Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
Q

The Greek Alliance to defend against the Persians was known as the ______ ______

A

Delian League

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2
Q

The start of the Persian wars and the end of the Peloponnesian war marks the ______ ______

A

Classical Age

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3
Q

The Woman’s zone was known as the gynaeceum.

A

True

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4
Q

Most Greeks believed in a shadowy after life known as _____

A

Hades

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5
Q

Wine was always drunk undiluted.

A

False

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6
Q

Pindar and Sappho were two of the best known _____

A

Poets

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7
Q

Tragedy’s origins likely lie in the worship of which God?

A

Dionysus

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8
Q

Sophocles authored a famous retelling of which myth?

A

Oedipus

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9
Q

Hubris is erotic love.

A

False

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10
Q

The Peloponnesian War was from :

A

431-404 BCE

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11
Q

Pericles was the leader of ______

A

Athens

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12
Q

Which city state defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War?

A

Sparta

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13
Q

Who wrote the History of the Persia Wars?

A

Herodotus

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14
Q

The ________ oath marks the onset of new physicians’ careers.

A

Hippocratic.

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15
Q

Pythagoras developed a famous theorem about the right triangle.

A

True

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16
Q

Which philosopher believed that humans were meant to strive for happiness?

A

Aristotle

17
Q

______ thought that our world was a pallid reflection of the World of Ideal Forms

A

Plato

18
Q

Alexander the Great was from Greece

A

False

19
Q

Alexander’s conquest extended as Far East as _____

A

India

20
Q

The Jews who had not been take into exile were known as the _____ __ ____ _____

A

People of the Land

21
Q

The Maccabean revolt was directed against

A

The Seleucid leaders of Jerusalem