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The Greek World
Unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plays that were always performed on stage | Dramas |
| Greek drama that encouraged laughter and poking fun of political leaders | Comedy |
| Greek drama that portrayed human suffering | Tragedy |
| Isolated and limited communication which led to the development of independent city-states with their own governments | Geography |
| This great military leaders empire crossed continental boundaries with territory in Europe, Africa, and Asia. His influence continued LONG after his death. | Alexander the Great |
| Alexander the Great defeated Persia at the Battle of | Granicus |
| Reasoned thinking should guide your decisions | Stoic |
| Laws create stability | Aristotle |
| Who spread Greek culture? | Alexander the Great |
| Love of wisdom | Philosophy |
| Alexandria Egypt was a center of learning because it was home to the | Library of Alexandria |
| The White House, Lincoln Memorial, and Capital building are built using this Greek architectural style | Classical |
| This Greek thinker developed a set of rules for doctors to follow when treating patients | Hippocrates |
| This form of literature includes LONG poems that tell of great hero's and their deeds, i.e. Iliad & Odyssey The worlds first super hero stories | Epics |
| * Wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War * Did NOT believe the gods intervened in human events * Only recorded FIRST hand information | Thucydides |
| This playwright wrote comedies that encouraged people to poke fun of political leaders and laugh at serious issues in society | Aristophanes |
| The architectural element that comes in three styles: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian | Columns |
| This culture blended customs and traditions from the Greeks, Persians, and Egyptians | Hellenistic |
| Separation of Powers | Aristotle |
| The ideal society is made up of three types of people, philosopher kings, warriors, and regular people | Plato |
| Developed weapons of war and calculated the value of pi = 3.14 | Archimedes |
| Geography limited the production of agriculture making the Greeks reliant on trade leading to | Cultural Diffusion |
| Stories about gods and hero's often used to explain natural events they could not scientifically explain | Myths |
| Art from this Greek era was unrealistic because it focused on the physical perfection of the human body and showed no emotion in the subjects face | Classical |
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