Geography
What is the name of the sea that became essential to the success of the Greeks?
Aegean Sea
Who launched Greek literature by writing the Illiad and The Odyssey, epic poems about the Trojan War?
Homer
What was Sparta's main focus?
Military
How did a plague impact the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War?
Killed 1/3 of the Athenian population & caused Athens to surrender to Sparta
Alexander the Great (after the assassination of his father, Philip II)
What was the name of the legendary war where ancient Greeks surprised their opponents with a hollowed-out horse filled with soldiers?
Trojan War
Name the three big Greek philosophers.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
How were political decisions made in Athens?
Why did Athens & Sparta put aside their differences & fight together in the Persian Wars?
They were afraid that if Ionia fell to Persia, they would be next
In Greek mythology, who was the god of the following: truth, intelligence, music, & poetry?
Apollo
Why was ancient Greece made up on independent city-states, rather than a large empire?
Geographic Barriers (mountains, isolated valleys, scattered islands, etc.)
Who developed a mathematical formula to calculate the relationship between the sides of a triangle?
Pythagoras
Which city-state did public debate and emphasizing the duties of the citizen originate in?
Athens
What was the main cause of the Peloponnesian War?
Competition for control over the Greek world
What type of column is ornate and intricately detailed?
Corinthian
What is the name of the mythical home to the gods & goddesses?
Mount Olympus
Who was the Greek writer who invented the field of study known as 'history?'
Herodotus
What was the government structure like in Sparta?
2 kings & a council of elders (Oligarchy)
Delian League & Peloponnesian League
What type of *simple* columns were used on the Parthenon?
Doric
In what cardinal direction was the kingdom of Macedonia from Greece?
North
Who's scientific discovery focused on the laws of levers & pulleys - along with the displacement of water?
Archimedes
Name the four stages of evolution that the Athens government went through.
Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, & Democracy
What did Pericles do after the conclusion of the Persian Wars?
Rebuilt the city of Athens and constructed the Parthenon
What is the Greek word for "the high city?"
Acropolis