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Question | Answer |
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Which was most important to Aristotle? | Truth |
What area did Alexander the Great conquer | eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, the Middle East, and parts of Asia |
For Plato, one of the goals of philosophy was to find what? | A perfect life |
What is the Socratic method? | dialogue instigated by the continual probing questions |
Who won the Peloponnesian War? | Sparta |
What was the building called that was built to honor Athena? | Parthenon |
How did the Olympic Games begin? | the Olympics were a festival created in honor of ancient Greece's most famous god: Zeus, king of the gods |
What was most important to Sparta? | loyalty to the state and military service |
What city-state was the main rival of Athens? | Sparta |
The epic poems Iliad and the Odyssey were said to have been written by........ | Homer |
Who could be a citizen of Athens? | free adult men with athenian parents |
What was the name of the group that voted to determine government policy in Ancient Athens? | the Assembly |
What were the differences between Athens and Sparta in detail | Sparta has a strong army, while Athens has a strong navy, Sparta's assemblies were quick and loud, while Athen's was long and peaceful, and Sparta wanted warriors, while Athens wanted well-rounded people. |
Why was the library of Alexandria so important? | Many important works came from the scholars at the library Biggest library of its time |
What aspects of Greek culture did Alexander and the generals who came after him spread to other parts of the world? | laws, art, philosophy, and literature |
What the similarities between Athens and Sparta? | religious practice, labor system, women's rights, and governmental structure |
Why was the Delian League established by Greek city-state? | to be a military alliance against the Persians |
what were some similarities between Athens and Sparta in detail | Both religions were polytheistic, meaning that they believed in more than one god. Both Athens and Sparta had an assembly, whose members were elected by the people. Both have slaves |