The Greeks

Question 0

Minos

Answer 0

Legendary first king of Crete

Question 1

Knossos

Answer 1

Sir Arthur Evans discovered the palace at Knossos

Question 2

Mycenaeans

Answer 2

First Greeks

Question 3

Schliemann

Answer 3

Discovered Troy and Mycenae

Question 4

Iliad / Homer

Answer 4

Epic poem
Human responsibility.
Arête

Question 5

Polis

Answer 5

Greek word for city

Constant warfare against eachother

Question 6

Sparta

Answer 6

Helots (slaves)
Ephors (breeding of perfect society)
Women (had some power)

Question 7

Athens

Answer 7

Economy was based on both trade and agriculture.
No democracy.
Education was not free.

Question 8

Solon

Answer 8

Came to power in Athens

Question 9

Cleisthenes

Answer 9

Father of Athenian democracy.

Council of 500.

Question 10

Herodotus / Persian war

Answer 10

Father of history.

Documented wars

Question 11

Xerxes

Answer 11

Leader of Persians

Question 12

Aristophanes (the clouds)

Answer 12

Considered greatest playwright.
Anti-war
Anti-new intellectualism
Anti-city
Anti-democracy

Question 13

Socrates

Answer 13

“The wise”
The apology.
Socratic method
“The unexamined life is not worth living”

Question 14

Plato (the republic)

Answer 14

“The idealist”

Question 15

Aristotle

Answer 15

Authored politics - middle class rule
Everything in moderation
Student of Plato
Tutor of Alexander the Great

Question 16

Peloponnesian war

Answer 16

Sparta v Peloponnesian league

Athens lost and fell

Question 17

Hellenistic

Answer 17

Greek like

Question 18

Alexander the Great

Answer 18

Unite the Greek city-states

Conquered Persia

Question 19

Eratosthenes

Answer 19

Calculated the circumference of the earth