Lessons 13-16

Question 1

Date The Age of Pericles

Answer 1

448 B.C.

Question 2

system of government where all people can participate in its rule

Answer 2

democracy

Question 3

a gymnasium in ancient Athens

Answer 3

The Academy

Question 4

leader of the Athenian empire

Answer 4

Pericles

Question 6

a strict teacher

Answer 6

pedagogue

Question 7

“First among things, I reckon human education. For if you begin anything whatever in the right way, the end will probably be right also. The nature of the harvest depends upon the seeds you sow. If you plant good education in a young body, it bears leaves and fruit the whole life long, and no rain or drought can destroy it.”

Answer 7

Athenian School Teacher

Question 8

marketplace in ancient Athens

Answer 8

Agora

Question 9

buildings used for physical and intellectual education of young men

Answer 9

gymnasia

Question 10

“There is no sweeter solace in life for human ills than craftsmanship; for the mind, absorbed in its study, sails past all troubles and forgets them.”

Answer 10

Amphis

Question 11

group of cities joined to free all Hellenes in Asia Minor

Answer 11

Confederacy of Delos

Question 12

ancient Greek or Roman galley with three banks of oars

Answer 12

trireme

Question 13

“… Day by day fix your eyes on the greatness of Athens, until you become filled with the love of her; and when you are impressed by the spectacle of her glory, reject that this empire has been acquired by men who knew their duty and had the courage to do it.”

Answer 13

the Funeral Speech of Pericles

Question 14

time of great prosperity during the Athenian empire

Answer 14

the Age of Pericles