The Greeks Study Guide

Question 1

Public square

Answer 1

Agora

Question 2

Greek festival held in honor of Zeus

Answer 2

Olympics

Question 3

Name given to the Greek religion

Answer 3

Mythology

Question 4

The adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus

Answer 4

Odyssey

Question 5

The story of the Trojan War

Answer 5

Illiad

Question 6

Center of Greek classical learning and home to the ancient world’s largest library

Answer 6

Alexandria

Question 7

A culture that is a blend of the Persian and the Greek

Answer 7

Hellenistic

Question 8

Oath taken by physicians to “preserve life”

Answer 8

Hippocrates Oath

Question 9

The Father of Medicine

Answer 9

Hippocrates

Question 10

“Knowers of wisdom”

Answer 10

Sophists

Question 11

“Seekers of wisdom”

Answer 11

Philosophers

Question 12

The searching of wisdom

Answer 12

Philosophy

Question 13

Outdoor theatre

Answer 13

Amphitheater

Question 14

A live theatrical performance

Answer 14

Drama

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A form of Greek art that emphasized how something should look not how it did look

Answer 15

Idealism

Question 16

The name given to the Greek artistic style

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Classical

Question 17

War between the Athens and Sparta

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Peloponnesian War

Question 18

The wars between the Greeks and the Persians

Answer 18

Persian Wars

Question 19

An alliance of Greek city-states created to protect themselves from Persia

Answer 19

Delian League

Question 20

Temple built in Athens to honor the goddess Athena

Answer 20

The Parthenon

Question 21

After this battle, the Persians never invaded Greece again

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Plataea

Question 22

Naval battle in which the Athenian navy defeated the larger Persian fleet

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Salamis

Question 23

In this first major battle of the second Persian War, Spartan king Leonidas was defeated by the Persians

Answer 23

Thermopylae

Question 24

The name for a Greek city-state

Answer 24

Polis

Question 25

The priestess who spoke in behalf of Apollo who predicted the future

Answer 25

Oracle

Question 26

Greek fighting formation that helped defeat the Persian army outside Athens

Answer 26

Phalanx

Question 27

Greek citizen soldiers

Answer 27

Hoplites

Question 28

An Olympic long distance race is named after this battle in which the Athenians defeated the Persians

Answer 28

Marathon

Question 29

Persian king who overthrew the Ionian Greeks

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Cyrus

Question 30

Greek city-states that rebelled against the Persians

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Ionians

Question 31

Greek city-state that emerged as the most powerful one in Greece after the Persian Wars

Answer 31

Athen

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This Greek city-state refused to help Athens during the first Persian war

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Sparta

Question 33

The largest empire of the period

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Persia

Question 34

King of Persia. Declared war on Athens and started the Persian Wars

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Darius

Question 35

King of Persia who fought against King Leonidas and the 300 during the second Persian war

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Xerxes

Question 36

Greek runner who yelled "Rejoice, we conquer!" Then, he died

Answer 36

Pheidippides

Question 37

Spartan King who along with 300 warriors held off the mighty Persian army for three days

Answer 37

Leonidas

Question 38

Greek Athenian general who defeated the mighty Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis

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Themistocles

Question 39

Athenian ruler during the Golden Age of Athens

Answer 39

Pericles

Question 40

Greek dramas were held in honor of this goddess

Answer 40

Dionysus

Question 41

The father of history

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Herodotus

Question 42

Father of Alexander the Great

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Philip

Question 43

He was able to unit the Greeks and defeat the Persian empire

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Alexander the Great

Question 44

A blind Greek Brad/poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

Answer 44

Homer

Question 45

A famous Greek Demi-god

Answer 45

Achilles

Question 46

Head of the Greek Titan gods

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Cronus

Question 47

Head of the Olympian gods

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Zeus

Question 48

Name two types of Greek drama:

Answer 48

Tragedy & comedy

Question 49

Name the accomplishments of Alexander the Great:

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1. ) United the Greeks 2. ) Conquered the Persians 3. ) Introduced the idea of absolute monarch 4. ) Created a new culture

Question 50

Name the six legacies of the Greeks:

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1. ) Democracy 2. ) Architecture 3. ) Language 4. ) Drama 5. ) Philosophy 6. ) Science & Medicine

Question 51

Name the three most famous Greek philosophers:

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1. ) Socrates 2. ) Plato 3. ) Aristotle

Question 52

What happened to the Greek empire after the death of Alexander?

Answer 52

The empire was split up into three parts.

Question 53

Half human and half god

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Demi-god

Question 54

Name and describe the five forms of government the Greeks used:

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1. ) Monarchy: a government ruled by a king. 2. ) Aristocracy: a government ruled by a small group of landowners. 3. ) Oligarchy: a government ruled by a few people. 4. ) Tyrant: a government ruled by a single person who seized power with the approval of common people. 5. ) Democracy: a government ruled by the the people.