Unit 3 Test

Question 1

Mycenaean

Answer 1

Early people who settled on the greek mainland

Question 2

Trojan War

Answer 2

A ten year war the Mycenaeans fought against Troy

Question 3

Dorian

Answer 3

A new group of of people who moved into the war-torn countryside

Question 4

Homer

Answer 4

A blind man who told the greatest stories, epics and myths

Question 5

Epic

Answer 5

Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds

Question 6

Myth

Answer 6

Traditional stories told about a certain thing that is incorrect

Question 7

Polis

Answer 7

The fundamental political unit in Ancient Greece

Question 8

Acropolis

Answer 8

A marketplace of fortified hilltop the citizens gathered to discuss city government

Question 9

Monarchy

Answer 9

A government in which one person, called a king, rulled

Question 10

Aristocracy

Answer 10

A government ruled by a small group of noble, landowning families

Question 11

Oligarchy

Answer 11

A government ruled by a few powerful people

Question 12

Tyrants

Answer 12

Powerful individuals that seize control over the government and appealed to the common people for support

Question 13

Democracy

Answer 13

Ruled by the people by voting

Question 14

Helots

Answer 14

Peasants forced to stay on the land they worked

Question 15

Phalanx

Answer 15

A fearsome army formation that dominated

Question 16

Persian Wars

Answer 16

A war fought between the Greek and Persian armies

Question 17

Direct Democracy

Answer 17

A form of Government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

Question 18

Classical Art

Answer 18

Greek sculptors that captured harmony, balance, order and proportion

Question 19

Tragedy

Answer 19

A serious drama play about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal

Question 20

Comedy

Answer 20

A play that contained humorous scenes

Question 21

Peloponnesian War

Answer 21

A war between the two city-states of Athens and Sparta

Question 22

Philosophers

Answer 22

Greek thinkers that based their minds on facts

Meaning: “Lovers of Wisdom”

Question 23

Socrates

Answer 23

A famous Greek philosopher who believed absolute standards did exist for truth and justice

Question 24

Plato

Answer 24

A student of Socrates who wrote down the conversations of Socrates

Question 25

Aristotle

Answer 25

Questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought and knowledge

Question 26

Philip II

Answer 26

The king of Macedonia during the Peloponnesian War

Question 27

Macedonia

Answer 27

Located north of Greece had a rough terrain and cold climate

Question 28

Alexander the Great

Answer 28

A ruler of Macedonia who defeated Persia and expanded his empire

Question 29

Darius III

Answer 29

The Persian King at the time when Alexander invaded Persia

Question 30

Hellenistic Culure

Answer 30

A culture that was blended with the Egyptian, Persian, and Indian Cultures

Question 31

Alexandria

Answer 31

An Egyptian city named after Alexander the Great

Question 32

Euclid

Answer 32

A greek mathematician who wrote a geometry text

Question 33

Archimedes

Answer 33

A Hellenistic scientist who accurately estimated the value of Pi

Question 34

Colossus of Rhodes

Answer 34

A famous bronze statue that stood over 100 feet high