Semester two final study guide

Question 1

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 1

Spartans

Question 2

According to Plato, a good life can only be achieved if a person

Answer 2

lives in a just and rational state

Question 3

The years after the Persian Wars were called what for Athens?

Answer 3

Golden age

Question 4

Which philosopher did Aristotle learn from?

Answer 4

Plato

Question 5

Who created Stoicism?

Answer 5

Zeno

Question 6

Socrates believed…

Answer 6

in critical examination through a question and answer process.

Question 7

Who was Socrates most famous student?

Answer 7

Plato

Question 8

Which four kingdoms emerged following Alexander the Great’s death?

Answer 8

Macedonia, Syria, Pergamum, and Egypt

Question 9

The Greek sculptor Polyclitus believed that

Answer 9

using proportions and mathematical ratios, the idea human form could be produced

Question 10

Alexander the Great’s Empire stretched from Greece to:

Answer 10

India

Question 11

Who created the Socratic Method?

Answer 11

Socrates

Question 12

The ancient Greeks considered religion

Answer 12

necessary to the well-being of the state.

Question 13

Who was put on trial for corrupting the city’s youth and failing to respect the gods?

Answer 13

Socrates

Question 14

Herodotus wrote what is considered to be the first

Answer 14

real history in Western civilization

Question 15

Who set ethical standards for doctors that are still followed today?

Answer 15

Hippocrates

Question 16

The conquests of Alexander the Great gave rise to the

Answer 16

Hellenistic era, during which the Greek language and Greek ideas spread.

Question 17

Who came up with the philosophy of an “ideal state”?

Answer 17

Plato

Question 18

What belief system preached all people, including women and slaves were morally equal; even if they were not in society?

Answer 18

Stoicism

Question 19

The Peloponnesian War involved what 2 groups of people?

Answer 19

Spartans and Athenians

Question 20

What was Socrates punishment?

Answer 20

He voluntarily drank poison and died.

Question 21

How does Athenian democracy compare today’s American democracy? Give examples of similarities and differences, in order to get full credit.

Answer 21

slaves nad no womens rights

but there weren’t dictatorships or royalties.