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WHI Greece
Based off of VaDOE SOLs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Body of water to the east of Greece | Aegean Sea |
| Body of water to the west of Greece | Adriatic Sea |
| Body of water to the south of Greece | Mediterranean Sea |
| Type of physical geography that Greece has | Mountainous |
| 2 reasons why Greeks had to colonize elsewhere | lack of arable land; overpopulation |
| Type of "culture" that Greece has | Hellenic |
| In Greek economy, they shifted from bartering to this | use of coins |
| Because of the terrain in Greece, the political system developed into independent ____________________________________ | City-states |
| Citizens of Greece | Free Adult men |
| Not included as citizens in Greece | women, foreigners, slaves |
| Evolution of the Greek Government | Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, Democracy |
| Type of democracy that Greece has | Direct democracy, all citizens vote, participate in assemblies |
| Tyrant who created harsh laws in Greece | Draco |
| Tyrant who got rid of debt slavery, weakened aristocracy | Solon |
| Type of Government Sparta has | Oligarchy (rule by small group) - 2 kings for Sparta |
| Type of society in Sparta | militaristic |
| Who fought in the Persian Wars? | Athens v. Persia |
| Name the three battles | Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis |
| Results of Persian Wars | Greece (Athens) wins; get control of Aegean, Greeks stronger, start Delian League (alliance), Go through a Golden Age |
| Who fought in Peloponnesian Wars? | Athens v. Sparta |
| Why did those two groups fight in the Peloponnesian Wars? | Athens started to dominate Greek life, Athens was spending a lot of money |
| Who won the Peloponnesian Wars? | Sparta (with help of Persia) |
| What are the results of the Peloponnesian Wars? | Greeks are weaker, they get invaded by Macedonia |
| Who led the Golden Age in Greece after the Persian Wars? | Pericles |
| Which two Greeks were known for doing Drama? | Aeschylus and Sophocles |
| Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey? | Homer |
| Who is the Father of History? | Herodotus |
| Who is a Greek Sculptor who sculpted Athena? | Phidias |
| Who had achievements in Science and created the lever and screwpump? | Archimedes |
| Who had achievements in science and was the Father of Medicine? | Hippocrates |
| Who is the Father of Geometry? | Euclid |
| Who created a theory where A2 x B2 = C2 | Pythagoras |
| Who is the father of Philosophy and taught Plato | Socrates |
| Who wrote the Republic and taught Aristotle | Plato |
| Who was the teacher of Alexander the Great | Aristotle |
| Which Macedonian King, and father of Alexander the Great, conquered most of Greece? | Phillip II |
| Who established an empire from Greece to Egypt to India | Alexander the Great |
| What is hellenistic culture | Mixture of Greek, Egyptian and Persian cultures |
| Who spread hellenistic culture | Alexander the Great |
| This architectural achievement was a temple dedicated to Athena | Parthenon |
| This type of column is a flat rectangle at the capital (top part of column) | Doric |
| This type of column has a scroll at the capital | Ionic |
| This type of column is very ornate with many decorations | Corinthian |
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