Types of Government
Persian War
Greek Contributions
Peloponnesian War
Alexander the Great
100
What is a Democracy?
A government system in which ruling power is in the hands of the people.
100
Who was the leader of the Persians?
Xerxes
100
Name one thing we got from Greek Architecture.
Marble, Columns
100
What were the two "sides" in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta (or Delian League and Peloponnesian League)
100
How old was Alexander when he became ruler?
21
200
What is a Monarchy?
A government system in which the power is in the hands of one person.
200
Did the Greeks win or lose the Battle of Marathon?
They won it.
200
Name one thing we got from Greek Engineering.
The Lever, Water Displacement Theory
200
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta.
200
What did Alexander do when he and his men conquered Persepolis?
They burned it down.
300
What is a Tyranny?
A government system in which power is in the hands of one person who seized it by force.
300
Although the Greeks lost the Battle of Thermopylae, what did they manage to do that helped them win the war?
They held up the Persians so that the Athenians could build triremes and the rest of the Greeks could meet at Salamis to fight the Persians.
300
Name one thing we got from Greek Medicine.
Hippocratic Oath, Diagnoses by Symptoms
300
How long did the Peloponnesian War last?
27 years
300
What happened when Alexander conquered Egypt? Why is this important?
He was declared Pharaoh. Egyptians believed that Pharaohs were divine.
400
What is an Oligarchy?
A system of government in which the power is in the hands of a few people.
400
Why did the Greeks win the Battle of Salamis?
Because their smaller triremes could move faster and easier than the large Persian ships and they were able to destroy the Persian ships.
400
Name one thing we got from Greek Physics.
The idea of Atoms
400
What is one cause of the Peloponnesian War?
The Athenians spending Delian League money to rebuild their city, the Spartans demanding the Athenians release city-states from the Delian League and them refusing
400
Why did the Greeks send soldiers to fight with Alexander the Great?
Because he promised them that he would defeat the Persians who at the time controlled some Greek city-states.
500
Which Greek city-state developed Democracy?
Athens.
500
Why was the Persian War a turning point in history?
Because if the Persians would have conquered Greece, Greek ideas would not have been able to spread. Greece is considered the birthplace of Western Civilization, and Western Civilization would be different.
500
Name one thing we got from Greek Astronomy.
Discovery of planets, that the moon controls the tides, that the earth is not flat
500
What was the ultimate outcome of the Peloponnesian War?
All of the internal fighting severely weakened the Greeks and they were unable to defend themselves when Philip of Macedonia (Alexander the Great's Father) came through Greece and conquered it.
500
Explain the idea that Alexander the Great "planted seeds of Greek Civilization" in the towns/cities he conquered.
He would leave behind some of his men who would teach the people about Greek Civilization and help them embrace it. They would also marry locals and have children that were brought up with both local ideas and Greek ideas.
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