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Legacies
100
What does "philosophy" mean?
Lover of wisdom
100
This person penned The Iliad and The Odyssey:
Homer (NOT from the Simpsons, lol)
100
Grouping of Greek soldiers with shields interlocked to protect the formation was called:
Phalanx
100
What was likely the primary reason why the Greek city-states failed to join together, at least for their common defense?
Geography
100
Name one architectural item the Greeks perfected that has been copied worldwide:
Columns
200
Never, EVER lost a battle and conquered most of the known world by the time he died in Babylon at the age of 32.....
Alexander the Great
200
Greek and other soldiers often married Persian women in a process known as:
Persianization
200
Which number identifies Macedonia?
Number 1
200
True or false: Women in Athens had more equality of rights than did Spartan women:
False; Spartan women had slightly more rights since the young males and men would often be gone for long periods of time and someone had to handle things at home.
200
List at least two of Alexander the Great's legacies:
Greek culture, language, cities named after Alexander, etc.
300
Philosopher Zeno believed in emotional control, reason, and humans' fate. He was a follower of what worldview?
Stoicism
300
This great statesman of Athens encouraged the leaders to raise revenues (taxes) and to spend the money on public infrastructure, beautification projects, and development of a powerful navy. Name him:
Pericles
300
Give the name of the ships the Greeks built and sailed on:
Trireme (given this name as it had 3 sets of oars to propel the ship)
300
1. excessive pride or self-confidence, or
2. (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to retribution or nemesis.
Give this one-word that is defined here:
Hubris
300
List at least 3 great Greek legacies:
1. Intellectual reasoning
2. Language and alphabet
3. Olympics
4. Art and architecture
5. Mathematics
400
This philosopher held the belief that life should be regarded by empirical observation and experience:
Aristotle
400
One of the first Greeks to attempt a form of government like democracy:
Cleisthenes
400
Under the Ptolemaic Kingdom (named after Ptolemy, one of the 3 generals who led Alexander's empire after his death), what product is grown in such record numbers that made Egypt richer than it had ever been?
Wheat
400
He disagreed with his mentor, Plato, in that he believed human relations could be improved by human understanding and invention, not just contemplation. He also founded the Lyceum, after being passed over to lead The Academy.
Aristotle
400
Likely the greatest legacy of the ancient Greeks is:
Their impact on philosophy
500
What did these men - Antigonus, Ptolemy I, and Seleucus - have in common?
They were the generals who divided up Alexander the Great's empire with his passing
500
The Academy, a very early Greek learning institution that lasted until the Middle Ages, was started by whom?
Plato
500
What fighting method did Philip II improve on to make his Macedonian forces so difficult to defeat?
Longer spears that held the enemy in place, then the cavalry would charge into the enemy.
500
The Persian religious beliefs of a struggle between a good god and an evil god were called this faith:
Zoroastrianism
500
True or false:
The Greek Dark Age ended when the Mycenean and Minoan civilizations collapsed.
True