Ancient Greece

Question 1

Mycenaeans

Answer 1

People who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.

Question 2

Trojan War

Answer 2

10 year war the Mycenaeans fought against Trot

Question 3

Dorians

Answer 3

A group of people less advanced than the Mycenaeans who moved into the was torn country side

Question 4

Homer

Answer 4

Blind storyteller

Question 5

Epics

Answer 5

narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds

Question 6

Myths

Answer 6

Traditional stories

Question 7

Polis

Answer 7

city-state

Question 8

Acropolis

Answer 8

marketplace on a fortified hilltop

Question 9

Monarchy

Answer 9

A king rules in a government

Question 10

Aristocracy

Answer 10

A government ruled by a small group

Question 11

Oligarchy

Answer 11

A government ruled by a few powerful people

Question 12

Tyrants

Answer 12

Powerful individuals who seized control of the government by appealing to the common people

Question 13

Democracy

Answer 13

Rule by the people

Question 14

Helots

Answer 14

Peasants forced to stay on the land they worked.

Question 15

Phalanx

Answer 15

Most powerful fighting force in the ancient world

Question 16

Persian War

Answer 16

10 year war between Greece and Persian Empire

Question 17

Direct Democracy

Answer 17

A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

Question 18

Classical Art

Answer 18

Harmony, order, balance, and proportion

Question 19

Tragedy

Answer 19

A serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal

Question 20

Comedy

Answer 20

Contains scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor

Question 21

Peloponnesian War

Answer 21

War between Athens and Sparta

Question 22

Philosophers

Answer 22

Lovers of wisdom

Question 23

Socrates

Answer 23

One critic of the sophists

Question 24

Plato

Answer 24

A student of Socrates

Question 25

Aristotle

Answer 25

Philosopher

Question 26

Philip II

Answer 26

A king who dreamed of taking control of Greece and then moving against Persia to seize its wast wealth

Question 27

Macedonia

Answer 27

A kingdom located north of Greece thats had rough terrain and a cold climate

Question 28

Alexander the Great

Answer 28

A king with lots of great accomplishments over 13 years

Question 29

Darius III

Answer 29

Persian king

Question 30

Hellenistic

Answer 30

When Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences

Question 31

Alexandria

Answer 31

Egyptian city that became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization

Question 32

Euclid

Answer 32

A highly regarded mathematician who taught in Alexandria

Question 33

Colossus of Rhodes

Answer 33

Largest known Hellenistic statue