stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
What is mythology
100
Greek word for city-state
What is polis
100
This type of column has no ornamentation
What is Doric
100
Ancient Greece had a ______________ climate.
What is varied
100
These people migrated from Europe, India and Southwest Asia who settled on Greek around 2000 B.C.
What is Mycenaeans
200
Greek philosopher taught people to ask questions, a method now called the Socratic method, was forced to drink poison
What is Socrates
200
Temple to Athena in Athens
What is the Parthenon
200
Who was the inventor of the cave story?
What is Plato
200
One of the seas bordering Greece
What is Ionian; Aegean
200
Agora, or marketplace, or on a fortified hilltop where citizens gathered to discuss city government
What is acropolis
300
A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit.
What is a city state
300
The spread of Greek culture blended with Asian cultures conquered by Alexander the Great.
What is Hellenism
300
List two materials used in the Golden Age
What is marble, gold, gemstones
300
The OTHER sea bordering Greece
What is Ionian, Aegean
300
He had a plan to strengthen Athenian democracy. He bought huge amounts of gold, ivory and marble. Also paid the artists, architects and workers who used the materials
What is Pericles
400
One of the greatest cities that Alexander founded, became center of trade and learning, greatest library in the world.
What is Alexandria, Egypt
400
One of the great Greek philosophers, believed in rule by small group of wise men NOT democracy
What is Plato
400
List two reasons Greek actors wore masks
What is to hide their identity, character, stoic
400
He developed a legal code for Athens
What is Draco
400
He ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to deliver message “Rejoice conquer” but he collapse and died
What is Pheidippides
500
a government in which only a few people have power - Sparta had this type of government
What is oligarchy
500
An image or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to people
What is the archetype
500
interested in showing people and animals from all sides and from all angles on large, free standing sculptures
What is Phideas
500
An Athenian leader who introduced further reforms (Only free adult male considered citizen; women, slaves, foreigners do not have rights
What is Cleisthenes
500
The Persian King who defeated the rebels and then vowed to destroy Athens in revenge, leading to the Persian Wars