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Klabunde History 11
Ancient Greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| By 750 BC, the _____ , or city state, became the central focus of Greek life. | polis |
| What was the first Greek state? | Mycenae |
| What happened at the battle of Thermopylae? | A Greek force of 7,000 (300 Spartans) held off the Persian army of 180,000 for 2 days, and then were defeated. |
| The conquests of Alexander the Great created the... | ...Hellenistic Era |
| At Thermopylae Pass, the Spartan troops... | ...numbered 300 and the Persian troops 180,000. |
| Who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living?" | Socrates |
| What was the result of Alexander the Great's conquests? | Greek language, art, architecture, and literature spread throughout Southeast Asia. |
| Which three kingdoms emerged following Alexander's death? | Macedonia (Pergamum,) Syria (Selucid,) Egypt (Ptolemaic) |
| The Greeks were separated by _______ and developed independently as a result. | Mountains |
| The _______ civilization was the very first to emerge in ancient Greece. | Minoan |
| Mycenaean king who was entered into battle with Troy | Agamemnon |
| During the Dark Ages of Greece, there was a drop in the production of food and the population decreased. This led mainland Greeks to leave and migrate to other areas. | Ionian migration |
| The strategy used by Athens during the Peloponnesian War was to... | ...stay within the city walls. |
| Which of the following is NOT a proposed cause of the destruction of the Minoan civilization on Crete? | A mass migration to roam |
| According to the writings of Homer, the city of Troy..... | ….was sacked by Agamemnon and the Mycenaeans. |
| An ________ served as a place of refuge during an attack and a religions center as it usually had a temple. | acropolis |
| Solon..... | ….canceled all land debts and freed people who had fallen into slavery. |
| In 490 BC, the Persians landed on the plain of_______, 26 miles from Athens. | Marathon |
| After war with Persia the Spartans became threatened by Athens power. Disputes between city states led to the _______. | Peloponnesian War |
| _________ became the king of Macedonia at the age of 20. | Alexander |
| The capture of Troy by the Greeks, according to Homer, was accomplished by a trick using the Trojan __________. | Horse |
| When the Greek infantry soldiers went into battle, they marched shoulder to shoulder in a formation called a ________. | Phalanx |
| In Sparta, the five elected officials who were responsible for the education of youth and the conduct of all citizens were the _______. | ephors |
| The period of history which saw the height of Athenian power and brilliance and was lead by a brilliant orator and statesman was called the Age of _________. | Pericles |
| ______ was the Persian king during the battle of Salamis. | Xerxes |
| During the dark ages of ancient Greece, many people left the Greek mainland and settled on the West coast of Turkey. This area became known as __________. | Ionia |
| ________ was the Macedonian king who created the largest empire the ancient world had ever known. | Alexander |
| Spartans needed more land, so the Spartans conquered near by city-states and made the people their slaves. The slaves were called __________. | helots |
| Plato | known for his dialogues and his theory of Forms |
| Socratic Method | used to help people discover the answer for themselves; the answer within |
| acropolis | fortified place and religious center |
| Agora | open area used as a market and meeting place |
| Xerxes | Persian king who invaded Greece |
| Salamis | sea battle in which the Greeks defeated the Persians |
| Socrates | believed "the unexamined life is not worth living" sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of Athens. |
| Hellenistic | means to imitate Greeks; era when the Greek culture was spread, multi-cultural |
| Plataea | final land battle of the Greco-Persian wars |
| phalanx | Greek fighting formation |
| Homer | wrote epic poems like the Iliad and the Odyssey |
| Aristotle | believed the best form of government was a constitutional monarchy, Alexander the Great's teacher |
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