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Final Exam Fall 2013
these are just to help me study for my exam for tomorrow 12/17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A fighting formation that involved hoplites that were packed tightly and marched together holding pikes and shields. | Phalanx |
| Where did the naval battle take place that finally defeated the Persians? | Salamis |
| Where did the Persians and Greeks fight in a narrow pass that led to Athens? 300 Spartans fought bravely to hold off the Persians army while the Athenians went to defend their city. | Thermopylae |
| Where was the first battle that showed the Persian army what a Greek Phalanx could do? The Persians lost over 6000 of their 25000 men, the Athenians lost only 129 of their 10000 men. | Marathon |
| This war was fought between Sparta and Athens. It last 29 years, results in a broken down Athens. | Peloponnesian War |
| This war kept the Persian Empire out of Greece. | Persian War |
| Father of modern Geometry. He wrote the Elements. | Euclid |
| Greek Philosopher that was a student of Socrates | Plato |
| Hellenistic scientist that made discovers and inventions. He is known for levers and simple machines | Archimedes |
| Legend has it that he ran 25 miles from Marathon to Athens and died after he delivered his message | Pheideppides |
| This young Macedonian king defeated Darius the 3 three different times as he conquering of the Persian Empire. He pushed as far as India. He had a horse named Bucephalus. | Alexander the Great |
| The Persian king was defeated by the Greeks at Salamis | Xerxes |
| Greek leader during the Golden Age of Athens. | Pericles |
| Alexander's father, he was the king of Macedonia that conquered Greece. | Philip 2 |
| Name the three geographic features that affected the early Greek civilizations. | Land, Sea, and Climate |
| Who greatly influenced the early Romans? | Greeks and Etruscans |
| Early Romans over threw their Etruscan king and formed a new type of government called a... | Republic |
| The early Romans had two groups that struggled for power, who were they? | Patricians who were aristocrastic landowners and plebians who were common farmers. |