Where did the money come from to fund the Golden Age of Athens?
The Delian League
100
How did the Peloponnesian War begin?
Relations between Athens and the Peloponnesian League deteriorated
100
Who was Alexander's father and where did he come from?
King Phillip of Macedonia
100
What does the word philosophy mean?
love of wisdom
100
Plato wrote about his conversations with Socrates. What are those conversations called?
the Dialogues
200
What was the Delian League?
an alliance between Athens and other city-states to defend themselves against a Persian invasion
200
Who were the two main city-states that were allied with Sparta in the Peloponnesian War?
Corinth and Thebes
200
Which empire did Alexander conquer after his father died?
Persia
200
Finish this quote from Socrates: "the unexamined life is not worth ____________"
living
200
Who was Aristotle's famous student?
Alexander the Great
300
What building was built to honor the goddess Athena?
The Parthenon
300
Who was the leader of Athens when the Peloponnesian War started?
Pericles
300
How many years did the Persians force Alexander to fight them before finally losing?
Three Years
300
Who wrote about Socrates' conversations?
Plato
300
Why did Plato and other students of Socrates flee Athens?
They felt that they were not welcome in Athens since their teacher had been executed.
400
What two kinds of drama did the Athenian dramatists invent?
tragedy and comedy
400
What was the Athenian strategy at the beginning of the war?
Athens refused to meet Sparta in a land battle
400
Alexander's Greek generals helped spread Greek culture after Alexander's death to many of the lands Alexander had conquered. What is this period known as?
the Hellenistic Period (323 B.C. to 30 B.C.)
400
What was the Socratic method?
question-asking method to try to get the student to realize something
400
What was the profession of Aristotle's father?
a doctor
500
What were Herodotus, "the father of history", and Thucydides known for?
historical accounts of the Persian Wars and Peloponnesian War
500
Who told the Spartan's of the Athenian plan?
Alcibiades
500
What is the significance of Alexandria, Egypt?
it was modeled after a Greek town and it contained a library with more than 700,000 scrolls in the first century B.C.
500
What war did Socrates fight in?
The Peloponnesian War
500
Aristotle wrote that the purpose of the state was to make "the good life" possible for its citizens. In what book did he write about "the good life"?