Ancient Greece Ch. 6

Question 1

Upper City

Answer 1

Acropolis

Question 2

A member of a rich and powerful family

Answer 2

Aristocrat

Question 3

Ruler who took power by force

Answer 3

Tyrant

Question 4

Form of government where citizens govern themselves

Answer 4

Democracy

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Tribute

Question 6

Believed that people could use the powers of the mind and reason to understand natural events.

Answer 6

Philospher

Question 7

A type of serious drama that usually ends in disaster for the main character.

Answer 7

Tragedy

Question 8

Public Markets

Answer 8

Agora

Question 9

Widespread disease

Answer 9

the Plague

Question 10

An action taken to isolate an enemy and cut off it’s supplies

Answer 10

Blockade

Question 11

Wild, uncivilized people

Answer 11

Barbarian

Question 12

Murdered for political reasons

Answer 12

Assassinated

Question 13

What ended the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 13

The Spartans surrounded and closed the harbor so that they could not receive food shipments.

Question 14

True or False: Slaves were treated as members of the family

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or False: Spartans were best known for art & architecture

Answer 15

False: They were known for their skills in war

Question 16

Most of the labor in ancient Greek households was performed by: Slaves, Philosphers, Girls, Boys?

Answer 16

Slaves

Question 17

Why did ancient Greek communities think of themselves as seperate communities?

Answer 17

Geograhphical featrues seperated them from one another.

Question 18

The king of the gods & goddesses. Ruler of the sky & storms.

Answer 18

Zeus

Question 19

Son of Zeus, Handsome, young god of poetry and music.

Answer 19

Apollo

Question 20

Zeus’ wise daughter. Goddess of crafts

Answer 20

Athena

Question 21

What temple was built for Athena

Answer 21

Parthenon

Question 22

True of False: The women in Sparta were allowed to own land and take part in business?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

What did Alexander the Great do wherever he went?

Answer 23

Established cities.

Question 24

Hellenistic Cities were modeled after what cities?

Answer 24

Greek cities

Question 25

Euclid, a mathmetician started what branch of mathematics?

Answer 25

Geometry