What name did the Greeks use to refer to everyone who spoke Greek and lived in Greece?
The Hellenes
100
Which empire tried to invade Greece between 490 and 480 BCE?
The Persians
100
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
100
Whcih people in society were considered citizens?
Free males whose parents had been born in the polis
100
Name three Greek gods.
Zeus, Athena, Hermes, Poseidon...
200
What is a Polis?
An independent city state consisting of an urban centre surrounded by agricultural land...
200
What was the Delian League?
A group of poleis under the protection of Athens
200
Which leader conquered most of the Greek poleis after the Peloponnesian War?
Philip of Macedonia
200
Which people were considered non-citizens?
Foreigners or metics, slaves, and women
200
Name three important Greek thinkers.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras (maths), Archimedes (physics), Eratosthenes (astronomy and geography) and Hippocrates (medicine)
300
Where was Sparta located?
Laconia
300
Under which leader did Athens reach the height of its power?
Pericles
300
How did Alexander the Great divide up Greece?
He created the Hellenisitc monarchies
300
How many people formed the Council of citizens that guided the assembly?
500
300
What scale did the Greeks use to construct their buildings?
Human scale
400
Why was sea travel and maritime trade so important in Ancient Greece?
Because of its proximity to the sea
400
When did the Peloponnesian War take place?
431 BC-404 BC
400
How far did Alexander the Great's empire spread?
From the Aegean Sea to the border with India
400
Name the main public space in a Greek city and two other public buildings.
The agora and the theatre, the odeon, or the stadium
400
How did sculptures change between the archaic period and the Hellenistic period?
In the archaic period the sculptures were rigid and schematic, while in the Hellenistic epriod they expressed more movement and feeling
500
What was the geographical reason for the formation of the poleis?
The mountainous terrain of the Greek peninsula
500
Name two of the decisive battles that Athens fought in during the Greco-Persian Wars
Battle of Marathon and Battle of Salamis
500
What was the name for a Greek infantry soldier?
Hoplite
500
How were Spartan boys educated?
Between the ages of 7 and 20 they received a tough education designed to make the children into strong soldiers
500
What is the difference between a Doric and a Corinthian column?
Doric: Simple pediment, entablature with frieze, basic capital and wide shaft
Corinthian: Deocrated pediment and Entablature, no frieze, capital with acanthus leaves and thinner shaft and base