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
True or False:
The oldest civilization that was found in Greece was named after King Minos.
True
True or False:
Early Greeks lived as one unified civilization that got along very well.
False
The father of Greek philosophy was ______________, who was eventually killed because the people of Athens grew tired of him.
Socrates
The main god of Greece was ____________ and he was thought of as the father of all the gods.
Zeus
The city of ____________________ became the center of the Greek empire and culture after the death of Alexander.
Alexandria
Women in Athens played an important role in the organization of _____________________ ceremonies.
Religious
The Mycenaeans were able to defeat the city of Troy by using a(n) ______________________ to sneak into the city and then destroy it.
Trojan Horse
Dorian slaves were called _________________ and had to be strictly controlled because they outnumbered their masters.
Helots
__________________________ was the father of Greek medicine and the oath that doctors take today is still named for him.
Hippocrates
Greece was eventually controlled by a(n) ____________________ where the wealthy citizens of a city rule.
Isthmus
Explain the Socratic Method. What was the purpose of using this method?
The Socratic method was basically just to ask many questions. It’s purpose was to help people understand their way of thinking and their beliefs.
How did the geography of Greece cause the civilization to be divided? What helped keep them connected?
The geography of Greece caused the civilization to be divided because its mountains and seas separated all of them from each other. They stayed connected by using those seas to travel across and trade with each other as well.
