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Greece Unit Test
Ch 8 sec 1&2 Ch 9 sec 2&4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Socrates? | Greek Philosopher-teaching style based on asking questions wanted people to question their own beliefs. |
| What is a polis? | Greek word for city-state |
| What is a tyrant? | Ancient Greek leader who held power through force. |
| Define citizens | People who have the right to participate in government |
| Who was Hippocrates? | Greek doctor; regarded as the father of medicine: tried to figure out what caused diseases |
| What is an acropolis? | A high hill upon which a Greek fortress built. |
| Define democracy | a type of government in which people rule themselves |
| Who is Euclid? | Greek mathematician, one of the greatest in the field of geometry |
| What is an alliance? | an agreement to work together |
| Describe the Peloponnesian War | A war between Sparta and Athens in 431 BC. -Greek cities feared Athens would take control of all Greece. |
| What was the most important aspect of life in Spartan? | Soliders |
| What caused the Peloponnesian War to begin? | Greek cities feared Athens would control Greece. |
| What geographical term describes Greece? | peninsula |
| What does democracy mean? | rule of the people |
| What did most of the boys from poor families in Athens become? | farmers who grew food for the weathy |
| Why did the Greeks become expert shipbuilders? | traveling by land in Greece was difficult |
| What is an oligarchy? | a government where only a few have power |
| Describe a representative democracy | citizens elect officials to make the laws |
| Why are the many achievements of Greece important? | Greece had made many influential contributions to western civilization. |
| Why was the RESULT of the Peloponnesian War? | Sparta won and was left in control |
| What is the Parthenon? | Temple in Athens to honor Athena |
| What did Greek philosophers believe was the most important thing in life? | knowledge, wisdom, and truth |
| What surrounded most of the Greek temples? | statues and art work (paintings) |
| Why did women in Sparta have certain freedoms? | because men were always at war. |
| What city did democracy in Greece start in? | Athens |
| Which society were helots (slaves) an important part of? | Sparta |
| What form of democratic government do all citizens participate directly in? | direct democracy |
| What did Athenians believe studying made people better citizens? | the arts |
| The many achievements of ancient Greece were important because | They strongly shaped Western civilization |
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