Chapter3⃣

Question 1

At what battle did an unorthodox charge by the Greeks help them to win a decisive victory?

Answer 1

Battle of marathon

Question 2

Across what body of water did Xerxes make a bridge of boats to move his army?

Answer 2

The helispont

Question 3

Who was the influential leader of Athens during her so-called Golden Age?

Answer 3

Pericles

Question 4

What type of war was the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 4

A civil war

Question 5

Where was the earliest center of civilization located in the Aegean region?

Answer 5

Crete

Question 6

What Aegean culture displayed a love for military pursuits?

Answer 6

Mycenaean

Question 7

What ancient city did Heinrich Schliemann discover?

Answer 7

Troy

Question 8

From what two epic poems do we get a glimpse of Greek life during
the period from 1150 to 750 BC? To whom are these poems attributed?

Answer 8

Iliad and the odyssey; Homer

Question 9

What athletic contests began as an attempt to please the Greek gods through physical prowess?

Answer 9

Olimpics

Question 10

What was the basic political unit of Greece?

Answer 10

Polis; city-state

Question 11

List and define the four basic forms of government found in the Greek
city-states.

Answer 11

Monochary- rule by one
Democracy- rule by people
Oligarchy- rule by few
Tyrany- rule by one with force

Question 12

What two Greek city-states represented two opposing ways of life
within Greek society?

Answer 12

Sparta & Athens

Question 13

What Greek city-state was characterized by creativity, commercial
endeavors, democracy, and individualism?

Answer 13

Athens

Question 14

Over what kingdom did Philip II rule?

Answer 14

Massidonia

Question 15

Who was the teacher of Alexander the Great who instilled in his young
pupil a love for Greek culture?

Answer 15

Aristotle

Question 16

List the three ruling families that ruled portions of Alexander’s empire
after his death. Identify the region over which each family ruled.

Answer 16

Ptolemies- Egypt
Seleucids- Syria & Persia
Antigonids- Macedonia & Greece

Question 17

What was the name given to the new culture that emerged in the Near East that mixed Greek culture with the cultures of the East?

Answer 17

Hellenistic

Question 18

What philosopher developed the three-step logical process of thinking called a syllogism?

Answer 18

Aristotle

Question 19

Who is known as the Father of Medicine?

Answer 19

Hippocrates

Question 20

Who was the more objective historian: Herodotus or Thucydides?

Answer 20

Thucydides

Question 21

Identify the three styles of Greek architecture.

Answer 21

• Doric
• ionic
• Corinthian

Question 22

What eastern civilization threatened the Greeks at the outset of the fifth century?

Answer 22

The Persian empire

Question 23

Draw two columns and list at least three contrasting characteristics of the Spartan and Athenian societies.

Answer 23

SPARTIAN- militarism, oligarchy government, isolation, and glorification of state.
ATHINIAN- creativity, democracy, commercial endeavors, and individualism.

Question 24

How did the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars affect the unity of the Greeks?

Answer 24

The Persian wars brought temporary unity to the Greeks, where as the peleponiasian war pitted Greek against Greek.

Question 25

How did Hellenic culture differ from Hellenistic culture?

Answer 25

Hellenistic- like Greek

Hellinic- Greek

Question 26

Why was Athens and not Sparta the cultural center during the Golden Age?

Answer 26

Creativity and individualism

Question 27

Where is Greece?

Answer 27

• In Europe
• Borders Bulgaria
• Borders turkey
• Borders Macedonia