Pericles Exam

Question 1

Trade, Commerce, Arts, Philosophy, Adaptable, Open, Navy, Direct Democracy, Individualist, New York City

Answer 1

Athens

Question 2

Military, Fixed, Besieged, Army, 2 Elected Kings, Kingdom/State, U.S. Marine Barracks

Answer 2

Sparta

Question 3

Born 495BC in Athens, had a big head, called onion head or a squill, wore a battle helmet all the time, private, did not go to parties

Answer 3

Pericles

Question 4

Perciles father, blackballed politician

Answer 4

Xanthippus

Question 5

Pericles Mother, from an old noble family

Answer 5

Agariste

Question 6

Soldier

Answer 6

Holpite

Question 7

school where boys in Sparta would go to be trained to fight in the Army

Answer 7

Agoge

Question 8

Slave

Answer 8

Helot

Question 9

cast out

Answer 9

ostracize/blackball

Question 10

had an election every 10 years on who to blackball

Answer 10

Athenians

Question 11

Governor and president, First among the Athenian

Answer 11

archon

Question 12

leader of the conservatives, opposite of Pericles, blackballed by Pericles, had a lot of friends in Sparta

Answer 12

Cimon

Question 13

What did Pericle’s mother dream about days before his birth

Answer 13

that she gave birth to a lion

Question 14

Who had a similar dream to Agariste

Answer 14

140 years later, Alexander the Great’s pregnant mother

Question 15

Who was in the Peloponnesian League

Answer 15

Sparta and her Allies

Question 16

who was in the Delian league

Answer 16

Athen and her Allies

Question 17

how did the 1st pelopnnesian war beign

Answer 17

Athens let Megarra join the Delian league

Question 18

why did Megarra want to join Athens and the Delian league

Answer 18

Corinth was bullying them in the Peloponnesian league and had had enough

Question 19

what was the time frame of the 1st Pelop. war

Answer 19

460BC - 445BC, 15 years

Question 20

Where did pericles lead his troops in the 1st war

Answer 20

they attacked Socyon and Acamania in 454 BC, both in the North

Question 21

how did the 1st war end

Answer 21

in a draw in 445 BC, Athens returned Megarra

Question 22

what did pericles do between the 1st and 2nd war

Answer 22

built the Parthenon in 447 BC

Question 23

word meaning virgin or unmarried woman, built for Athena, the goddess of Athens

Answer 23

Parthenon

Question 24

When was the Parthenon finished

Answer 24

438BC

Question 25

King of Sparta during the 2nd war

Answer 25

Archimadus II

Question 26

how did the 2nd war start

Answer 26

Pericles sent navy to aid Corcyra against Corinth who was bullying them

Question 27

What happened when Pericles convinced the farmers in Attica to hide behind the walls of the city

Answer 27

Sparta burned most of the farmland and their food, making Pericles unpopular

Question 28

Greater Athens

Answer 28

Attica

Question 29

Greater Sparta

Answer 29

Laconia

Question 30

What was Pericles plan in the 2nd war

Answer 30

raid the coast of Laconia and wear the spartans down

Question 31

what happened in Athens in 430 BC

Answer 31

a plague broke out because everyone was together behind the walls in Athens, making it easier for plauge to spread

Question 32

What did Pericles get charged with

Answer 32

dereliction and fined, had to pay 33 talents ($21,000), but still stayed Archon

Question 33

How did Pericles and his sons die

Answer 33

Plague

Question 34

Who was king of Sparta at the end of the war

Answer 34

King Lysander

Question 35

Who won the war

Answer 35

Sparta

Question 36

how did sparta defeat Athens

Answer 36

in 404 BC lured Athens Navy to the Daranelles and defeated them

Question 37

northwestern turkey, held most of the Athens grain

Answer 37

Dardanelles

Question 38

What did King Lysander decide to do after defeated Athens

Answer 38

he spared them because they had saved Sparta during the Persian War

Question 39

What happened to Sparta after the war

Answer 39

not much left of them since they only focused on their army

Question 40

what happened to Athens after the war

Answer 40

they prospered because they kept their eye on the future instead of only their army

Question 41

what can we learn from Sparta and Athens

Answer 41

be careful who your friends are and do not let them get you in trouble