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Golden Age
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Alexander
Misc
100
He ruled Athens for 20 years during its Golden Age
Who is Perecles?
100
The wonderful building built by Perecles to honor the goddess Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
100
This war weakened the Greeks, making them vulnerable to takeover by the Macedonians.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
100
Alexander's father, he successfully took over Greece.
Who was Phillip II?
100
The Greek word for a city-state.
Polis
200
He was a student of Plato, focused on science, and taught Alexander.
Who was Aristotle?
200
Where did the Greek gods live?
Mount Olympus
200
This organization was formed by the Greeks in case the Persians attacked them again.
What is the Delian League?
200
Alexander was able to defeat this powerful empire.
What is Persia?
200
The world "Philosophy" comes from Greek words meaning what?
Love of wisdom?
300
The Athenian philosopher who searched for truth, but never wrote anything down.
Who is Socrates?
300
This philosopher opened a school called the Academy that lasted 900 years.
Who is Plato?
300
300 Spartans fought a great battle here.
What is Thermopolae.
300
This is what happened to Alexander's empire.
What is divided into three pieces. (Syria, Egypt and Greece)
300
Why did the Greeks agree every four years to stop fighting for a brief period of time?
Because of the Olympics.
400
Author of the epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."
Who is Homer?
400
How did the Greek style of sculpture change over time?
What is became more detailed and lifelike.
400
The first Athenian victory over the Persians was here.
What is Marathon?
400
The name of the 300 year era that Alexander started.
What is the Hellenistic era?
400
What did Solon, Pisistratus and Cleisthenes all help to do?
Make the government of Athens more democratic.
500
This reformer expanded the Athenian definition of citizenship and is known as the "father of democracy."
Who is Cleisthenes?
500
What were the two main parts of the Athenian democracy?
The Council of 500 and the Assembly.
500
This attacked Athens during the Peloponnesian War, killing Pericles and many others.
The Plague.
500
What was the lasting influence of Alexander's conquests?
The spread of Greek culture.
500
Plato believed these people were the best to govern.
Philosophers?
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