Exam 3

Question 1

Who used logic?

Answer 1

Greek Philosophers

Question 2

Minoans 1

Answer 2

Lived on the island of Crete. Very wealthy sea treaders.

Question 3

Minoans 2

Answer 3

No protective walls. Capital = Knossos.

Question 4

Minoans 3

Answer 4

Women had equal status. Flushed toliets thousands of years before other civs.

Question 5

Minoans 4

Answer 5

NO violent art. King Minos

Question 6

Minoans 5

Answer 6

Fresh water pipes; Nature was glorified in their art.

Question 7

Minoans 6

Answer 7

A gigantic earthquake and tsunami destroyed them. Most peaceful civ ever.

Question 8

Socrates 1

Answer 8

Created the Socratic method of learning

Question 9

Socrates 2

Answer 9

used questions to teach his students

Question 10

Socrates 3

Answer 10

Taught Aristoctic Truth.

Question 11

Plato 1

Answer 11

Began a great school called “The Academy”. Also believed too much freedom creates social disorder.

Question 12

Plato 2

Answer 12

Believed the good of the whole was more important than the individual.

Question 13

Aristotle 1

Answer 13

Taught the “Golden Mean”. Balance in all things.

Question 14

Aristotle 2

Answer 14

The ideal government was a balance of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. Tutored Alexander the Great.

Question 15

Herodotus 1

Answer 15

Travelled throughout the Mediterranean area to study important events.er

Question 16

Herodotus 2

Answer 16

Wrote the book “Historia” about the Persian Wars. The “Father of History”

Question 17

Thucydides 1

Answer 17

He wrote about the Peloponnesian War. He was devoted to being impartial.

Question 18

Thucydides 2

Answer 18

He believed future leaders could learn from history.

Question 19

Pythagoras

Answer 19

Was a great mathematician. Discovered the Pythagorean Theorem. First to believe the Earth was Round.

Question 20

Hippocrates

Answer 20

Wrote a code of ethics for doctors. Still used today - “Hippocratic Oath.”

Question 21

Trojan War

Answer 21

As told in the Iliad, Troy kidnapped the Mycenean queen Helen; the Myceneans held them at siege for 10 years; The trojans were tricked and deceived.

Question 22

Polis

Answer 22

A Greek city-state; pelican League; Used mafia-like extortion; Led by Athens

Question 23

Themistocles

Answer 23

Convinced the Assembly to try his idea; shockingly won the battle of Solomis

Question 24

Battle of Thermopylae Canyon

Answer 24

100,000 Persians delayed for 6 days; 300 Spartans remarkably held one; Allowed Athens to be evacuated.

Question 25

Battle of Solomis

Answer 25

One of the most biggest upsets in military history; a naval battle; the small Athenian ships sank the huge Persian ships.

Question 26

Athens

Answer 26

Won the Persian wars; Created the 1st democracy; Began the Pelion legacy.