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Ancient Greece Test
Study guide for the ancient Greece unit test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ancient Athens democracy was a ____________ | direct democracy |
| What was a difference between Athens and Sparta? | Athens was a center for literature, art, and philosophy whereas Sparta focused on military |
| Girls life in Sparta: | girls were raised much like boys and their education involved physical training |
| Girls life in Athens: | girls were more focused on the teaching of household skills. |
| What were boys taught in Athens? | how to sing and play musical instruments like the lyre, astronomy, geometry, science and philosophy |
| Known as "the father of medicine" | Hippocrates |
| Oligarchy | A government in which a small group has control |
| Each Greek city-state, or polis was like an ___________ | independent country |
| Phalanx | A unified military formation, against their enemies used in battle |
| what was the conflict between Athens and Sparta known as? | the Peloponnesian War |
| One reason the ancient greeks held the olympic games: | to honor the god Zeus |
| Where did the Greeks adopt the alphabet from? | Phoenician traders |
| What did most ancient Greek art emphasize? | the accomplishments of humans, it was meant to be displayed publicly and it was designed to honor the gods. |
| Greek Philosophers: | Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates |
| Who invaded Greece with 200,000 troops in 480 BC? | Xerxes |
| Pythagoras is best known for _____________ | his contribution to the field of mathematics |
| Aristotle is most often credited with: | creating the scientific method |
| What did Alexander the Great's conquests of Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Persia lead to? | the spread of Hellenistic culture |
| How did Aristotle teach his students? | through the golden mean |
| Aesop's fables were a part of _____________ | Greek Oral tradition |
| Who was sentenced to death for his teachings? | Socrates |
| Who concluded that the Earth was round? | Eratosthenes |
| Alexander the Great's empire was divided among his: | generals after he died |
| The Iliad and the Odyssey were epics written about the __________ | Trojan War |
| What does democracy mean? | ruled by the people |
| The geography of Greece is ______________ | a rocky, mountainous land |
| Whose writing influenced the U.S. Constitution? | Aristotle |
| Greeks visit an _________ to ask questions about the future | oracle |
| The gods in Greek myths had: | great powers, they look like humans, and many lived on Mount Olympus |
| Stoics believed that happiness resulted from this | using reason |
| A time when Greek culture spread throughout the world was known as the _____________ | Hellenistic Era |
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