Western Civilization Ch. 5

Question 1

Who were some of the people that settled on Greek mainland around 2000 BC

Answer 1

mycenaeans

Question 2

what was the ten year war against troy that the mycenaeans fought

Answer 2

The Trojan War

Question 3

Who were the new group of people that moved into the war-torn country after the Trojan war called

Answer 3

Dorians

Question 4

Who was the greatest story teller that was also blind

Answer 4

Homer

Question 5

what are narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds

Answer 5

Epics

Question 6

What are traditional stories about the Greek gods and goddesses called

Answer 6

Myths

Question 7

whats is another name for a city-state

Answer 7

Polis

Question 8

A fortified hilltop is called an

Answer 8

Acropolis

Question 9

The government in which single person rules over all

Answer 9

Monarchy

Question 10

A govrernment ruled by a small group of noble, land owning people is called a

Answer 10

Aristocracy

Question 11

what is a government ruled by a few people

Answer 11

Oligarchy

Question 12

citizens that seize control of the government clashing with the people are

Answer 12

tyrants

Question 13

The type government in which the people rule is called a

Answer 13

Democracy

Question 14

Peasants that are forced to stay on the land they worked were called

Answer 14

Helots

Question 15

what was the fearsome formation that became the most powerful fighting force of the ancient world called

Answer 15

Phalanx

Question 16

what were the wars between Greece and Persia called

Answer 16

Persian Wars

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Direct democracy

Question 18

Greece’s values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion becoming the standard of what

Answer 18

Classical Art

Question 19

what was a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal called

Answer 19

Tragedy

Question 20

What contained scenes of slapstick situations and crude humor

Answer 20

Comedy

Question 21

The war between Greece and Athens is called the

Answer 21

Peloponnesian War

Question 22

What did the Greeks call thinkers that meant “Lovers of Wisdom”

Answer 22

Philosophers

Question 23

The critic of the Sophists

Answer 23

Socrates

Question 24

The student of Socrates who was in his late twenties when his teacher died

Answer 24

Plato

Question 25

The philosopher that questioned the nature of the world and of human belief

Answer 25

Aristotle

Question 26

The king of Macedonia that dreamed of taking control of Greece and Persia to seize its vast wealth

Answer 26

King Philip II

Question 27

The kingdom that was located just north of Greece, had rough terrain and a cold climate

Answer 27

Macedonia

Question 28

Another name for Philip II son for his great accomplishments over the next thirteen years

Answer 28

Alexander the Great

Question 29

The Persian king alarmed by Alexander’s victory that vowed to crush Alexander’s army

Answer 29

King Darius III

Question 30

The blending of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences became known as

Answer 30

Hellenistic

Question 31

The Egyptian city that became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization

Answer 31

Alexandria

Question 32

A highly regarded mathematician that taught in Alexandria that also created a book named “Elements” containing 465 carefully presented geometry propositions and proofs

Answer 32

Euclid

Question 33

Another important Hellenistic scientist of Syracuse that studied at Alexandria

Answer 33

Archimedes

Question 34

The largest known Hellenistic bronze statue that stood more than 100 ft high and was created on the island of Rhodes

Answer 34

Colossus of Rhodes