World History Quiz 2 Unit 2

Front 1

the early history of the greek peoples took place on the shore of the ___________

Back 1

Aegean Sea

Front 2

greek turned early to fishing and commerce because the greek soil was:

Back 2

rocky to farm

Front 3

greek civilization probably began on the island of _________

Back 3

crete

Front 4

first greek capital

Back 4

Knossos

Front 5

knossos was exacuated in the twentieth century by sir arthur ______, the english archaologist

Back 5

evans

Front 6

the massive ruins on knossos were the remains of the palace of king _________

Back 6

Minos

Front 7

clay tablets found on crete indicate a conquest of the island around 1500 bc by invaders from:

Back 7

mycenae

Front 8

the trojan war was best described by the greek poet:

Back 8

homer

Front 9

heinrich schliemann, the archaeologist, excavated ancient:

Back 9

troy

Front 10

troy was located at the straits known as:

Back 10

hellespont

Front 11

according to homer, troy was conquered through a trick involving a _________

Back 11

wooden horse

Front 12

greed for wealth

Back 12

avarice

Front 13

the right to vote

Back 13

franchise

Front 14

the right of ordinary citizens to introduce or enact new laws on their own by law

Back 14

initiative

Front 15

government in which a few people hold the ruling power

Back 15

oligarchy

Front 16

method of temporary banishment practiced in athens; now the condition of being shut off deliberately from others in society

Back 16

ostracism

Front 17

direct vote by citizens on a bill already passed by a lawmaking body

Back 17

referendum

Front 18

government that suppresses all opposition and controls all aspects of people's lives

Back 18

totalitarian

Front 19

the period in greece from around 1100 to 750 bc was one of:

Back 19

invasions and migrations

Front 20

two most important greek states between 700 and 500 bc

Back 20

athens, sparta

Front 21

in sparta all authority was thought to come from ______________

Back 21

the state

Front 22

a person who came to power outside of a constitutional means:

Back 22

despot

Front 23

the greek ruler who changed the basis of representation from families to territories was _____________

Back 23

cleisthenes

Front 24

humiliating persian defeat

Back 24

marathon

Front 25

narrow strait of water between the sea of marmara and the black sea

Back 25

bosporous

Front 26

persian leader

Back 26

cyrus

Front 27

burned athens after victory at thermopylae

Back 27

persians

Front 28

athenian naval victory

Back 28

salamis

Front 29

sophocles, aeschyles, and aristophanes were famous athenian ____________

Back 29

playwrights

Front 30

the peloponnesian wa began as a commercial rivalry between athens and _________

Back 30

corinth

Front 31

result of pericles death

Back 31

a political vacuum

Front 32

macedonia was a strong state located north of greece t/f

Back 32

true

Front 33

delphi was a major greek shipbuilding center t/f

Back 33

false

Front 34

philip of macedonia was finally able to defeat the greek states and bring them under his control t/f

Back 34

true

Front 35

alexander the great had the idea of fusing the __________ together into one empire

Back 35

east and west

Front 36

after his death, alexanders empire was split into _________

Back 36

three parts

Front 37

the roman culture rose from the ruins of ancient greece t/f

Back 37

true

Front 38

to impress on the minds of others by frequent repetition; teach persistently

Back 38

inculcate

Front 39

a common language used for trade or communication by people speaking in different languages

Back 39

lingua franca

Front 40

an ideal society

Back 40

utopia

Front 41

3 major dialects:

Back 41

aeolic, doric, ionic

Front 42

750 bc- 330 bc was known as the __________ period

Back 42

classical

Front 43

after aristotle, the seat of greek philosophy and science moved to ___________

Back 43

alexandria

Front 44

wrote the odyssey and illiad

Back 44

homer

Front 45

platos greatest student

Back 45

aristotle

Front 46

wrote a utopian treatise called the Republic

Back 46

plato

Front 47

famous mathematician

Back 47

pythagoras

Front 48

astronomer; concluded that everything comes from water

Back 48

thales

Front 49

philosopher that taught by asking questions

Back 49

socrates

Front 50

greatest example of greek architecture

Back 50

parthenon in athens