Unit 3: Greece

Question 1

Greek mythology is __________ because they worship many gods.

Answer 1

polytheistic

Question 2

Zeus

Answer 2

King of the gods, thunder and lighting

Question 3

Hera

Answer 3

Zeus’s wife, marriage and family

Question 4

Apollo

Answer 4

Sun and music

Question 5

Artemis

Answer 5

moon and hunt

Question 6

Athena

Answer 6

wisdom and war

Question 7

Aphrodite

Answer 7

love and beauty

Question 8

How did people in ancient Greece become slaves?

Answer 8

1. by being captured as prisoners of war
2. by being born to enslaved parents
3. by failing to repay their loans and debts

Question 9

Which citizens in ancient Greece had political rights?

Answer 9

free adult males

Question 10

How did the Athenian government evolve? (Which type of gov’t did they have first and then how did it change?)

Answer 10

1. Monarchy (rule by a king)
2. Aristocracy (rule by the privileged)
3. Tyranny- rule by a dictator
4. Democracy- rule by the people

Question 11

What were the important principles of Democracy in Athens?

Answer 11

1. Direct democracy
2. Public debate
3. Duties of the citizen

Question 12

What type of government did Sparta have?

Answer 12

Oligarchy (rule by a small group)

Question 13

What are characteristics to describe Spartan society?

Answer 13

• Militaristic
• Aggressive
• Rigid social structure

Question 14

When was the Persian War?

Answer 14

499–449 B.C.E.

Question 15

Who fought in the Persian War?

Answer 15

Persian wars united Athens and Sparta against the Persian Empire

Question 16

Which two victories left the Greeks in control of the Aegean Sea?

Answer 16

Marathon and Salamis

Question 17

Who was Pericles?

Answer 17

Athenian statesman who extended democracy so most adult males had an equal voice AND had Athens rebuilt after destruction in the Persian Wars; the Parthenon is an example of this reconstruction.

Question 18

When were the Peloponnesian Wars?

Answer 18

431–404 B.C.E.

Question 19

Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 19

Athens- Delian League v. Sparta- Peloponnesian League

Question 20

What happened during the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 20

Caused in part by competition for control of the Greek world between Athens and Sparta; Weakened both Athens and Sparta, setting the stage for Macedonian conquests of Greece and the end of Greek democracy

Question 21

Who first conquered the Greeks?

Answer 21

Phillip of Macedonia (Alexandra’s fathers)

Question 22

Who’s empire stretched Greece to western India and into Egypt and the Near East spreading Hellenistic (Greek) culture?

Answer 22

Alexander the Great

Question 23

Greek Contributors- Drama

Answer 23

Aeschylus, Sophocles

Question 24

Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

Answer 24

Homer

Question 25

Greek Contributors- History

Answer 25

Herodotus, Thucydides

Question 26

Greek Contributor- Sculpture

Answer 26

Phidias

Question 27

Greek Contributors- Science

Answer 27

Archimedes, Hippocrates

Question 28

Greek Contributors- Math

Answer 28

Euclid, Pythagoras

Question 29

Greek Contributors- Philosophy

Answer 29

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle