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Alexander the Great
Classical Period
Government
Legacies of Ancient Greece
100
The four seas that surround Greece.
What is the Adriatic, Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean?
100
Alexander the Great was born in _______________.
Where is Macedon?
100
The conflict that started the Persian Wars.
What is the Ionian Revolt?
100
A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a single person.
What is a monarchy?
100
Greek culture encouraged the pursuit of _____________.
What is knowledge?
200
The Greek Gods tested Hercules by having him complete __________________.
What is 12 dangerous tasks?
200
Alexander the Great met no resistance when making his conquest to ______________.
What is Egypt?
200
The leader of the Persian empire.
Who was Darius?
200
A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people.
What is an Oligarchy?
200
Three styles of Greek Architecture included ______________________.
What is Corinthian, Doric and Ionic?
300
The hero Perseus killed the monster _______________, who turned people to stone when they looked at her...this myth lead to the popular expression _____________________.
What is Medusa, "if looks could kill"
300
The most powerful empire in the world that Alexander most desired to conquer was _______________.
What is the Persian Empire?
300
After the Athenians gained ground at the Battle of Salamis, the Greek army finally defeated the Persians at the Battle of ________________.
What is Platea?
300
A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of an individual who has seized control, often by illegal means.
What is a tyranny?
300
The Greek word for earth (_____________), and the Greek term for "process of recording (_______________).
What is geo, graphy?
400
An area of weakness or vulnerability.
What is "Achille's heel"?
400
Alexander the Great is most known for _____________.
What is spreading Greek ideas and culture throughout the world?
400
Historians often refer to the period between 460 and 429 BCE in Athenian history as _____________.
What is the Golden Age?
400
A form of government in which the ruling power is in the ands of all the people.
What is a democracy?
500
something or someone that causes great excitement or conflict.
What is "the face that launched 1000 ships."?
500
Alexander's military accomplishments were due to the powerful military force his father, __________, left him.
Who is King Philip II?
500
Sparta belongs to the ____________league; whereas Athens belongs to the __________ league.
What is Peloponnesian, Delian?
500
The form of government the United State has is a ________________.
What is a Democratic-Republic?
500
One of the most famous mathematicians in ancient Greece known as the "father of geometry" was ____________.
Who is Euclid?
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