answer 51

emphasized that everything should look perfect

Question 52

who was phidias

Answer 52

started the idealized style of sculpture | designed parthenon

Question 53

greek columns

Answer 53

doric, ionic, corinthian

Question 54

what was hellinistic sculpture

Answer 54

emphasized realism

Question 55

who was euclid

Answer 55

father of geometry

Question 56

who was pythagoras

Answer 56

pythagorean theorem

Question 57

who was hippocrates

Answer 57

father of medicine

Question 58

who was archimedes

Answer 58

greatest scientist and mathematician of ancient greece | discovered volume, area, levers, and pulleys

Question 59

what was epicureanism

Answer 59

eat, drink and be merry philosophy

Question 60

what was stoicism

Answer 60

teaches self control, fortitude, and detachment from distracting emotions