Ancients Greece

Question 1

polis

Answer 1

a Greek city-state

Question 2

acropolis

Answer 2

a protected hill within a Greek city-state; holds notable buildings in Athens like the Parthenon

Question 3

monarchy

Answer 3

a form of government with a monarch at the head

Question 4

aristocracy

Answer 4

a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility

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oligarchy

Answer 5

a government ruled by a few powerful people

Question 6

tyrant

Answer 6

a cruel and oppressive ruler

Question 7

democracy

Answer 7

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state

Question 8

helot

Answer 8

enslaved people in ancient Sparta

Question 9

phalanx

Answer 9

a military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields

Question 10

Persian Wars

Answer 10

a series of wars between the Greeks (mainly Athens) and the Persians in which the Greeks were usually victorious

Question 11

direct democracy

Answer 11

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

Question 12

classical art

Answer 12

the art which is associated with the classical period

Question 13

tragedy

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a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending

Question 14

comedy

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play intended to make an audience laugh

Question 15

Peloponnesian War

Answer 15

a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies

Question 16

philosopher

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a thinker who uses logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society and morality

Question 17

Socrates

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philosopher condemned to death for corrupting the youth of Athens

Question 18

Plato

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wrote The Republic, a book that set forth his vision of a perfectly governed society

Question 19

Aristotle

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a student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great, he founded a school (the Lyceum) outside Athens.

Question 20

Philip II

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after his death, his son assumed control over his empire

Question 21

Alexander The Great

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Philip’s son

Question 22

Darius lll

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twice fled the battlefield to escape from Macedonian forces

Question 23

Macedonia

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ancient kingdom north of Greece

Question 24

Hellenistic

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Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian and Indian ideas, as a result of Alexander the Great’s Empire.

Question 25

Alexandria

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city in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great, center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization

Question 26

Archimedes

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this man is considered the greatest thinker of his era, a great mathematician and physicist who explained the principle of the lever and other inventions.

Question 27

Colossus of Rhodes

Answer 27

a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios