Greco-Persian Wars
Which city-state's navy was the most important in defeating the Persians at the Battle of Salamis?
What is Athens?
What form of government did Athens and Sparta have?
Athens was a democracy, Sparta was a monarchy with two kings
How many battles did Alexander loose?
What is 0?
Who are the three most famous Greek philosophers in order?
Who are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
Where do the Greek gods live?
What is Mount Olympus?
Which city-state's 300 soldiers bravely slowed the Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae long enough to give other Greeks time to prepare?
What is Sparta?
What did the Athenian and Spartan economies look like?
Athens traded, Sparta farmed and looted
Who was Alexander's tutor?
Who is Aristotle?
Why was Socrates deeply unpopular, besides the official charges brought against him?
What are his many friendships with tyrants?
What is a myth?
What is a fictional story with a moral lesson?
Which city-state stopped the first Persian invasion at the Battle of Marathon?
What is Athens?
What are the differences between Athenian and Spartan education?
Athenians focused on reading, writing, and math. Spartans focused on preparing boys for war.
What happened to Alexander's empire after his death?
What is it was split apart and his generals divided it amongst themselves?
What were Socrates and Plato's most important contributions?
What are ethics, theology, politics, and education?
What are some Greek gods?
Who are Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Aphrodite, Athena, Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Demeter, Hephaestus, Dionysus?
Why did the Greco-Persian War begin?
What is Greek support for the Ionian revolt against Persia?
How did Athens and Sparta treat women?
Why was Alexander popular with the Persians?
What is he adopted their culture and allowed them to keep their culture and government?
What are the four schools of philosophy popular in ancient Greece?
What are the Platonists, stoics, epicureans, and cynics?
What are some Greek myths?
What are Heracles, the Trojan War, King Midas, Minotaur, Perseus and Medusa, Icarus, Prometheus and Pandora, Echo and Narcissus, Psyche and Eros, Cronus and the Titans, Jason and the Golden Fleece?
What is a Persian tyrant?
What is a ruler placed in charge of a city-state who is loyal to Persia?
What were the effects of Sparta defeating Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
What was the effect of Alexander's empire?
What is the spread of Greek culture across the Mediterranean and Middle East?
What were the charges brought against Socrates?
What are:
1. Corrupting the youth of Athens
2. Introducing foreign gods
3. Denying Athenian gods
What is some famous Greek literature?
What is the Odyssey, the Iliad, the Oresteia, Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Herodotus, Thucydides?