Greece 8B

Question 0

What was the name of the hill overlooking Athens and was the center of religious life?

Answer 0

Acropolis

Question 1

In ancient Anthens who were the only ones allowed to participate in politics?

Answer 1

Men

Question 2

Who was a Greek philosopher who introduced the scientific method?

Answer 2

Aristotle

Question 3

Greek philosophers emphasized many of the same virtues as the Bible does. Can you name four?

Answer 3

Truth, love, wisdom, discipline

Question 4

Name two events leading up to the Peloponnesian war?

Answer 4

1) Athens formed an allegiance with many city-states called the Delian League.
2) Sparta and other city-states formed the Peloponnesian League.
3) Athens got payment and became wealthy from collecting taxes and guarding the treasury
4) Tension grew between Athens and Sparta

Question 5

Name 3 consequences of the Peloponnesian War.

Answer 5

1) Athens lost its democracy.
2) Sparta took control of Greece for 30 years.
3) The glory that was Greece would never return
4) Athens lost its democracy
5) Spartan oligarchy was unpopular with other states

Question 6

What was the name of the highest mountain in Greece where people believed the gods lived?

Answer 6

Mount Olympus

Question 7

What was Socrates?

Answer 7

Philosopher and teacher who taught by asking thought provoking questions

Question 8

Who was one of Socrates students?

Answer 8

Plato

Question 9

Who was one of Plato’s students?

Answer 9

Aristotle

Question 10

What is ostracism?

Answer 10

When someone is banished from Greece for 10 years as punishment

Question 11

What are myths?

Answer 11

Traditional stories about the gods and goddesses

Question 12

Who was the city of Athens named after?

Answer 12

Greek Goddess Athena

Question 13

What was named after the god Apollo?

Answer 13

American space program that sent men to the moon

Question 14

Sculptures and drawing depict the gods as what?

Answer 14

Humans. Their characters were like those of humans too: jealous, vengeful, immoral and childish

Question 15

What was the name of the Historian that lived through the Peloponnesian war and was an eye witness to the sights and sounds of the time?

Answer 15

Thucydides

Question 16

Who was the most famous leader of democracy in Athens?

Answer 16

Pericles

Question 17

Who was considered one of the greatest public speakers or orators of all time?

Answer 17

Pericles

Question 18

What was the Acropolis?

Answer 18

A hill overlooking the city, and the center of religious life in Athens

Question 19

Because of his influence in Athens during the fifth century BC, the period became known as…

Answer 19

The Age of Pericles

Question 20

Which philosopher taught by asking thought provoking questions?

Answer 20

Socrates

Question 21

Who wrote the first geometry book?

Answer 21

Euclid

Question 22

Who was Aesop?

Answer 22

Greek slave who wrote many fables

Question 23

What was Homer famous for?

Answer 23

Wrote the poems the Iliad and the Odyssey

Question 24

What is a pedagogue?

Answer 24

Servant who attended school with boys to make sure they behaved

Question 25

What is an amphitheater?

Answer 25

Large outdoor theater

Question 26

Who was known as the Father of Medicine?

Answer 26

Hippocrates

Question 27

What are the muses?

Answer 27

9 goddesses who preside over the arts

Question 28

Which Greek philosopher taught that the spiritual world was superior to the physical world?

Answer 28

Plato

Question 29

The spread of Greek culture brought a common ____________ to the western world?

Answer 29

Language

Question 30

Who do we need to live a Godly life with power?

Answer 30

Holy Spirit

Question 31

The Greek philosophers emphasized many of the same _________ as the Bible?

Answer 31

Virtues