Why did Alexander the Great think he was destined for greatness?
Alexander was taught from a young age that he was descended from the great warrior Achilles and Macedonian kings were descended from the god Hercules
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What two qualities did all Greek city states share?
Same language (greek alphabet) and worshipped same gods
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What is the definition of a representative democracy?
Citizens elect others to represent them in government. Representatives make decisions for people
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What is the Greek origin of marathons?
When Greeks won the 1st Persian War, they sent a runner back 26 miles from Marathon back to Athens. Now a challenging foot race is called a marathon.
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What was the Socratic Method?
Teacher asked students question after question to force listeners to think more clearly
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Give three reasons why was Alexander called “the Great”.
Creates a huge empire in 11 years, spread Greek culture, brought down the Persian Empire, and never lost a battle
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What three differences did Greek city states have?
Had different types of governments, economies and social structure
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In an Athenian government, who is left out of the voting process?
Women, children and metics (foreigners)
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How did the Greeks unite during the Persian War?
During the 2nd Persian War, Spartans held the Persians back at Thermopylae so that the rest of Greece could prepare for war
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Give three reasons why did the Greeks have myths.
Explained why the world was the way it is, why suffering exists in the world, explained human behavior, taught moral lessons, stories of heros for people to look up to
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Why did Greek study history?
To avoid making mistakes of the past
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What is the definition of oligarchy?
Political power held by a small group of people
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What made Sparta a military state?
Helots revolted, and Spartans were worried it might happen again. Helot population was higher than Spartans
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Give three causes of the Peloponnesian War.
Athens/Sparta had a rivalry and tensions built between the two city states, especially with the creation of the Delian League and Peloponnesian League. The war started when Athens banned trade on a city state of the Peloponnesian League
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What are two major types of drama?
Tragedy and comedy
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Give three ways King Philip set up his army.
Organized infantry into phalanxes (row by row formation), soldier had 18-foot long pike- longer than the ones used by Greek (could attack enemies from further), soldiers could keep formation when changing directions
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What is the definition of democracy?
Political power that comes from the people
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Who wrote the Athenian Constitution?
Aristotle
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What were the consequences of the Peloponnesian War?
Athens had to break up their democratic government and break down the walls. City states were hurt, lots of people died and cities were destroyed, trade fell
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What are Aesop’s Fables?
Literature (short stories) that taught a moral
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What were some amazing things Aristotle did?
Set up his own school called Lyceum, was a scientist, wrote the Athenian Constitution and taught Alexander the Great