Besides the Mediterranean Sea, name one of the important seas the Greeks relied on for transportation and trade.
What is Aegean Sea or Ionian Sea?
100
This is a government ruled by a small group of noble, land-owning families
What is an aristocracy?
100
This is a form of government in which the citizens rule directly and not through representatives
What is a direct democracy?
100
Alexander's father who ruled the kingdom of Macedonia
Who is Philip II?
100
This culture blends Greek culture with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences
What is the Hellenistic culture?
200
This group was less advanced than the Mycenaeans and were a distant relative of the Bronze Age Greeks.
Who are the Dorians?
200
These are peasants forced to stay on the land they worked
What are helots?
200
This is a type of Greek drama that contained scenes filled with slap-stick situations and crude humor
What is comedy?
200
Famous philosopher who was Alexander's mentor
Who is Aristotle?
200
This city is considered to be the center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization
What is Alexandria?
300
This is a narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds.
What is an epic?
300
Who believed that debt slavery should eliminated and that all citizens should be allowed to participate in the Athenian assembly?
Who is Solon?
300
This war was fought between Athens and Sparta as a result of tensions between the 2 city-states
What is the Peloponnesian War?
300
One of the main heroes is Homer's, The Illiad, who was also Alexander's inspiration
Who is Achilles?
300
This famous mathematician wrote the Elements, which contained geometry propositions and proofs.
Who is Euclid?
400
Greeks wrote a set of traditional stories about their gods. What are these called?
What are myths?
400
This was a 3 day battle between 7,000 Greeks and 300 Spartans. This battle resulted in a Greek victory and 300 Spartan deaths.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
400
Which philosopher's legacy includes the scientific method and a school called the Lyceum?
Who is Aristotle?
400
Name one of Alexander's conquest
What is Persia, India, or Egypt?
400
This astronomer believed that the Earth was at the center of the solar system
Who is Ptolemy?
500
This epic by Homer is about the Trojan War and its heroes Achilles and Hector of Troy
What is The Illiad?
500
As a result of the Persian War, this alliance of 140 city-states was formed to drive out the Persians from the territories surrounding Greece and protect Greece from future attacks
What is the Delian League?
500
This philosopher's most famous work included his vision for a perfectly governed society in which all citizens would fall into 3 groups and were ruled by a "philosopher king".
What is The Republic?
500
This battle forced Darius III to flee and resulted in Alexander's victory and end of Persia's power
What is Gaugamela?
500
This philosophy believed that a divine power controlled the universe and seek to control desire and live in harmony with natural and divine laws