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Greece Test
Information on Chapter 9-Greece Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name some landforms that make up Greece. | Mountains, valleys, peninsulas, coastlines and islands |
| Name the three major seas that surround Greece. | Aegean, Mediterranean, and Ionian Seas |
| What allowed the Greeks to interact with other people and cultures? | Trade |
| What island would you find the Minoan civilization? | Crete |
| What was the name given to Spartan slaves? | Helots |
| What building can be found on the Acropolis? | The Parthenon |
| What type of government is ruled by a few wealthy people? | Aristocracy |
| What city-state was famous for its military way of life? | Sparta |
| What war did Athens and Sparta fight together in? | Persian War |
| What type of government was ruled by the people? | Democracy |
| Who could vote in Athens? | Only male citizens |
| Which god was honored during the Olympic games? | Zeus |
| The Athenian fleet ended the Persian War by destroying the Persia ships at the battle of __________. | Salamis |
| What was the Delian League? | An alliance of Greek city-states |
| Where did gods and goddesses live? | On Mount Olympus |
| Where did Alexander the Great come from? | Macedonia |
| What three continents did Alexander conquer civilizations in to build an empire? | Europe, Asia, Africa |
| What is the name given to the period of time that blended Greek and Asian ways? | The Hellenistic Age |
| Which man looked for natural causes of diseases and was called the father of medicine? | Hippocrates |
| Who was a famous inventor and mathematician during the Hellenistic Age? | Archimedes |
| Who was the great Athenian leader that died of the plague? | Pericles |
| Who was the blind poet that wrote poems about the Trojan War? | Homer |
| Who was the king of the gods? | Zeus |
| Greeks were the first to write tragedies and comedies in the form of __________. | Plays |
| The ability to live forever is called ____________. | Immortality |
| What was the name of the war fought between Sparta and Athens? | Peloponnesian War |
| Who was the famous philosopher who died in jail? | Socrates |
| Which early Greek civilization was known as the first true Greeks? | Mycenaeans |
| Who was the god of the underworld? | Hades |
| What is an agora? | An outdoor market place |
| Who was the goddess of wisdom and war and patron goddess to Athens? | Athena |
| Who was the goddess of marriage? | Hera |
| Who was the god of the sea? | Poseidon |
| What was the name of the first battle in the Persian War? | Battle of Marathon |
| Which early Greek civilization was known for their bull-leaping shows? | Minoans |
| When did the Golden Age of Athens begin? | After the Persian War |
| The Dorian invasion led to a period of time called the ______________. | Dark Ages |
| How did the Athenians act unwisely in dealing with their allies in the Delian League? | forced city-states to join, used league's funds to rebuild Athens, Athenian generals began interfering in the affairs of other city-states. |
| What landform affect how the civilization of Greece developed? | Mountains |
| The Founding Fathers of Greece created new inventions, encouraged doctors to improve medicine, and ... | make improvements in Math. |
| A great inventor who used pulleys and levers and created the death ray | Archimedes |
| What early Greek civilization had bull leaping shows? | Minoans |
| All Greek people spoke the same language and ... | practiced the same religion. |
| What separated Greek people from forming one central government? | Mountains |
| What man was considered the father of medicine? | Hippocrates |
| Which philosophers did not believe that democracy was the best form of government? | Plato |
| Which man was the tutor of Alexander the Great and was a great scientist? | Aristotle |
| Which man came up with mathematical formulas including A2+B2=C2? | Pythagoras |
| Greeks were the first to write and perform _______. | Plays |
| Who was the mortal son of Zeus whom the Spartans believed they were descended from ? | Hercules |
| What was the name of the time period when Pericles led Athens to a time of greatness? | Golden Age |
| God of war and patron god to Sparta | Ares |
| women could not participate in many aspects of daily life in this city-stae | Athens |
| Only citizens could join their military | Sparta |
| All free Greek men could participate in the ____. | Olympics |
| Had a strong navy | Athens |
| Their city-state was located inland and away from the sea | Sparta |
| They lived to serve their society | Spartans |
| Had a wall around their city-state for protection | Athens |
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