Important Greek figures
Archimedes, Euclid, Thales, and Pythagoras made contributions in which subject?
Mathematics
Who fought in the Persian Wars?
Persia, Sparta, and Athens
In Athenian culture who had the right to vote?
Free Men
What are the geographical features of Greece?
Mountains, Islands, and Seas
Cyrus the Great had what important accomplishment?
Allowing the Jews to be free from Babylonian exile and return to Jerusalem to build the temple.
Thucydides was a Greek historian that wrote about what wars?
The Peloponnesian Wars
Who won the Peloponnesian wars?
Sparta
The architectural design of columns come from which ancient society?
Ancient Greece
What City-State created Democracy?
Athens
Who was the sculptor that created the statue of Athena in the Parthenon?
Phidias
Who was the Father of History and wrote about the Persian Wars?
Herodotus
Which Persian emperor started the Persian wars?
Darius 1
Which city state was militaristic and extremely nationalistic?
Sparta
Who created the Delian league?
Athens
What is a Bureaucracy?
System of government run by state officials.
What political figure lead Athens during the Golden age and influenced the building of what temple?
The Parthenon
What were the 4 battles of the Persian Wars?
Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and Platea
What Poet wrote the Odyssey and Iliad?
Homer
Why were there City-States in Greece? Why didn't they unite.
The geography and it wasn't easy to travel. They also valued the city over the who nation of Greece.
What are the 4 seas near Greece and Asia minor?
Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara, Black
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were all Greek...?
Philosophers
Which action contributed to the outbreak of the Persian Wars?
Athens attempted to help Ionia (Greeks) gain independence from Persia.
Who spread Greek culture through his conquests?
Alexander the Great
What's the difference between Sparta's and Athens's government? Explain both?
Oligarchy small group ruling and making the decisions. Democracy all men can vote and lead.
Who is the starting Quarterback for the Washington Commanders?
Jayden Daniels