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Greece Snidow Lang
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Greece is comprised of 75% of ? | Mountains |
| What two seas border Greece? | Aegean and Ionian |
| What is Draco best known for in Greece? | Creating the first law code |
| What city-state was militaristic? | Sparta |
| If you wanted to find philosophers and other cultural items what city-state would you visit? | Athens |
| Pericles created what type of government in Athens? | Direct Democracy |
| Pericles ultimately died of what cause? | The Plague |
| The Delian League provided what for city-states? | protection by Athens |
| What is an Acropolis? | A fortified hilltop |
| In a Direct Democracy who has control over the government? | citizens |
| Who was allowed to vote in Athens? | Free land owning men |
| What was the war between Athens and Sparta? | Peloponnesian War |
| Where did Alexander grow up? | Macedonia |
| Who was Alexander's father? | Philip II |
| What country did Philip II defeat and unite under his rule? | Greece |
| What was the one empire that Philip II wanted to defeat but died before doing so? | Persian |
| What is a Helot? | A captive that was forced to work as a peasant. |
| What new military strategy did Sparta use? | Phalanx |
| Where did Greek gods live? | Mt. Olympus |
| Which goddess was the Parthenon dedicated to? | Athena |
| The Greek economy was based on ? | Trade |
| Which was began in 1250 B.C.? Achilles vs. Hector. | Trojan War |
| Who was the god of wine? | Dionysus |
| Who was the messenger god? | Hermes |
| Who was the god of the seas? | Poseidon |
| Which book told the story of the Trojan War? | The Illiad |
| Who was the father of History? | Herodotus |
| Which leader spread the Hellenistic culture? | Alexander the Great |
| This man was a student of Plato and built a school called the Lyceum. | Aristotle |