Ancient Greece Test Flashcards
Why did the Athenians stay within their walled city during the Peloponnesian Wars?
they were not strong enough to defeat the Spartan army
What was the new type of philosophy that was created that encourages people to take what live gives calmly and logically?
Stoics
Which city won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
What is the main peninsula of Greece called?
Peloponnesus
What was the actual name of the battle of “the 300”?
Thermopylae
What two poems told the story of the Trojan war and Mycenaean civilization?
Iliad and Odyssey
Which philosopher wrote “The Republic” where he talked about his distrust of democracy and ideas for a perfect government?
Plato
What did the Greeks call their city-states?
Polis
Which culture was NOT a part of Alexander’s new blended culture?
Chinese
What was the new culture created by Alexander called?
Hellenistic
What was the name that Greeks gave to people who moved to their cities but did not speak Greek?
Barbari
What is it called when a small group of wealthy landowners take control of a government?
Aristocracy
Which philosopher talked of finding the “golden mean” and established the basics of modern liberal arts education?
Aristotle
The first Greek civilization was found on which island?
Crete
Euclid and Pythagoras were able to make new advances in what field of study?
Geometry
True or False:
Cleopatra went to greece and helped implement many reforms in Athens and made it a much more open and free society.
False
True or False: We only know much of the history of Mycenaean civilization because of epic poems written by the Greek poet Homer.
True
True or False: The Persians became angry with Greece and tried to get revenge on them by invading at the Battle of Marathon.
True
True or False:
Minos is the city-state or polis that is on the island of crete.
False
True or False: The Mycenaean civilization was a civilization based on trade.
True
True or False: Phillip II was the first king to unite all of Greece under one ruler.
True
True or False: Spartans were a very disciplined, warrior-based society.
True
True or False:
Greek philosophers mission was to seek truth and understanding.
True
True or False:
The most important result of Alexander’s conquest was the spreading of Greek and mixing of Greek culture with other parts of the world.
True