SS Greece

Question 0

Plato

Answer 0

Philosopher
Studied Socrates
Wrote a book THE REPUBLIC

Question 1

Socrates

Answer 1

A philosopher,
criticized the Sophists,
accused of “corrupting young Athenians” and “neglecting the gods”.
Put on trial and died by poison

Question 2

Aristotle

Answer 2

Thracian and Macedonian philosopher
Tutored Alexander the Great
Teacher Plato

Question 3

Delian League

Answer 3

A system of alliances between the Greek city states to fight a common enemy (Persia), included a treasury

Question 4

Pericles

Answer 4

General/politician during 5th century leadership in Peloponnesian war and Athenian democracy

Question 5

Democracy

Answer 5

(Direct democracy) citizens directly participate in government affairs (passing laws/ voting)

(Democracy) citizens have a say in the gov by voting for representatives to pass laws in their favor

Question 6

Aristocracy

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A gov body/group of upper class hereditary nobility who ruled in favor of the people

Question 7

Oligarchy

Answer 7

Ruled by a few

Question 8

Monarchy

Answer 8

Political form of gov ruled by a king (and Queen)

Question 9

Polis (poleis)

Answer 9

The Greek city state (an urban area surrounded by countryside)
A autonomous political place where all major social, political, and religious events took place (one central unit)

Question 10

Minoans

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King Minons’s Bronze Age civilization on Crete (minotaur/labyrinth) capital Knossos

Question 11

Mycenaean

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1st great civilization of mainland Greece, foreign trade, destroyed by Dorains/internal conflict

Question 12

Tyrants

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A non-constitutional ruler in Ancient Greece

Question 13

Helot

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Unfree persons of the Greek city states (Sparta) and from conquered nations

Question 14

Secularism

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The toleration of different beliefs/ religions because religion is separate from the political gov

Question 15

Natural law

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A body of unchanging moral principles regarded as the basis for all human conduct, philosophized by Aristotle and Plato

Question 16

Philosophy

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Questioning the nature of people and the world “love of wisdom”

Question 17

Acropolis

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A temple overlooking Athens, contained social and religious buildings, worshiped the goddess Athena

Question 18

Hellenistic Age/Culture

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ca. 323-330 bce Greek attitude, culture, and language became dominant throughout the Mediterranean and Near East. Advances in astronomy, math, geography, philosophy

Question 19

Pericles

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General/politician during 5th century, leader in Peloponnesian war and Athenian democracy

Question 20

Peloponnesian war

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Sparta declares war on Athens for taking out of the Delian League treasury and after 30 yrs forces them to surrender

Question 21

Homer

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Wrote the Iliad ( Epics of the Trojan War) and the Odyssey ( Odysseus’s journey home to Ithaca)

Question 22

Trojan War

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Sparta waged war against the city of Troy by Achaeans because Paris took Helen, wife of king Menelaus (Sparta) setting of Homer’s epics

Question 23

Athens

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Birthplace of democracy, on the mainland peninsula

Question 24

Sparta

Answer 24

Military state, mainland, oligarchy/monarchy

Question 25

Deites

Answer 25

A god or goddess