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Humanities test
Important people places and things
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Meeting place of the assembly | Penyx |
| First treaty between Athens and Sparta | Peace of nickias |
| War between Athens and Sparta | Peloponnesian war |
| Type of column in ancient Greece famous for its simplicity | Doric |
| Group of performers that sings portions of a Greek drama | The chorus |
| Time of great prosperity during the Athenian empire | Age of Pericles |
| Leader of the peace party in Athens | Nickias |
| Drinking party consisting of offerings and entertainment | Symposium |
| Greek historian who recorded events of the Peloponnesian war | Thucydes |
| Spartan general who died in battle with Cleon | Barasides |
| Leader of the war party in Athens | Alkibides |
| Greek dramatists who wrote comedies during the Peloponnesian war | Aristophanes |
| Type of column used mainly in Asia Minor | Ionic |
| Griffith cities join to free all hellenes in Asia MinorConfederacy of delos | Confederacy of del |
| Three handled vase for water | Hydria |
| 10 appointed men who gathered contributions for the | Hellenic slaves |
| Large vase for mixing wine and water | Krater |
| Spartan general who betrayed Sparta to the Persians | Pausinias |
| Temple of the acropolis | Temple of Athena |
| The the appearance of a God to solve the problem at the end of a play | Dues ex machina |
| Greek wrestling school | Palystra |
| Long neck jug for pouring oil | Lexethos |
| Leader of Athens after Pericles | Cleon |
| Two handled vase for oil | Amphoa |
| Type of column used mainly by Romans | Corinthian |
| Athenian sculptor | Praxitilies |
| Road from Athens to Ulysses | Sacred way |
| The 30 Spartans who ruled Athens | The 30 |
| Greek god of wine | Dionysus |
| Short cloak worn by men | Chalamis |
| Tunic worn by Athenian men | Chitton |
| Greek statue featuring only the head | Herme |
| Power of having the Greek gods within a person | Inthusiasm |
| Leader of Athens after the defeat of Pericles | Thermistocles |
| Marketplace in ancient Athens | Agora |
| Outer garment hanging on left shoulder | Himation |
| Peace treaty guaranteed by artixerxes between Athens and Sparta | King's peace |
| The platform for orator's to speak in ancient Athens | The bema |
| Greek dramatist who wrote The Trojan woman | Euripides |
| A gymnasium in ancient Athens | The academy |
| Greek philosopher and alkabides teacher | Socrate |
| Area and ancient Athens devoted to pottery | Seariamics |
| The entrance porch to the Acropolis | Propole |
| King of Persia after Peloponnesian war followed by Xerxes | Artexerxes |
| Leader of the Athenian empire | Pericles |
| Brother of artaxerxes tried to become King of Persia | Cyrus |