Grecede Test Flashcards

1
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Father of democracy

A

Clethenes

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2
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Peloponnesian war

A

Sparta vs Athens

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3
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Battle of Thermopylae

A

Small army of Greece held of Persians for 3 days. King Leonidas(300 Spartans)

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4
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Battle of Salamis

A

Athenian navy crushes Persian navy

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5
Q

Oracle of Delphi

A

Priestess who spoke for apollo(told future)

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6
Q

Persias first conquered the city states of what region?

A

Ionia

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7
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First Persian king to unite Persia

A

King Cyrus II

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8
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Persian King who decided to punish Athens

A

Darius I

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9
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Pericles

A

Athenian leader during golden age

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10
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Types of drama performed by the Greek

A

Tragedies,Comedier

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11
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Themistocles

A

Athenian general who defeated the Persians at the battle of salamis

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12
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Whose honor is Greeks dramas for

A

Dionysus(god of wind, fertility, and theater

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13
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Socrates

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Father of Philosophy, question everything

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14
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Plato

A

Founded the school, wrote the republic

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15
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Aristotle

A

Father of science, tutored Alexander

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16
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Father of Medicine

A

Hippocrates

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17
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Father of history

A

Herodotus

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18
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3 bodies surrounding Greece

A

Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea

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19
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Hestia

A

Goddes of home, family

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20
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Artemis

A

Goddes of Hunting

21
Q

Apollo

A

God of Prophecy,medicine,music

22
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Hephaestus

A

God of Fire

23
Q

Hermes

A

Messenger god

24
Q

Who canceled the Olympics and when did it start again

A

Theodusius(Christian Roman emperoar
1896 in Athens

25
Q

Greeks contributions

A

Democracy, philosophy, theater, alphabet, Olympics

26
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Minoans

A

First Greek civilization

27
Q

Theseus

A

Killed the Minotaur

28
Q

Helens

A

Locals of Greece

29
Q

Dorians

A

Illiterate Greeks, creates dark age

30
Q

Homer

A

Blind poet,wrote the odyssey and the Iliad

31
Q

Acropolis

A

Fortified hill

32
Q

Culture of Greek/persians(alexander

A

Hellenistic

33
Q

Hippocratic oath

A

Preserve life at all times

34
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Classical

A

Art style;idealism
Classical Period;golden age of Greece

35
Q

Delian league

A

Military alliance by Athens

36
Q

Platea

A

Battle, Greeks win the Persian wars

37
Q

Battle of Salamis

A

Themistocles defeat Persian fleet

38
Q

Phalanx

A

Battle formation

39
Q

Hoplite

A

Volunteer soldiers

40
Q

King Xerxes

A

King of Persia,attacks Greece with huge fleet+army

41
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King Phillip

A

King of Macedonia, Alexanders father

42
Q

Symposium

A

“Bar” to drink

43
Q

Metropolis

A

Mother city state

44
Q

King Darius

A

King of Persia, wants to punish Athens

45
Q

Bard

A

Singing story tellers

46
Q

Agora

A

Public central square

47
Q

Polis

A

City state

48
Q

Atlas

A

Titan general, holds up the sky as punishment