Geography/Culture
What types of landforms were found in Greece?
Mountains, valleys, and plains.
Who won the Trojan War?
Greece.
________ was the god of war.
Ares.
Who were king and queen of Greek mythology?
Zeus and Hera.
How was Socrates executed?
He was poisoned by eating a leaf.
What was the capital of Greece?
Athens.
Most of the war was fought as a _______.
Siege.
_______ was the god of the water.
Poseidon.
Who wrote The Iliad?
Homer.
What was The Lyceum and who founded it?
School that focused on philosophy and science, founded by Aristotle.
____________ was the body of water that surrounded Greece.
The Mediterranean Sea.
King __________ was king at the beginning of the war. He was viewed as a God.
Agamemnon.
_______ was the goddess of love.
Aphrodite.
Who was the king that came up with the idea of The Trojan Horse?
Ulysses.
______ was a self-taught philosopher.
Heraclitus.
Define Hellenistic.
Simply Greek-like.
Describe the plan of the trojan horse.
Five Greek soldiers would hide inside the horse, waiting on Trojan soldiers to abandon their posts. They would exit the horse and conquer the city.
Which philosopher challenged mythology?
Socrates.
Which leader conquered the Persian Empire and strengthen Greece?
Alexander the Great.
What was the name of Plato's most famous book?
The Republic.
Aristotle was born in Chalkidiki, what part of Greece is that?
Northern Greece.
The Trojan War was one of the first times __________ warfare was used.
Naval.
Define mythology.
A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works.
________ was a king who was murdered while celebrating his daughter's wedding. His army was very powerful.
Philip II.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
a^2 + b^2 = c^2