Chapter 3: The Greek Civilization Flashcards
Geography played a critical role in the development of _______ history.
Greek
What civilization had “modern” plumbing in their palace?
Minoan
Who was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
The leading commercial center of the early mainland Aegean civilization was ___.
Troy
Homer was a ____.
Poet
What played a dominant role in forming Greek culture?
Greek Mythology
Who was the ancient Greek Olympic Games originally held in honor of?
Zeus
What term refers to a rule by a few?
Oligarchy
What was the basic political unit of Greece?
Polis
What were three forms of government that was experienced by the Greek city-states?
Monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy
Sparta formed which league to protest against foreign invasion and to prevent tyranny and democracy?
Peloponesian
What leader took Athens a step toward democracy?
Solon
What leader established a true “rule by the people” for Athens?
Pericles
What was the chief magistrate in Athens called?
Archon
Darius I did not defeat what group of people?
Atheians
What King of the Persians led attacks against the Greeks at the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis Bay?
Xerxes
What occurred at the Battle of Thermopylae?
The Greeks were betrayed and the Persians were able to overpower them.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian army who was led by who?
Darius III
Who was the Father of Philosophy?
Thales of Miletus
Who took the motto of “Know thyself”?
Socrates
What type of culture permeated the Near East from the death of Alexander until the Roman dominance?
Hellenistic
Who was the author of the Republic?
Plato
__________ and __________ had different philosophies of life that differed on their views of happiness.
Epicureans and Stoics
Who was the Father of Medicine?
Hippocrates
