Unit 2

Question 1

Which group built an empire with fear an intimidation and built a library at their capital Nineveh.

Answer 1

The Assyrians

Question 2

What does Hellenistic mean

Answer 2

to copy the Greeks

Question 3

Govern by the few

Answer 3

Oligarchy

Question 4

Govern by the many

Answer 4

Democracy

Question 5

Who developed the value of pi

Answer 5

Archimedes

Question 6

What Hellenistic city had a famous lighthouse and library, and was a center for at and culture

Answer 6

Alexanderia

Question 7

What is Epicureanism

Answer 7

To make yourself happy

Question 8

Defeated the Persians at Gaugamela outnumbered 5 to1

Answer 8

Alexander the Great

Question 9

Posiden

Answer 9

the Greek god of the sea

Question 10

The Greek god of lightning

Answer 10

Zeus

Question 11

Athena

Answer 11

the Greek god of wisdom

Question 12

The pass where 300 Spartans held a Persian army for three days

Answer 12

Thermopylae

Question 13

What athletic festival was held in honor of Zeus

Answer 13

The Olympics

Question 14

What was arete

Answer 14

to have honor and excellence

Question 15

Phalanx

Answer 15

The formation the Greeks fought in

Question 16

Created the geometry textbook and 465 proofs

Answer 16

Euclid

Question 17

What did Cleisthenes do for Greek history

Answer 17

created the council of 500

Question 18

Who is Pheidippides

Answer 18

He was the man who ran 26.2 miles to announce victory

Question 19

The Macedonian King that conquered Greece

Answer 19

Phillip the second

Question 20

The Greek philosopher who tutored Alexander the Great

Answer 20

Aristotle

Question 21

According to Homer why did the Trojan war start

Answer 21

Helen of Troy

Question 22

What was the overall affect of the Peloponnesian war

Answer 22

Everyone was weekend/lost

Question 23

What was Agora

Answer 23

the marketplace

Question 24

What was an acropolis

Answer 24

The part of the city where important buildings and people were at

Question 25

Famous soup from Sparta

Answer 25

Black broth

Question 26

Famous Greek teacher who was forced to drink Poison by Athenian Government

Answer 26

Socrates

Question 27

Why was the Delian League formed

Answer 27

to protect Greek from Persia if there was another war

Question 28

The naval battle where the Greeks destroyed a third of the Persian fleet

Answer 28

Battle of Salamis

Question 29

Pythagoras

Answer 29

Philosopher who started a cult against math and music

Question 30

Why was Cyrus the Great so great

Answer 30

He was an amazing military strategist

Question 31

The two warriors who fought outside the gates of Troy

Answer 31

Hector and Achilles

Question 32

5 of the 7 wonders of the world

Answer 32

Pyramids of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Statue of Zeus, Colossus of Rhodes

Question 33

The rock that stood at the oracle at Delphi

Answer 33

The rock that Cronus threw up

Question 34

Pericles

Answer 34

Dominated Athenian politics during the golden age.

Question 35

What philosopher was a student of Socrates and started the Academy

Answer 35

Plato

Question 36

Why were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon built

Answer 36

Nebuchadnezzar’s wife who missed her homeland