Lesson 1
Greek Culture
Greek Culture
What were the two types of events that Greeks held to honor the gods?
Olympic Games and public feasts/sacrifices
Why did some leaders fear Socrates and his teaching methods?
Some teachers feared Socrates because he taught his students to think freely and this potentially caused them to speak out against the leaders and government of Athens.
How did King Philip II help Macedonia become powerful?
Philip II helped Macedonia become powerful by conquering and uniting the other Greek city-states who were weakened after war with each other.
What term means "the time period following the death of Alexander the Great where Greek culture spread"
Hellenistic Era
What term means "a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events"
myth
What are the two categories of the Greek dramas?
comedy and tragedy
According to Aristotle what are the three types of government in the world?
monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy
Who was the son of King Philip II who took over Macedonia and created a large empire over the course of 12 years.
Alexander the Great
What idea did Aristarchus develop based on his studies of the universe?
That the Earth orbited the Sun
What term means "the system of governments where the whole population or all the eligible members of a state participates."
democracy
What is the purpose of writing and reading fables like those written by Aesop?
Aesop’s fables were used to teach lessons about morals and living right
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
The Hippocratic Oath is a list of rules about how doctors should treat patients developed by Hippocrates.
How was Greek culture able to spread quickly during the Hellenistic Era?
The ideas spread quickly because Greeks and Macedonians were encouraged to settle in the new lands that they conquered.
Euclid and Archimedes were Greeks who were very influential in the concepts and study of what discipline of math?
Geometry
What term means "a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods."
oracle
What are the characteristics of the Classical Greek art?
Classical Greek art focused on reason, balance, and harmony.
What were the first two great Greek epics? Who wrote them?
The Iliad and the Odyssey; they were written by the Greek poet Homer
What were the four kingdoms that Alexander's Empire was divided into?
The four kingdoms were Macedonia, Pergamum, Egypt, and Seleucid
How were Stoics and Epicureans similar in their beliefs?
Stoics and Epicureans are similar because they both seek happiness, stoics seek happiness without their emotions and use reason. Epicureans please their emotions and sometimes don’t use.
What term refers to "the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques."
rhetoric
Who was the chief god of Ancient Greece? Where did he live?
Zeus; he and the other main gods lived on Mt. Olympus
Which Greek scientist/mathematician is credited for the geometry formula for finding the lengths of sides of a triangle.
Pythagoras
What part of Alexander's army proved to be too much for the Persian army?
The Cavalry (soldiers on horseback) proved to be too much for the Persians.
How did the Greeks attempt to stop Rome’s growing power?
The Greeks attempted to stop the growing power of Rome by supporting the enemies of Rome in different wars.
What term means "the method of inquiry that consisted of a series of questionings to find truth, developed by Socrates"
Socratic method