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What rivers aided the growth of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
100
What is a hetairai?
Athenian prostitute
100
What is the Greek word for shield?
aspis
100
Who was the Persian War between?
Persia and Greece
100
Who is Xerxes?
king of kings, of Persia
200
How many continents were there on the Martellus map?
3
200
Who is the messenger god?
Hermes
200
Give 3 pieces of evidence to show that the civilizations during the Neolithic Era were advanced.
manipulation of fire, established government and religion, fashion, defenses, weapons
200
Why did the Ancient Chinese build walls around their cities?
to the keep the floods and poor out.
200
What is the golden mean?
balance between 2 extremes, taught by Aristotle
300
Which philosopher always questioned reality?
Plato
300
Who was Agamemnon?
king of Argos, who led the fight against Troy.
300
What is the phalanx?
battle formation used by Greek hoplites
300
What does a political map show?
borders, major cities, capitals, bodies of water
300
Why was Socrates sentenced to death?
corrupting youth and questioning the gods
400
What is the most accurate of all maps we studied?
Peters
400
What was the Trojan Horse?
wooden horse used by the Greeks to get inside the gates of Troy. Greek soldiers hid inside and crept out at night and destroyed the city.
400
How old were Spartan children when they left their parents to join the military?
7
400
What is the greatest honor for a Spartan?
to die in battle
400
What nation conquered Greece following the Peloponnesian War?
Macedonia
500
What was the Delian League?
collection of city-states who allied with each other to prevent another Persian invasion
500
how did women's life in Athens compare to women's life in Sparta?
Athenian women were mostly unable to leave their homes, while Spartan women were encouraged to exercise to birth strong children.
500
Name 3 major battles of the Persian Wars.
Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis
500
What did Athens and the Indus River Valley have in common?
depended on the water for life and luxury
500
What lesson was Plato trying to teach through his Allegory of the Cave?
Question everything around you because you may not be seeing the whole picture.