People
What was the chief magistrate in Athens called?
archon
What ancient civilization had modern plumbing in the palace?
Minoan (pp. 51–52)
Epicurus and Zeno worked together on a philosophy of life that emphasized happiness.
False (p 65)
Which Persian king led attacks against the Greeks at the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis Bay?
Xerxes (pp. 57–59)
What term refers to a rule by a few?
oligarchy
Who led the Persian army that Alexander the Great defeated?
Darius III (p. 61)
What are two forms of Greek drama?
tragedy and comedy (p. 66)
Hellenistic culture permeated the Near East from the death of Alexander until the Roman dominance.
True (p. 63)
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
The basic political unit of Greece was the ...
polis
Name the Greek philosopher and mathematician of the sixth century BC who concluded that the universe could be explained in mathematical terms.
Pythagoras (p. 65)
author of the Republic
Plato
Geography played a critical role in the development of Greek history.
True (p 51)
Father of history
Herodotus
The Olympic Games were originally held in honor of ...
Zeus
Who was the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey?
Homer
"know thyself."
Socrates
Darius I defeated the Greeks.
False (p 57)
Father of Geometry
Euclid
Three hundred Spartan fought to the death in a mountain pass.
What city-state was the leader of the Delian League?
Athens
who is known for syllogism?
Aristotle
Although Pericles took Athens a step toward democracy, it was Solon who established a true “rule by the people.”
False (p 56)
Father of Philosophy
Thales
Sparta formed which league to protect against foreign invasion and to prevent tyranny and democracy?
Peloponnesian League