Section 6.2 Study Guide

Question 1

What ended the Golden age of Athens?

Answer 1

Conflict with Sparta

Question 2

The years from ____ - ____ B.C. are called the Golden Age of Athens

Answer 2

479, 431

Question 3

What happened during the Golden Age of Athens?

Answer 3

• Athens grew rich from trade
• Silver mined by slaves in religions around the city
• Tribute from allies
• Art, philosophy, literature, and democracy reached it highest point
• Pericles made a big impact on society

Question 4

Who was Pericles?

Answer 4

• A member of an aristocratic family
• he supported democracy
• leader of a democratic group
• well educated and intelligent
• For 30 years he was the most powerful man

Question 5

what were Pericles’ Accomplishments?

Answer 5

• he introduced reforms that strengthened democracy
• he made the city pat a salary to its officials with meant that poor citizens could afford to hold public office
• he constructed the parthanon

Question 6

What was the Parthenon?

Answer 6

• Made in between 447 and 432 B.C.
• A temple made to honor the goddess Athena

Question 7

What was the family of goddess’s and gods called?

Answer 7

The twelve Olympians

Question 8

Each god ruled different area’s of _______ life and natural ________

Answer 8

Human, World

Question 9

The Greeks avoided ________ the gods

Answer 9

angering

Question 10

Wherever the Greeks lived, they built _________ to their gods

Answer 10

temples

Question 11

The gods had human _______ and human __________

Answer 11

forms, characteristics

Question 12

What is the main difference between humans and the gods?

Answer 12

The gods were immortal and had awesome power

Question 13

Zeus ruled the _______’s and _________

Answer 13

gods, humanity

Question 14

The greeks honored _________ heroes like Achilles

Answer 14

Mythical

Question 15

how did The Greeks honor their gods?

Answer 15

By holding festivals, sacrificing animals, and offering food to the gods

Question 16

To honor Zeus, the city states came together every _________ for an Olympian ________ and _________

Answer 16

4 years, festival and games

Question 17

The Greeks visited _______ to ____________________________________

Answer 17

Oracles, To ask the gods to give them advice or to reveal the future

Question 18

The response would usually come in the form in a _________ delivered by a priest or priestess who thought they coupled hear the voice of the gods, or sometimes it would come in the form of a ______

Answer 18

riddle, dream

Question 19

________ Greeks beloved that their gods were responsible for all natural _______

Answer 19

Most, Events

Question 20

Around ___ years before the Golden Age of Athens some people thought about new ways to understand the world

Answer 20

150

Question 21

What was one of the first philosophers?

Answer 21

Thales

Question 22

Thales believed that _____ was the basic material or the world

Answer 22

Water

Question 23

Who was Democritus?

Answer 23

A philosopher who believed that everything was made of tiny particles called atoms

Question 24

During and After the Golden Age serial important philosophers taught Athens including ___________

Answer 24

Socrates

Question 25

True of False: People in the marketplace of Athens could not help but not sturdy, round-faced Socrates

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or False: Socrates was never in the Marketplace?

Answer 26

False,

Question 27

Why was Socrates always in the marketplace?

Answer 27

Because he was discussing wisdom and goodness

Question 28

Socrates wanted people to consider the true meaning of qualities such as ___________ and _________

Answer 28

Justice and Coarage

Question 29

True of False: For people to consider the true meaning of justice and courage, Socrates asked questions that made others think about their beliefs

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Why, When, and How did Socrates die

Answer 30

Socrates died in 399 B.C. because they accused him of dishonoring the gods and misleading young people and he died by drinking a cup of hemlock, a poison

Question 31

Much is known about Socrates comes from the writings of _____, one of his ________

Answer 31

Plato, Students

Question 32

What did Socrates death cause Plato to mistrust?

Answer 32

The democracy

Question 33

What is Plato's book called?

Answer 33

The Republic

Question 34

What is the school Plato called?

Answer 34

The Academy

Question 35

What is one of Plato's students?

Answer 35

Aristotle

Question 36

What is Aristotles school called?

Answer 36

The Lyceum

Question 37

The Greeks used visual arts, such as architecture and sculpture to _______ and ______ Their Gods?

Answer 37

Glorify and Praise

Question 38

True or False: The ancient greeks were the first to write dramas

Answer 38

True

Question 39

The Acropolis was the __________ center of the Athens

Answer 39

religious

Question 40

The Acropolis brought what to its highest point

Answer 40

Greek Architecture

Question 41

Pericles rebuilt the ________

Answer 41

Acropolis

Question 42

What was the Parthanon made of?

Answer 42

Fine Marble

Question 43

______ was the most important city state

Answer 43

Athens

Question 44

The Statue of Athena was how tall?

Answer 44

40 Feet