History Review Greeks Flashcards
This Greek City state was known for its brutal military lifestyle:
Sparta
The blind Greek wanderer that is believed to have written two of the greatest epics in history was:
Homer
What are the two epics Homer is believed to have written?
Iliad and Odessy
Government by the authority of the people is called:
democratic
The supreme Greek god was:
Zeus
What type of religion did Athens have at the time of their period in history?
polytheistic
Teachers/Debators who questioned the values of Greek society were called?
philosophers
This Greek philosopher was executed for corrupting youth against Greek culture/society:
Socrates
He was a student of Socrates and author of The Republic and condemned democracy as equivalent to “mob rule”
Plato
A “sun-centered universe is called?
heliocentric
What two things contributed to the eventual fall of the Greek empire?
the 27 year war
the plague
What two things contributed to the eventual fall of the Greek empire?
the 27 year war
the plague
The Athenians won a major victory against the Persians at the Battle of ____________________
Marathon
Plato’s most famous student who also believed that democracy leads to mob rule was:
Aristotle
What are the 3 levels of Plato’s ideal society?
workers
soldiers
philosophers
“Lovers of Wisdom” are called:
philosophers
Upper-class landholders in the Roman Republic were called?
partition
The term for a commoner in the Roman Republic is?
plebeians
The Carthaginian warrior who falls to Rome in the Punic Wars was?
Hannibal
The policy of extending power throughout a region or the world is:
imperialism
The Macedonian ruler who helped spread Greek culture throughout Europe and into Asia was?
Alexander
This man’s teachings became the basis for modern-day geometry:
Euclid
A method of understanding a topic whereby one asks questions and questions the implications?
Socratic method
The term “apostle” means?
a person sent forth
The Roman poet who wrote the Aenid was:
Virgil
Pax Romana means:
Roman Peace
This Roman emperor introduced the current annual calendar:
Julius Caesar
Provide two reasons why Jesus was a threat to Roman authority?
Jewish priests felt he was challenging their authority
Roman officials find him as potential threat against Roman authority
