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Social Studies Exam
Use this to prepare for social studies Mid-Term. Chapters 7 + 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ___________________ began public works programs to provide work for the poor. | Peisistratus |
| ______________ created the Council of 500 (Chosen yearly by lottery to one year terms) to help the assembly manage government affairs. | Cleisthenes |
| ________________ was able to manage this large kingdom by fair treatment of conquered peoples because he allowed them to keep their: language, laws, and religion. | Cyrus the Great |
| ________________ ran 25 miles back to Athens and cried, "Nike!" according to legend. | Pheidippides |
| ______________ did not return to avenge the Persian defeat at Marathon, but his son, Xerxes did. | Darius |
| ____________ of Sparta, me the Persians at Thermopylae. | King Leonidas |
| ________________ brought more ordinary people into government positions because he appointed them based on their abilities rather than their social status. | Pericles |
| __________ angered the other city-states when he insist that they us Athenian money, try criminal cases in Athens and he used Delian League funds to build the Parthenon. | Pericles |
| Greek civilization began in an area dominated by __________________. | Mountains and seas |
| An ancient people called the __________________ built the palace at Knossos. | Minoans |
| The _______________ invaded from the north which began a _______ period known as the Dark Age. | Dorians, 300 year |
| Greek citizens included the following: _______________________________. | Male, free, land owning, and born in the polis |
| Greek citizen rights included: ____________________________. | Vote, hold public office, own property, and defend themselves in court. |
| Spartan boys left home at age ______ and were sent to live in military barracks. | Seven |
| The Persians maintained a full time army, while the Greek army assembled only __________________. | During a time of war |
| The __________________ was the most powerful Spartan government body which served as judges and could order exile or executions. | Council of Elders |
| Athenian women could not: __________________________. | Participate in political activities or own property |
| At the Battle of _____________, the Spartans held off the Persians until a Greek traitor led the Persians through a secret pass that allowed them to attack the Spartan/Greeks from behind. | Thermopylae |
| Even after the Persian War, a threat from Persia remained, so the Greek city-states banded together and formed the _______________ to protect themselves from the Persians. | Delian League |
| The Delian League began to fail when _____________________________. | Athens began to dominate under the rule of Pericles |
| The city-states, led by ________________, allied against Pericles and Athenian power. | Sparta |
| Political unrest in Athens left it vulnerable and the newly built Spartan fleet was able to build a _______________ around Athens, forcing the AThenians to surrender. | Blockade |
| Each polis had an _______________ which was situated atop of a hill, where the temple was located. | Acropolis |
| Rows of hoplites moving in formation (shoulder to shoulder with raised shields above them.) | Phalanx |
| Someone who seizes power and rules with total authority. | Tyrant |
| A few wealthy people hold the power. Ex: Sparta | Oligarchy |
| Name of the slaves in Sparta. | Helots |
| _____________: changes for the better. | Reforms |
| Citizens who made up the city-stat armies. | Hoplites |
| Long poetic tales. | Epic Poems |
| A short tale that teaches a lesson. | Fable |
| Wrote Oedipus the king. | Sophocles |
| The Iliad and Odyssey were written by the blind poet, __________. | Homer |
| Simple line, balance. | Classical style |
| _______________ were played for the greater glory of Zeus. | Olympic games |
| Temple to the gods; central room housed statue of Athena. | Parthenon |
| Goddess of wisdom. | Athena |
| Ares was the _____________. | God of war |
| Hippocrates is considered the ________________. | Father of Medicine |
| _____________ developed a theory which is used to determine the lengths of the sides of a triangle. | Pythagoras |
| He started a school called "Lyceum" and taught the "Golden Mean" which is the middle position between two extremes. | Aristotle |
| A student of Socrates who founded a school in Athens known as the Academy. | Plato |
| __________ carried out his own sentence by drinking poisonous hemlock juice. | Socrates |
| __________ made observations and classified things according to similarities and differences. | Aristotle |
| He created an oath which was a list of rules for ethical medical treatment of patients. | Hippocrates |
| _________ was believed to be dangerous because he was corrupting the minds of the youth. | Socrates |
| He said that water was the basic element of life. | Thales |
| _____________ wrote about the Peloponnesian Wars and he used only first hand accounts and eyewitnesses in his writings. | Thucydides |
| He wrote a history of the Persian wars and involved the gods in his accounts. | Herodotus |
| Alexander United the Greeks under his rule and fulfilled his plan to meld the 2 cultures ( ____________ and ____________ ) into one, new Hellenistic culture. | Greek, Persia |
| Alexander and his forces continued on to ____________ and conquered it without a battle. | Egypt |
| _______ developed a philosophy known as stoicism. | Zeno |
| He tried to figure out the distance around the earth and was within 185 miles of the actual measurement. | Eratosthenes |
| ____________ taught theories of geometry. | Euclid |
| He figured the value of pi used to measure the area of circles. | Archimedes |
| _____________ became a major center for art and learning as well as the capital of Egypt. | Alexandria |
| This philosophy says do not show emotion or you will live an unhappy life. | Stoicism |
| The Macedonians were farmers, and were not especially strong until they came under the rule of ____________. | King Philip II |
| ____________ said people should avoid pain to achieve happiness. | Epicurus |
| He built a strong army and had a plan to untie Greece and Macedonia and together, destroy the Persian Empire. | Philip II |
| _________ said the sun was the center of the universe and the earth circled the sun. | Aristarchus |
| Due to the grand size of the empire, Alexander divided the kingdom between ______ of his generals. | Three |
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Karalyn Soltman
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