History mid-term study guide Flashcards
What was the chief magistrate in Athens called
Archon
Who led the Persian army that Alexander The Great defeated
Darius III
Greek philosopher and mathmatician of the sixth century BC who concluded that the universe could be explained in mathmatical terms
Pythagorea
what ancient civilization had modern plumbing in the palace
Minoan
Who was the author of the Illiad and the Odessy
Homer
What city-state was the leader of the Delian League
Athens
Which Persian king led attacks against the Greeks at the Battle of Thermopolaye
Xerxes
name two forms of greek drama
Comedy and tragedy
Who is the Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
Who is the Father of History
Herodotus
Who is the Father of Geometry
Euclid
Who is Father of Philosophy
Thales
Who is Author of Republic
Plato
Who is a poet
Homer
Who said ‘‘know thyself’’
Socrates
Who is associated with syllogism
Aristotle
Who is historian of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
Who is an astromer and geographer
Eratosthenes
What word refers to ruled by a few
Oligarchy
What was the basic political unit of Greece
Polis
What was not a form of government experienced by greek city-states
Anarchy
What ocurred at the Battle of Thermopolaye
Three hundred Spartans fought in a mountain pass
What was the leading comercial center of the early mainland Agean civilization
Mycenae
Sparta formed which league to protect against foreign invasion
Delian League
The Peloponesian War developed over a war between who?
Athens and Sparta
