Chapter 8 Study Guide

Question 1

To build

Answer 1

Construct

Question 2

A distinctive form or type of something

Answer 2

Style

Question 3

In spite of, regardless of

Answer 3

Despite

Question 4

To make information public; to tell a secret

Answer 4

Reveal

Question 5

To make or produce something; to bring something into existence

Answer 5

Create

Question 6

To follow in order to capture or defeat

Answer 6

Pursue

Question 7

To search for

Answer 7

Seek

Question 8

Whose writing had an effect on the writing of the U.S. Constitution?

Answer 8

Aristotle

Question 9

What word does “love of wisdom” mean?

Answer 9

Philosophy

Question 10

Who is considered the “father of history”?

Answer 10

Herodotus

Question 11

When did Macedonia gain power?

Answer 11

When King Philip II came into power

Question 12

Who wrote Greek epics including the Iliad?

Answer 12

Homer

Question 13

Who taught the “golden mean”?

Answer 13

Aristotle

Question 14

Where did people go to find out about the future?

Answer 14

Oracle

Question 15

What language did Hellenistic kingdoms use?

Answer 15

Greek

Question 16

What was Socrates true love?

Answer 16

Philosophy

Question 17

What was unique about Greek gods and goddesses?

Answer 17

They had great powers but they looked like humans

Question 18

Who was considered a threat to King Philip II?

Answer 18

Demosthenes

Question 19

Who were the three best dramatists who wrote Greek tragedies

Answer 19

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides

Question 20

Who was the scientist who said that the sun is the center of the solar system and that Earth revolved around it?

Answer 20

Aristarchus

Question 21

Why was Mount Olympus important to the Greeks?

Answer 21

They believed that the 12 most important gods and goddesses lived there

Question 22

What did Demosthenes want his Greek city-state to do about the Macedonians?

Answer 22

Urged all the city-state to join together to fight the Macedonians