Ancient History Pages 50-80

Question 1

What used to be the name of ancient Greece?

Answer 1

Hellen

Question 2

Who from the Bible studied and preached in Greece?

Answer 2

Paul

Question 3

Who was the primary god in Greece?

Answer 3

Zeus

Question 4

What was the most important thing to the Greek community?

Answer 4

Wisdom/Knowledge

Question 5

What were the main 3 sections/areas of Greece?

Answer 5

Macedon, Achaea, and Peloponnesia

Question 6

What is the present capital of Greece?

Answer 6

Athens

Question 7

What is the place where Greeks worshipped called?

Answer 7

Parthenon

Question 8

What Greek word did the word “Greek” originate from?

Answer 8

Greikos

Question 9

What area/section of Greece is Sparta in?

Answer 9

Peloponnesia

Question 10

What area/section of Greece is Athens in?

Answer 10

Achaea

Question 11

How old was Alexander the Great when he died?

Answer 11

33

Question 12

Who took over after Alexander the Great’s death?

Answer 12

Ptolemy

Question 13

When was Alexander the Great born?

Answer 13

356 B.C.

Question 14

Which Greek goddess was Athens named after?

Answer 14

Athena

Question 15

What were the two main city-states in Greece?

Answer 15

Athens and Sparta

Question 16

Who was called the “father of medicine” and many doctors and nurses go by his oath today?

Answer 16

Hipocrates

Question 17

Where did Paul preach in Athens?

Answer 17

Mars Hill (Also called the Areopagus and is close to the Acropolis)

Question 18

What kind of philosophers believed in logic?

Answer 18

Stoics

Question 19

What kind of philosophers believed that the purpose of life was to enjoy it?

Answer 19

Epicureans

Question 20

What were Greek prophets called?

Answer 20

An Oracle

Question 21

What was so called the greatest book in Athens?

Answer 21

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey

Question 22

Where were most boys educated?

Answer 22

Public School

Question 23

Who employed Aristotle to tutor his son?

Answer 23

Philip of Macedon

Question 24

What was it called when the Greek army would create a circle, march into the middle of the enemy, and destroy the enemy from the inside?

Answer 24

Phalanx

Question 25

What is a ship with 3 sets of ores and 170 oresmen?

Answer 25

Trireme

Question 26

Who were the kings of Persia who attacked Greece?

Answer 26

Xerxes and Darius

Question 27

What was the name of the Spartan king who died at Thermopolean?

Answer 27

Leonidus

Question 28

How many soldiers under king Xerxes attacked by land?

Answer 28

200,000

Question 29

Who were wealthy people who voluntariy fought in battle with their own weapons called?

Answer 29

Hoplites

Question 30

How long was the Peloponnesian war?

Answer 30

27 years

Question 31

Who won the Peloponnesian war?

Answer 31

Sparta

Question 32

Who refused an ultimatum by Sparta in the Athens and Sparta wars?

Answer 32

Pericles

Question 33

How old was Alexander the Great when his father declared him commander-general in his army?

Answer 33

18

Question 34

What town/community in Egypt had a library?

Answer 34

Alexandria

Question 35

What did Alexander do while he conquered different countries?

Answer 35

He spread the Greek language and culture.

Question 36

Describe the effect Alexander the Great had on the world; good and bad.

Answer 36

Bad- he was gay, he was a drunkard, he murdered people while drunk, killed his best friend, tried to commit suicide, and committed many war crimes.
Good- he spread Greek culture and language, he spread the idea of democracy, he united as he conquered

Question 37

Why was the Peloponnesian war so difficult and what was the cause of it?

Answer 37

The cause of the war was that Sparta feared Athens was getting too powerful and Sparta was jealous of Athens. The reason why the war was so difficult was that all Greek city-states were weakened by the war with many casualties and the destruction of farms.

Question 38

Describe how Sparta was different than Athens.

Answer 38

Sparta was a war-based city that depended on its military and trained young boys from age 7. They had the strongest military and were more physically fit than the others. Athens was based on culture, art, and knowledge. Many philosophers lived there and the city-state was based on education. It was a very wealthy city that taught reading, writing, music, and art, and it had a strong navy.

Question 39

Describe the life of Alexander the Great.

Answer 39

Alexander the Great ruled Macedon and was known for being a great conqueror and spreading Greek culture. Aristotle taught him at age 13 and taught him rhetoric, literature, and science. At age 18 his father, Philip of Macedon, promoted him to the commanding officer. After his father was assassinated, Alexander became king. In 334 B.C. he defeated the Persian army whose king was Darius III, but he escaped. From 334 B.C. to 332 B.C. he defeated Persia, Syria, Phoenicia, and Egypt. Alexander proclaimed himself a god and had the city Alexandira named after him. His army was defeated by India because of their use of elephants in battle. He died at age 33. He was gay, a drunkard, and a murderer, but he spread Greek culture and spread unity to the world.