Unit 1

Question 1

Trojan War

Answer 1

A ten year war between Troy and the Mycenaeans.

Question 2

Dorian

Answer 2

Moved in after Mycenaean civilization collapsed

Question 3

Homer

Answer 3

Blind storyteller who created epics

Question 4

epics

Answer 4

narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds

Question 5

myths

Answer 5

traditional stories about Greek gods

Question 6

direct democracy

Answer 6

a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representives

Question 7

classical art

Answer 7

values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion

Question 8

tragety

Answer 8

serious drama about love,hate,war, or betrayal

Question 9

comedy

Answer 9

contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor.

Question 10

Peloponnesian War

Answer 10

War between Athens and Sparrta

Question 11

what does philosophers mean?

Answer 11

lovers of wisdom

Question 12

philosophers

Answer 12

Greek thinkers determined to seek truth

Question 13

Socrates

Answer 13

a greek philosopher that encouraged Greeks to question themselves and their moral character

Question 14

What was Socrates famous for?

Answer 14

He was famous for starting Athenians to question themselves and their morals

Question 15

Plato

Answer 15

He was Socrates student

Question 16

What was Plato famous for?

Answer 16

He was famous for writing the Republic, his vision of the perfect governing society

Question 17

Aristotle

Answer 17

Plato’s student, question the nature of the world and human belief, thought, and knowledge

Question 18

What was Aristotle famous for?

Answer 18

He invented a method to argue the rules of logic.

Question 19

What were Pericles’ three goals?

Answer 19

strengthen Athenian democracy, hold and strengthen the empire, glorify Athens

Question 20

What did Pericles do?

Answer 20

He led Athen’s through most of its golden age

Question 21

What were the Mycenaean’s

Answer 21

People who settled on Greece’s mainland

Question 22

What was the Parthenon

Answer 22

A temple in honor of Athena, set example for builders for generation to come.

Question 23

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 23

Sparta

Question 24

Republic

Answer 24

a form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders

Question 25

patricians

Answer 25

wealthy landowners who held most of the power

Question 26

plebeians

Answer 26

common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population

Question 27

tribunes

Answer 27

protected the rights of the plebeians from unfair acts of patrician officials.

Question 28

Consuls

Answer 28

two leaders that commanded the army and directed the government

Question 29

Senate

Answer 29

the aristocratic branch of Rome’s government

Question 30

Dictator

Answer 30

a leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army.

Question 31

legions

Answer 31

military units Roman soldiers were organized in

Question 32

Punic war

Answer 32

A war against Rome and Carthage

Question 33

Hannibal

Answer 33

a Carthage military strategist that almost captured Rome