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S.S final 2013
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hermes | god of good luck and wealth |
| hera | protector of families children and homes |
| hades | god of the underworld |
| aphrodite | goddess of love |
| zeus | king of the gods |
| poseidon | god of the sea |
| apollo | god of truth and intelligence |
| muses | daughters of zeus |
| athena | goddess of wisdom |
| ares | god of war |
| what is an agora? | an outdoor marketplace |
| what power does athens have? | sea power |
| what power does sparta have? | land power |
| in which greek city-state is life focused on war and battle? | sparta |
| what did alexander the great do? | he charged persia (which no one had ever done before) after he conquered persia, he conquered many other areas, and then ruled a very large empire. |
| who was pheidippedes? | -he ran from marathon to athens... after athens won during the athens/sparta war.....to announce victory! the run was about 25-26 miles long, and that is where they got the name marathon for the long race. |
| what was the parthenon? | a temple built to honor athena -not built straight -sits on acropolis (high point in athens -inside is gold and ivory statue of athena -during turkish/vietnam war, gunpowder was stored in the parthenon which exploded and destroyed the parthenon |
| what city-state in ancient greece created the first democracy? | athens |
| what is a helot? | a slave |
| who was socrates? | -taught people to think by asking questions |
| who was aristotle? | -developed modern university |
| who was plato? | -didnt believe in democracy |
| who was archimedes? | famous inventor |
| who was euclid? | an expert in plane geometry |
| who was hippocrates? | father of medicine |
| who was pythagoras? | created number theory (pythagoram theorum) |
| what four countries make up south asia? | afganistan, pakistan, india, and nepal |
| what is mount everest called by the tibetins? | the goddess mother of the world |
| when is monsoon season? | from june to september |
| what was the first indian empire? | the mauryan empire |
| who was the ruler of the mauryan empire? | chandragupta maurya-he then left to become a monk, so his grandson ashoka took over |
| why is hinduism unique? | -oldest religion in india -no founder |
| what are 4 of the 7 truths of himduism? | -freedom from thought -respect nature -be one with brahman -peacful living -respect for animals |
| what is the social class system of the hindu religion? | 1priest/leaders 2rulers/warriors 3farmers/merchants 4servants 5untouchables |
| what does buddha mean? | enlightened one |
| buddhism | -has 4 noble truths -follow 8 fold path -leader is buddha -polytheisthic -reincarnation |
| loess | yellow/brown soil that blows from the dessert |
| terrace | stepped farmland |
| levee | dike that holds back water |
| dynasty | ruling family |
| what was the longest dynasty in china? | the zhou dynasty (lasted for 800 years) |
| during which dynasty was the chinese bronze age? | the shang dynasty |
| what is known as the "roof of the world" | the tibetan plateau |
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