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Golden Age Flashcards

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What Greek city was the symbol of Greece’s Golden Age?

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Athens

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What was the era for great cultural progress for Greece called?

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Golden Age

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What was a marble temple on top of the Acropolis called?

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The Parthatheon

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What was it built in honor of?

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Athena

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4
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Who sculpted the discuss thrower?

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Myron

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Who sculpted the statues of Athena and Zeus?

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Phidias

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What are two characteristics of Greek art?

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  1. Glorified Human Beings

2. Expressed Greek Beliefs

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What is the definition of Philosophy?

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The study of basic questions of reality and human existence

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What does “philosopher” mean?

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lover of wisdom

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What did Socrates believe the key to personal growth was?

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Education

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What is the Socratic Method?

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The method that uses questioning to teach

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What were two things Socrates was accused of doing?

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  1. Corrupting youth

2. Not believing in Godd

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Who was Socrates greatest student?

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Plato

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13
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What did Plato found?

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The Acedemy

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14
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What explained that all material things are an imperfect expression of perfect and universal ideas or forms?

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The “Theory of Forms”

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What is the dialouge describing Plato’s view of a perfect society and government?

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The Republic

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Who did Plato believe was the ideal form of government leaders?

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Upper Class

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17
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Who was Plato’s student?

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Aristole

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18
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What did Aristotle write about in his book of Ethics?

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What makes people happy

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What forms of government did Aristotle want to combine to form a limited government?

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Monarchy, Aristocracy, Democracy

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Who was the philosopher who believed that everything could be explained in terms of mathematics?

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Pythagoras

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21
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What did Pythagoras develop?

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The Pythagorem Theorem

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22
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Who was the founder of medical science?

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Hippocrates

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23
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He belived thag disease came from natural sources not _____?

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Gods

24
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Who was the first historian in the western world ?

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Herodotus

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What was Herodotus called?

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Father of History

26
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The History of the Peloponnesian War was written by who?

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Thucydides

27
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What are plays containing action or dialogue and involve conflict and emotion?

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Drama

28
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What are plays where the main character struggles against fate or events?

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Tragedies

29
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What are plays that make fun of ideas or people?

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Comedies

30
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Where was Macedon located in relation to mainland Greece?

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North of Greece

31
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Who became king of Macedon in 359 Bc?

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Phillip II

32
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What was Phillip’s army organized into?

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phalanx

33
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How did the Athenians view Macedon?

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They didnt care for them

34
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What were two opinions the Greeks had of being conquered by Phillip II?

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Unify vs Freedom

35
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What was Phillips dream?

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To conquer Persia

36
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What happened before he could do it?

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He was asassinated

37
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Who succeeded Phillip II?

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Alexander the Great

38
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Whwre did Alex get his military education?

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Macedon Army

39
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He recieved his school from?

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Aristotle

40
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Why was Alex such a successful military leader?

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He was well prepared skilled and respected

41
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What were the three goals of Alex the Great?

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  1. Conquer known world
  2. Spread Greek culture
  3. Rule an empire
42
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Where was the furthest point Alex reachedvl?

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India/Indus River

43
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Alex died where?

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Babylon

44
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What age?

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33

45
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What is Hellenistic Culture?

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Greek like culture and it came from Alex’s desrh and Rome’s conquest of Greece

46
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In 301 bc what three generals divided Alex’s empire into what three kingdoms?

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  1. Macedon
  2. Egypt
  3. Syria
47
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What class began to grow during this age?

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Middle

48
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What became the largest city in the world?

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Alexandria Eygpt

49
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What did Greeks turn to?

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Religion

50
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What was the philosophy that taught live simply and naturally without regard for wealth etc?

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Cynicism

51
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What was the belief that the universe was always changing and all knowledge is uncertain?

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Skepticism

52
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What was the belief that divine reason directed the world so people should accept their fate without complaint?

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Stoicism

53
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What is the belief that the aim of life was to seek pleasure and aviod pain?

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Epicureanism

54
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who made major advancements in geometery?

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Euclid

55
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Who believed that the sun was the center of the universe?

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Aristarchus

56
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Who used trigonometery to calvulate eclipses?

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Hipparchus

57
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Who calcualated the distance around the Earth ans was considered the greatest scientist of his day?

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Eratosthenes

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