chapter5

Question 1

mycenaeans

Answer 1

the name came from their leading city, Mycenae

Question 2

trojan war

Answer 2

the legendary stories told of the trojan war were totally fictional

Question 3

dorians

Answer 3

according to tradition, a new group of people

Question 4

homer

Answer 4

the greatest storyteller was a blind man named homer

Question 5

epics

Answer 5

some historians believe that homer composed his epics

Question 6

myth

Answer 6

the greeks developed a rich set of myths

Question 7

polis

Answer 7

was the fundamental political unit in Ancient Greece

Question 8

acropolis

Answer 8

citizens gathered to discuss city government

Question 9

monarchy

Answer 9

in a government ruled by a small group of noble

Question 10

aristocracy

Answer 10

they formed an oligarchy a government ruled by a few powerful people

Question 11

oligarchy

Answer 11

these rulers were called tyrant

Question 12

tyrant

Answer 12

they reformers moved toward tyrant

Question 13

democracy

Answer 13

athenian reformers moved toward democracy

Question 14

helot

Answer 14

the messenians became helots, peasants forced to stay on the land they worked

Question 15

phalanx

Answer 15

became the most powerful fighting force in the ancient would

Question 16

Persian wars

Answer 16

the Persian wars, between Greece and the Persian Empire, began in ionia on the coast of Anatolia

Question 17

direct democracy

Answer 17

A from of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

Question 18

classical art

Answer 18

proportion became the standard of what is called classical art

Question 19

tragedy

Answer 19

A tragedy was a serious drama about common theme such as love, hate, war, or betrayal

Question 20

Peloponnesian war

Answer 20

when the Peloponnesian war between the two city-states began, Athens had the stronger navy.

Question 21

philosopher

Answer 21

the greek called such thinkers philosopher, meaning ‘‘love of wisdom’’.

Question 22

socrates

Answer 22

one critic of the sophists was socrates.

Question 23

plato

Answer 23

Was in his late 20s when his teacher died. plato wrote down the conversation.

Question 24

Aristotle

Answer 24

the philosopher Aristotle questioned the nature of the world and of human believe, though, and knowelege.

Question 25

Philip II

Answer 25

In the nearby kingdom of Macedonia, king Philip II took note.

Question 26

macedonia

Answer 26

the kingdom of Macedonia, located just north of Greece had rough terrain and a cold climate.

Question 27

Alexander the great

Answer 27

accomplishments over the next 13 year, he became known as Alexander the great.

Question 28

Darius III

Answer 28

Granicus alarmed the Persian king

Question 29

hellenistic

Answer 29

this blending became known as hellenistic culture

Question 30

alexandria

Answer 30

Egyptian city of Alexandria became the foremost center of commerce and hellenistic Alexandria.

Question 31

Euclid

Answer 31

Eratosthenes and Aristarchus used a geometry text compiled by Euclid.

Question 32

archimedes

Answer 32

Another important hellenistic scientist, archimedes of Syracuse

Question 33

colossus of Rhodes

Answer 33

this bronze statue stood more than 100 feet high.