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Chapter 7 Highlights Flashcards

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1
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What values did Greek artists and architects use?

A

harmony, symmetry and balance

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Which city-state was Parthenon built in?

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Athenes

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Who was ruling the city state when the Parthenon was built?

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Pericles

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4
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Did buildings in Greece have random arrangements of columns?

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No, they were organized careful to create harmony and balance

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5
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What are Greek Sculptors known for?

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Realistic human sculptures

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What did the plays of Aeschylus explore?

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hubris

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7
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What does hubris mean?

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the human flaw of excessive pride

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8
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Who wrote Oedipus the king?

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Sophocles

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What did most of Euripides plays explore?

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problems in Athenian society

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10
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Who is the father of history?

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Herodotus

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What did Herodotus write about?

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customs and traditions of people in distant lands

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12
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Who wrote History of Peloponnesian War?

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Thucydides

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What is known as the first great work of political history?

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History of the Peloponnesian War

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14
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What did Socrates teach his student?

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to question tradition values

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15
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Was Plato the student or was Socrates the student?

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Plato was Socrates student

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16
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Who wrote the philosophical works known as the Dialogues?

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Plato

17
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Did Plato study under Aristotle or did Aristotle study under Plato?

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Aristotle studied under Plato

18
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Did Aristotle teach and write on physics, chemistry , astronomy, ethics, politics or literature?

A 
Trick question (:
He wrote and taught on all of them
19
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What did Thales study?

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astronomy

20
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What was Thales most known for predicting?

A

a total eclipse of the sun

21
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Who is known as the father of medicine?

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Hippocrates

22
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What was different about Hippocrates theory’s compared to what was considered fact at the time?

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That disease was a natural phenomenon, not a punishment of the gods.

23
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Who was Alexander the son of?

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King Philip II of Macedonia

24
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Alexander lead a great army that defeated who?

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The Persians

25
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How far was the empire that Alexander created?

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The Indus River to the Mediterranean Sea.

26
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After Alexander’s death what happened to Greece?

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His generals divided up the empire. Greek culture continued to thrive.

27
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What did Alexander’s ruling age bring?

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Hellenistic Age

28
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What helped bring about the Hellenistic Age?

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The spread of Greek culture

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