Ch. 5 - Test - Ancient Greece
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| In this type of government people rule themselves instead of being ruled by a king. | democracy
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| The geography of Greece can be described as | rocky - mountainous - a peninsula - mostly unfarmable
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| The Greeks learned the alphabet from these sea faring people. | Phoenicians
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| A polis is a Greek | city-state
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| The Greeks believed the gods lived on top of this mountain, the tallest in Greece. | Mount Olympus
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| Greek people continue to believe in the myths today. T or F | False
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| Greek poets wrote epics based on the myths. T or F | True
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| Myths are stories about the gods and their adventures. T or F | True
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| The Greeks used myths to explain things they did not understand. T or F | True
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| These nine daughters of Zeus were the goddesses of learning, inspiration, and the arts. | Muses
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| The oracles were believed to be the children of Hades. T or F | False
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| The ancient Greeks often consulted oracles before making important decisions. T or F | True
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| The oracles would often respond in unclear ways. T or F | True
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| The Greeks believed the oracles were able to read the rustling of leaves or marks on animals as "signs from the gods." T or F | True
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| This blind poet is believed to be the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. | Homer
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| Sparta's citizens enjoyed traveling and visitors from other poli. T or F | False
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| Spartan men did not live at home until they were about thirty-years-old. T or F | True
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| Sparta valued physical courage, strength, and bravery in war. T or F | True
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| Spartan men did not live at home until they were about thirty-years-old. T or F | True
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| The Spartans had conquered many people and made them slaves. T or F | True
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| The southern part of Greece is known as | Peloponnesus
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| Every male born in Athens was a member of this law making organization. | Assembly
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| Ancient Greece was a unified nation. T or F | False
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| Most Americans are monotheistic. T or F | True
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| We aren't sure that Homer actually existed. T or F | True
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| The leaders of the Athenian assembly were chosen by lot. T or F | True
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| The Persians were never able to defeat the Greeks. T or F | True
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| This Greek god was the ruler of the sky and "the father of gods and men." | Zeus
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| This Greek god was the ruler of the underworld. | Hades
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| This Greek god was the ruler of the sea. | Poseidon
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| She was the Greek goddess of memory, and the mother of the Muses. | Mnemosyne
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| This goddess was the protector of women and marriage. | Hera
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| This 27-year war between Sparta and Athens began in 431BC. | Peloponnesian War
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| This word comes from a Greek term that means "the love of wisdom." | philosophy
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| Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all spent parts of their lives in this city. | Athens
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| Teachers use the "socratic method" when they | ask questions
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| This philosopher was a student of Socrates. He wrote much of what we know about Socrates. | Plato
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| Plato founded a school called the Academy. T or F | True
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| Plato taught that the ideals of truth or justice cannot exist in the material world. T or F | True
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| Plato believed in democracy. T or F | False
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| Plato believed the government should raise children. T or F | True
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| Aristotle, King Philip, and Alexander the Great were all from this region north of the Greek peninsula. | Macedonia
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| Alexander lived to be a very old man. T or F | False
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| Alexander believed the Greeks were ignorant. T or F | True
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| Alexander created an empire that reached as far as India. T or F | False
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| Alexander's empire lasted over 900 years. T or F | False
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| Alexander was a coward and was hated by his soldiers. T or F | False
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| Persia is now known as | Iran
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| A bad leader who appeals to people's emotions rather than logic. | demagogue
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| A widespread sickness. | plague
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| An alliance among cities for protection from outside invaders. | league
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| Who won the Peloponnesian War. | Sparta
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| The Sophists were popular with the leaders of Athens. T or F | False
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| What did Socrates want his students to consider? | new ideas
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| Who tutored Alexander the Great. | Aristotle
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| Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes were all leaders of Greek city-states. T or F | False
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| Alexander the Great became pharaoh of Egypt. | True
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| The leader of Athens during the city's "Golden Age" | Pericles
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| Philosopher who angered the leaders of Athens and was forced to drink poison hemlock. | Socrates
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| This philosopher believed in using logic and reason to explain events. | Aristotle
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| The ideas of the Greeks traveled to other lands with his army. | Alexander the Great
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