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Harmon's Greece
Greece Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the Greek historian often called the "Father of History"? | Herodotus |
| A free resident of a Greek city-state was a ________. | citizen |
| A Greek city-state, consisting of a city and the surrounding countryside, is known as what? | polis |
| Who was an Athenian statesman who expanded democracy? | Pericles |
| Who was the Greek physician who set ethical standards for doctors? | Hippocrates |
| A person who gains power by force is a _____. | tyrant |
| Who was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey? | Homer |
| What was the Egyptian cultural capital of the Hellenistic world? | Alexandria |
| Banishing a public figure is ________. | ostracism |
| Some _______ women had the responsibility of running the family's estate because frequent warfare kept the men away from home. | Spartan |
| The ______________ dominated the Aegean world from about 1400 B.C. to 1200 B.C., and probably started the Trojan War. | Mycenaeans |
| A ________ was an early form of government in the Greek city-states in which a hereditary ruler exercised central power. | monarchy |
| Athens was different from Sparta in that it placed emphasis on the _______. | individual |
| What Greek philosopher believed good conduct meant pursuing the "golden mean"? | Aristotle |
| In a Greek city-state, the _____________ was the location of temples dedicated to different gods and goddesses. | acropolis |
| Greeks believed the purpose of __________ was to arouse and then relieve the emotions of pity and fear. | tragic plays |
| In 507 B.C., _______ changed the government of Athens by establishing a legislature, creating a limited democracy. | Cleisthenes |
| As a result of the __________, Athenian domination of the Greek world was ended. | Peloponnesian War |
| The Mycenaean people were primarily ____________. | sea traders |
| The ______ at Knossos tell us that the sea was very important to the Minoan people. | frescoes |
| In the ______, Achilles withdrew from battle because he was insulted by his commander. | Iliad |
| As a result of the _____________, Athens organized other Greek city-states into the Delian League. | Persian Wars |
| Alexander the Great extended his empire as far east as ______. | India |
| Under _________, large numbers of Athenian citizens had the right to vote directly on laws. | Pericles |
| The theme frequently explored in ____________ plays was that people, not the gods, are the cause of human misfortune. | Euripides |
| In his ___________, Plato describes an ideal state ruled by a philosopher-king. | Republic |
| Greek architecture, as shown by the _____________, seeks to reflect perfect balance and universal harmony and order. | Parthenon |
| In a Greek city-state, an ______ was a form of government in which power was in the hands of a small, wealthy elite that came from the middle class. | oligarchy |
| The fact that it was no longer the great power that it once had been helped _________ defeat the Persian Empire. | Alexander the Great |
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