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true/false the creation of the Delian League was an example of cooperation among greek city states |
true |
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true/false in a representative democracy, all citizenas meet to debate and vot on government matters |
false |
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true/false Plato believed strongly in athenian democracy as a model for the ideal government |
false |
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true/false the pathenon is a fine example of classical Alexandrian architecture. |
true |
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true/false the Hellenistic Era represented a period of the spread of Macedonian culture |
false |
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whose strict government discouraged free thinking and new ideas |
Sparta's |
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Why did Sparta's leaders favor a military society? |
they thought it would make loyal and obedient citizens |
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what happened to Athens after the Persian Wars? |
They built up their military strength to rival that of Sparta |
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many city-states developed this type of government, where a few wealthy people held control over the large group of citizens. |
oligarchy |
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the Greeks hoped to earn the favor of their Gods and Goddesses by performing...? |
rituals, sacrifices, and festivals |
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Philip the second defeated the greeks at the battle of..? |
chaeronea |
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One major difference between the Persians and most Greek states was that...? |
the greeks had technologically superior weapons to those of the persians |
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The Spartans were descended form the...? |
Dorians |
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athenian men often spent their afrternoons doing....? |
exercising at the gymnasium |
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What happened after the Peloponnesian War? |
The greek city states were divided and weak |
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even though his troops were surronded, the Spartan leader Leonidas dismissed most of his army at Thermopylae and...? |
remained to fight to death |
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where is Persia located? (present day) |
Iran |
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who believed that the best form of government combined parts of monarchy, oligarchy and democracy? |
Aristotle |
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during the war between greece and persia, the greek navel forces were directed by who (of athens)? |
Themistocles |
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the ancient Olympic games, which occurred every four years in Greece held in honor of...? |
Zeus |
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the geography of Greece was dominated by...? |
mountains and seas |
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Girls in Athens were...? |
educated at home by their mothers |
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at the age of 18, boys in Athens were expected to...? |
join the army |
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what did Herodotus write? |
The history of the Persian Wars |
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Spartas government could best be described as...? |
oligarchy |
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Moderns examples of drama include...? |
movies and plays |
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who was the goddess of wisdom and crafts and was so popular thatshe had a major city state named in here honor? |
Athena |
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the Minoans made their living as...? |
traders |
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spartans differed from the rest of the Greeks in that.... |
they discouraged trade,leading to isolation |
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Whose army conquered the land as far east as modern Pakistan? |
Alexander the Great |
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the Persian Empire finally ended when... |
it was invaded by a young and powerful ruler named Alexander |
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The hellenistic Era produced a great body of achievements in... |
science, mathematics, art, architecture, literarture, and philosophy |
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xerxes was king of... |
prsia |
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many communities in ancient Greec were speratd by mountains and valleys which resulted in... |
the development of fiercely independent states |
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how did Philip get some greek cities to join him? |
by conquering, invading, and bribing |
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why were colonies first established by the Greeks around 700BC? |
They could not grow enough food to feed the increasing population. |
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who invented technologies requiring knowledge of physics? |
Archimedes |
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Under whose rule were the people encouraged to worship the goddess Athena? |
Peisistratus |
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upper class woman in athens... |
could only leave home accompanied by a man. |
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the greeks were able to defeat the persian fleet at the Strait of Salamis in part because... |
their ships were smaller and faster |
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King Darius's power depended on the success of his... |
nobles |
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even though the greeks were defeated, the bravery of the Spartans at which location was much celebrated? |
thermopylae |
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this Macedonian king loved Greek culture and planned to conquer Persia. |
philip (the second) |
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aristarchus was an astronomer who taught that... |
the Earth revolved around the sun |
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spartas economy was based on... |
trade |
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sice spartan men lived away from home, spartan woman... |
could own property and travel |
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who wrote the Odyssey |
homer |
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Sparten men could return homes after they complete military training whenthe were how old? |
60 |
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a notable mathematician lived in Alexandria nearly 700 years after the Hellenistic Era. she is an exampleof how... |
the greek culture of learning and scholarship had long-lasting effects in areas beyond greece |
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which Athenian leader was responsible for creating a new council of 500 citizens to help the assembly |
Cleistheses |
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was the hilltop where forts stood and where Greeks built temples to honor local gods |
acropolis |
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the branch of mathematics centered around measurement and relationship of points lines angles surfaces figures on a plane is know as |
plane geometry |
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unlike citizens of Greece people in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt had no rights and no voice in |
rhetorics |
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the Greeks defeated the Persians at _________ after which a Greek messenger raced 25 miles to Athens to announce the victory |
Thermopylae |
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citizen soldiers called hoplites were successful because they were ______ to be fighting for Athens |
proud |
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the first Greek mathematician to establish the principles of geometry was |
Archimedes |
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the chief of all the ancient Greek gods was |
zeus |
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the Persians improved the system of roads first built by the Assyrians in order to |
make it easier to trade |
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small farmers merchants, and artisans in Greece around 650 bc called for _______ since they had no voice in government |
tyrants |
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the Greeks scientist who studied medicine, vowed an oath to do no harm to patients and was the first to believe that most illness came from natural causes was |
Hippocrates |
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because early Greek communities were separated by mountains and seas, they became fiercely |
independent |
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among the political philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, it was ________ who had the most lasting affect on the future formation of american and other constitutional democracies |
Plato |
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the epicureans and the stoics had philosophies that were |
difficult philosophies |
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Athens and Sparta differed in their forms of government since Athens was a democracy and Sparta was an |
oligarchy |
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Where was the most famous Greek oracle located |
Delphi |
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why did the Persians improve the network of roads that had been begun by the Assyrians, and what was the best example of a key Persian road |
trade route would get better and the royal road |
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how did Macedonia change under the rule of King Phillip II |
he liked greek culture and military people |
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how did Socrates prove that he was totally dedicated to his ideas |
he died for his students |
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why was the rule by tyrants supported by the common people and citizen soldiers at first |
tyrants gave whatever everyone wanted |
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the word stoic comes from the Hellenistic era philosophers who followed zenos philosophy of stoicism how does the modern world related to this philosophies ideas |
not feeling |
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compare the way the news of the Greek victory at marathon traveled back to Athens to life now in the 21st century |
a guy physically ran to Athens but now we have technology |
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summarize what life was like for a boy in Athens |
they started school, finish school went to military for 2 years learned there where winners and losers in sports |
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what was life like for a boy in Sparta |
they went to military camp at age 7 joined regular army at age 20 and lived at home while in military at age 30 retired from military at age 60 |
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what was an important, positive result of the Delian league |
it protected most of Greece and it unified Greece |
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how was an increase in trade related in the development of the Greek alphabet |
traders went out and spread their alphabet |
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how were the Greeks able to defeat the Persians at marathon |
they destroyed the supply ships of the Persian navy |
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what do the following subjects have in common; history, political science, biology and logic |
Greek philosophers |
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how did the Greek culture spread during the Helenistic era |
Alaxander the Great |
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why was Pericles funeral oration such an important speech |
it told all the legacies of Greece |
