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Greece Study Guide
Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What city was important during the Hellenistic period because it was the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic culture? | Alexandria, Egypt |
| The _______________ of the region caused major difficulties in uniting ancient Greeks under a single government. | geography |
| What term is used today for the art of Athens during the Age of Pericles? | classical |
| Who moved into the Greek world and reigned for about 400 years and left no written record? | Dorians |
| The different regions of Greece were separated by what? | mountains |
| Which regions were conquered by Alexander the Great after he conquered Greece? | Persian Empire, Egypt, and the Indus Valley |
| The Peloponnesian War was fought between what two city-states? | Athens and Sparta |
| Name important city-states of Greece. | Athens, Thebes, Sparta, Mycenae |
| What cultures were represented in the cultural blend of Hellenistic culture? | Indian, Persian, Egyptian |
| What region did Alexander the Great's first victories over the Persians give him control over? | Anatolia |
| What archaeologist discovered the possible remains of ancient Troy? | Schliemann |
| Which sculpture was more realistic and emotional, Hellenistic or classical? | Hellenistic |
| Alexander the Great refused the peace settlement from Darius III because he wanted the entire _____________ Empire. | Persian |
| Alexander the Great learned all that was known in the Greek world from his teacher, ______________. | Aristotle |
| Athens gradually moved toward democracy because of the fear of what? | major political upheavals |
| Under what leader did Athenian democracy increase the number of paid public officials? | Pericles |
| Who dominated Greece first, the Dorians or the Mycenaeans? | Mycenaeans |
| Who dominated Greece second, the Dorians or Macedonians? | Dorians |
| Who dominated Greece third, the Dorians or Macedonians? | Macdeonians |
| What art exhibits balance, proportion, and order? | classical art |
| Who increased the public payroll in Athens? | Pericles |
| Who led the Persian army against the Greeks at Salamis? | Xerxes |
| A military formation that allowed all citizens to participate was the _________. | phalanx |
| The most severe restriction on democracy in Athens under __________________ concerned which members of society were considered citizens. | Cleisthenes |
| ____________ is known for introducing political and economic reforms to Athens. | Solon |
| Sparta's government | oligarchy |
| In ancient Greece, a _____________ seized power illegally. | tyrant |
| Persian leader | Darius III |
| King of Macedonia who conquered the Persians. | Alexander |
| Who wrote The Republic, a book that set forth his vision of a perfectly governed society? | Plato |
| Who was condemned to death for "corrupting the youth of Athens" and "neglecting the city's gods"? | Socrates |
| Who won the Peloponnesian War | Sparta |
| More than one third of Athenians, including Pericles, died of __________ during the Peloponnesian War. | disease |
| Mathematician whose work is still the basis of geometry | Euclid |
| Astronomer who arrived at a surprisingly accurate calculation of the earth's circumference. | Eratosthenes |
| Astronomer who argued that the sun was much larger than the earth and that the planets revolve around the sun. | Aristarchus |
| Bronze statue that stood more than 100 feet high | Colussus of Rhodes |
| His warnings of threats posed by foreign armies were ignored by the Greeks | Demosthenes |
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