Unit 4

Question 0

Trojan

Answer 0

A native of Troy

Question 1

Mycenaeans

Answer 1

An indo-European person who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 bc

Question 2

Trojan war

Answer 2

A war in 1200 bc in which a Mycenaean army attacked Troy

Question 3

Paris

Answer 3

Captured Helen and started Trojan war

Question 4

Helen

Answer 4

Face launched a thousand ships; menelaus’ wife

Question 5

Menelaus

Answer 5

King of Sparta, husband of Helen, brother of Agamemnon

Question 6

Agamemnon

Answer 6

Mycenaean king who commanded Greeks at Troy

Question 7

Hector

Answer 7

Greatest Trojan hero in Trojan war, killed by Achilles

Question 8

Achilles

Answer 8

Invincible except for his heel; greatest warrior in Iliad

Question 9

Trojan horse

Answer 9

Built as a gift for Troy and the Greeks hid inside and attacked

Question 10

Dorians

Answer 10

Greek ethnicity on Crete

Question 11

Homer

Answer 11

Author of the Iliad and the odyssey; unknown gender

Question 12

The Iliad

Answer 12

Homers writing; tells of Trojan war and the fall of Troy

Question 13

The odyssey

Answer 13

Odysseus ten year journey home

Question 14

Mythology

Answer 14

A collection of myths usually passed down by culture

Question 15

Polis

Answer 15

Greek city-state

Question 16

Acropolis

Answer 16

A fortified hilltop in Ancient Greece

Question 17

Monarchy

Answer 17

Single person ruled government

Question 18

Oligarchy

Answer 18

Government ruled by few powerful people

Question 19

Aristocracy

Answer 19

Government ruled by a small group of noble, landowning families

Question 20

Tyrants

Answer 20

Evil dictators

Question 21

Direct democracy

Answer 21

A government in which citizens rule directly rather than through representatives

Question 22

Representative democracy

Answer 22

A government in which representatives rule directly rather than citizens

Question 23

Persian war

Answer 23

A series of wars in which Greek city-states battled the Persian empire

Question 24

Phalanx

Answer 24

A military formation of foot soldiers armed with shields and swords

Question 25

Marathon

Answer 25

25000 Persian men across the Aegean Sea and landed northeast of Athens on a plain called this

Question 26

Thermopylae

Answer 26

A narrow mountain pass

Question 27

Delian league

Answer 27

A league of islands owned by reigning war winners

Question 28

Pericles

Answer 28

Led Athens in its golden age

Question 29

Classical art

Answer 29

Their values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion became this standard

Question 30

Tragedy and comedy

Answer 30

Mainly used genres of plays; Tragedy is a serious drama; comedy is humorous

Question 31

Peloponnesian war

Answer 31

Athens vs Sparta

Question 32

Philosophers

Answer 32

A thinker who uses logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and mortality.

Question 33

Socrates

Answer 33

Believed absolute standards did exist for truth and justice

Question 34

Plato

Answer 34

Had ideal society and ideal government

Question 35

Aristotle

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Alexander the Great

Answer 36

Ruler of Mycenaeans

Question 37

Hellenistic culture

Answer 37

Blending between Egyptian, Greek, Indian, and Persian cultures

Question 38

Describe in detail at least three influences Classical Greece had on America today?

Answer 38

Architecture, light houses, alphabet

Question 39

Describe the geography of Greece. How did it impact the development of city-states?

Answer 39

Mainland Greece is a mountainous land almost completely surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. Greece has more than 1400 islands. Neighboring so grew up independent