Greece 1
What is the name for the ancient Greek city-state?
A polis
Who was the Greeks main God?
Zeus
What city-state was the main rival of Athens?
Sparta
Who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey were said to have been written by:
Homer
What was the name of the group that voted to determine government policy in ancient Athens?
An assembly
Who could be a citizen of Athens?
A male person with two Athenian parents who was not enslaved.
What was most important to Spartans?
Military ability or a strong military
How did the Olympic Games begin?
A religious ceremony to honor Zeus.
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Allah and the Koran are a part of what religion
Islam
What did the Edict of Milan do?
It made Chrisianity a legal religion in the Roman Emtire
What was important to Aristotle?
The truth.
What was Pax Romana?
The long period of peace in the Roman Empire.
What was an upper-class person in ancient Greece or Rome called?
A Patrician.
What is a type of philosopher in ancient Greece?
A Sophist.
What did the eastern part of the Roman Empire become?
The Byzantine Empire
What was an important Greek building, a temple to honor Athena called?
the Parthenon
What is Julius Caesar remembered for?
He was remebered for being a great general, craving power no matter what, and starting a civil war in Rome.
Why is Caesar Augustus considered one of Rome's greatest leaders?
He established peace in Rome that lasted for a long time, 200 years.
What are the White House, Capitol Building, and Jefferson Memorial based on?
Greek and Roman architecture
Why was the Delian league established by Greek city-states?
They needed to defend themselves against any future Persian invasions.
Who were Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus?
The major Athenian dramatists.
What three areas did Alexander the Great conquer?
Greece, the Persian Empire, and the Middle East
For Plato, one of the goals of philosophy was to find...
The perfect forms of life in the ideal state.
What is the Socratic method?
A question-answer system for learning