ancient greece

Question 1

who were the myceneans

Answer 1

people who settles on greek mainland

Question 2

what was the trojan war

Answer 2

when the myceneans fought a 10 yr war against troy

Question 3

what were myths

Answer 3

traditional stories about greek gods

Question 4

why did nearness to the sea help greeks

Answer 4

it helped them develop because they became skilled sailors, which helped with trade, given their limited resources

Question 5

what did the myceneans develop from the minoans

Answer 5

seaborne trade, artistic designs, writing system, religion, politics, and literature

Question 6

why were the epics important

Answer 6

because rather than writing stories down, they were told by spoken word

Question 7

what was polis

Answer 7

a fundamental political unit in ancient greece

Question 8

acropolis

Answer 8

agora, marketplace, or hilltop where people discussed government

Question 9

monarchy

Answer 9

king ruled government

Question 10

aristocracy

Answer 10

government ruled by a small group of land owning families

Question 11

olarchy

Answer 11

government ruled by a few powerful people

Question 12

tyrants

Answer 12

rulers that appeal to the common people

Question 13

helots

Answer 13

peasants forced to stay on the land they worked on

Question 14

phalanx

Answer 14

fearsome formation

Question 15

persian wars

Answer 15

greece vs persian empire

Question 16

what did solon and cleisthenes organize

Answer 16

the citizens for the development of athenian democracy

Question 17

why did athens benefit in the persian wars

Answer 17

because the golden age began

Question 18

direct democracy

Answer 18

citizens rule directly

Question 19

classical art

Answer 19

portray ideal beauty not realism

Question 20

tragedy

Answer 20

a serious drama

Question 21

comedy

Answer 21

slapstick situations and crude humor

Question 22

peloponnesian war

Answer 22

athens vs sparta

Question 23

philosophers

Answer 23

“lovers of wisdom”

Question 24

socrates

Answer 24

believed in standards that exist for truth and justice

Question 25

plato

Answer 25

student of socrates

Question 26

aristotle

Answer 26

questioned the world’s nature

Question 27

what did pericles do to strengthen athen’s democracy

Answer 27

he increased the number of public officials who had paid salaries

Question 28

what were athen’s and sparta’s battle strategies

Answer 28

athens: avoiding land battles, striking from the sea
sparta: striking from land, burning athenian food supply

Question 29

phillip ii

Answer 29

king of macedonia - dreamed of control of greece

Question 30

macedonia

Answer 30

north of greece

Question 31

alexander the great

Answer 31

proclaimed himself kind and was considered great because of his many accomplishments

Question 32

darius iii

Answer 32

the persian king who raised a large army to crush invaders

Question 33

how was phillip ii able to conquer greece

Answer 33

by organizing his troops into phalanxes - he used this to break through enemy lines

Question 34

hellenistic

Answer 34

the blending of greek, egyptian, persian, and indian cultures

Question 35

alexandria

Answer 35

foremost center of commerce

Question 36

euclid

Answer 36

a high regarded mathematician

Question 37

archimedes

Answer 37

a hellenistic scientist

Question 38

collossus of rhodes

Answer 38

largest hellenistic statue