greece and persia

Question 0

who is cyrus?

Answer 0

first Persian king/ ruler, also founder

Question 1

who are the archaemenids

Answer 1

the ruling dynasty in Iran between 550-330 BCE, Persian king’s family name

Question 2

Darius and xerxes?

Answer 2

ones that were involved in fighting the Greeks

Question 3

whats a satrap and satrapies

Answer 3

satraps- ruler

satrapies-providence

Question 4

what is Zoroastrianism

Answer 4

Persian religion that is similar to Judaism and Christianity

Question 5

what are some qualities of Zoroastrianism

Answer 5

dualistic, monotheistic, creator god and devil, ethics and morality

Question 6

what is the Avesta

Answer 6

Persian sacred text like our bible

Question 7

who is Ahura Mazda?

Answer 7

creator god in Zoroastrianism

Question 8

who is Ahriman

Answer 8

devil in Zoroastrianism

Question 9

who were the immortals?

Answer 9

the elite of the Persian army, 10,000 men was always the number of them!

Question 10

who is Zarathustra?

Answer 10

maker of Zoroastrianism

Question 11

describe the reign of Darius I

Answer 11

was very dominant and conquered much of the Eurasian territory

Question 12

what administrative does Darius I bring to the empire?

Answer 12

Administrative- divided empire into satrapies. officials came from locals

Question 13

what taxes changes did Darius bring to the empire?

Answer 13

before they relied on gifts from conquered people, now each satrap required to collect a fixed a moment

Question 14

what legal changes did Darius bring to the empire

Answer 14

appointed judges for life and rulings based on Zoroastrianism

Question 15

who are Phoenicians?

Answer 15

people who used alphabet rather than pictures, phonetic alphabet

Question 16

what is polis?

Answer 16

Ancient Greek city state that was independant

Question 17

what is the oracle at Delphi

Answer 17

foretells the future,most famous oracle

Question 18

What are Greek gods

Answer 18

what Greeks believed in, one for each thing of matter, polytheistic

Question 19

what are the Olympic Games?

Answer 19

city states all over Greece would compete for glory. held at mt. Olympus

Question 20

what are hoplites

Answer 20

a heavily armed foot soldier of Ancient Greece

Question 21

what is the Greco-Persian War? who won? what were the two battles called?

Answer 21

between Greece and Persia two main battles marathon and salamis. sort of a stalemate because Greece defended themselves from Persia.. no clear winner

Question 22

what is the battle of marathon? who won?

Answer 22

1st major infantry battle, Greeks win

Question 23

what is the battle of salamis

Answer 23

sea battle. triremes of Greece destroyed Persian navy

Question 24

what is the Persians by Aeschylus

Answer 24

Ancient Greek tragedy, a play

Question 25

who is Aeschylus

Answer 25

a Greek playwright

Question 26

what is the Peloponnesian war? who won? what was the reason for it?

Answer 26

war between Spartans and Athenians, Sparta won with help of Persians, Spartans wanted land over the Athenians

Question 27

who is Herodotus and his book the histories?

Answer 27

Ancient Greek writer who documented the Greco-Persian war which the book than created historical bias

Question 28

what did cleisthenes institute?

Answer 28

democracy

Question 29

what is Sparta’s social hierarchy

Answer 29

citizen-soldiers
dwellers around
slaves

Question 30

what is Athens? what did Athens create? what type of gov did it have?

Answer 30

major city-state, created Delian league, democratic

Question 31

who is Themistocles

Answer 31

an Athenian politician and general who convinced the Persians to build triremes

Question 32

who is Pericles?

Answer 32

built the Parthenon

Question 33

what is the Parthenon

Answer 33

a building used to worship Athena, also a memorial to dead of Persian war

Question 34

what is phalanx

Answer 34

(in ancient Greece) a body of Macedonian infantry with long spears, drawn up in close order with shields overlapping.

Question 35

what is the Delian league?

Answer 35

an alliance between Greek city states

Question 36

who is Socrates?

Answer 36

a philosopher, think questions

Question 37

who is Plato

Answer 37

philosopher, think government

Question 38

who is Aristotle

Answer 38

philosopher, think science

Question 39

what is a democracy?

Answer 39

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state

Question 40

what is helenization?

Answer 40

is the historical spread of ancient Greek culture

Question 41

who is Phillip of Macedon?

Answer 41

was the king of the Hellenic kingdom He was the father of Alexander the Great

Question 42

who is Alexander of Macedon

Answer 42

aka Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, UNITED GREECE

Question 43

what is historical bias? and how is it present in modern understand of Greece and Persia

Answer 43

when someone who writes history favors a certain size. Herodotus wrote most of the history and he was from Greece so it is biased toward Greece

Question 44

explain the statement “the Persians ruled with a light touch”

Answer 44

they didnt really bother their citizens as long as they paid taxes,let them keep religion, language, etc

Question 45

what is the theory of realism in politics

Answer 45

it is the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must

Question 46

what is the legacy of Alexander the great? how was he influenced by the Persians?

Answer 46

he united Greece to what it is now. he was influenced by Persia because they were strong at the time, had a lot of power and was united

Question 47

compare and contrast spartan oligarchy and Athenian democracy

Answer 47

Athens served its people better while sparta was more strict with a king.
Men were important in both
Sparta was more miltary based
both had slaves