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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece / Smith
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Greeks made a major contribution to the development of politics when they came up with the idea of | Democracy |
| In the speech by Pericles he praises democracy because of where democracy places the power to rule. In a democracy, where is the power? | In the hands of the people |
| At the center of each city state was a hilltop fortress called an | Acropolis |
| The most famous building in Greece, built on top of the hilltop when Athens was in her glory was the | Parthenon |
| Ancient Greek doctors started the tradition of taking a doctor’s oath, called the | Hippocratic Oath |
| Greeks were famous for being thinkers. People who specialized in collecting knowledge about science, math, medicine and astronomy were called | Philosophers |
| There were 3 famous Greek philosophers. Who were they? (remember SPA) | Socrates, Plato and Aristotle |
| After the fall of Athens a man united Greece and then created a Greek Empire in Asia and North Africa. His name was | Alexander The Great |
| In what year did the Trojan War take place? | 1200 B.C. |
| The Greeks contributed to the development of creating large buildings. This is called | Architecture |
| The other city state that was a very war like state was called? | Sparta |
| The Empire that came after the Greeks were the | Romans |
| The origins of Greek civilization can be traced back to the ruins of this hilltop city called | Mycenae |
| Who is considered to be the King of all the Greek Gods. | Zeus |
| In the throne room of the palace the most famous of all the kings of Mycenae, Agamemnon, decided to sacrifice his daughter to the gods so that | His ships would have good weather |
| In ancient Greece the largest athletic competition was the | Olympics |
| Olympia was built to honor Zeus and also to honor Zeus’s wife | Hera |
| Greeks were very famous for their plays, and all of them were based on legends and | Myths |
| What city was named for the goddess of wisdom, Athena | Athens |
| Who is the God of the Sea | Poseidon |
| The Golden Age ended mostly because of the outbreak of__________ between who _________ | War / Athens and Sparta |
| Alexander the Great died of | Malaria |
| The Greek word for city state is | polis |
| The 1st Peloponnesian War in 460 B.C. was a battle between Athens and Sparta over their neighbor | Megara |
| Athens and Sparta entered into a 30 year peace treaty. Sadly this peace treaty only lasted | 14 years |
| Zeus had many children. What are the names of the 2 children he had with his wife Hera? | Ares and Hephaetus |
| In Sparta boys were sent into military barracks to live at the age of | 7 |
| All male citizens in Sparta entered the Army at the age of | 20 |
| In Sparta social structure the slaves were called | Helots |
| The first form of government in ancient Greece because of the separate city-states was a Monarchy. Who has the power under this type of government? | Power is in the Hands of 1 person such as a King |
| What is the great gift that was given to the modern world by ancient Greece? | Democracy |
| Form of government where a small group of wealthy men rule is called? | Oligarchy |
| What were 2 of the jobs of the King under a Monarchy? | Make laws, act as judge, conduct religious ceremonies, lead army |
| Who overthrew the oligarchs under the Oligarchy form of government? | The Poor people and the army united to overthrow the Oligarchs |
| What happens under the rule of Tyranny? | One person takes power by FORCE |
| Who was the Athenian tyrant who became harsh and was forced out? | Hippias |
| The Peloponnesian War was between who? | Athens and Sparta |
| Who were the Greek city-states uniting to defend themselves against in the Persian War? | Persia |
| What is the battle formation called that the Athenian’s used during the Persian War? | Phalanx |
| A messenger named Pheidippides ran to Athens to announce Athens’ surprise victory at Marathon but he died shortly after. Today marathons are run in his honor and are exactly how long? | 26 Miles / 385 yards |
| Who was the Persian King that watched his men fight from a mountaintop as the Greeks destroyed his army? | Xerxes |
| Historians call the period that followed the Greek victories over the Persians as the? | Classical Age |
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