Philosophers
Which philosopher was sentenced to death for his teachings?
Socrates
Which Greek city-state was the wealthiest?
Athens
Zeus was the most powerful god according to Greek legend. He was believed to live on:
Mt. Olympus
What city was at the heart of the Hellenistic reign?
Alexandria
Designed by Aristarchus; believing that Earth rotated on its axis and orbited the sun.
Heliocentric Theory
Lovers of Wisdom are known as:
Philosophers
Minoans were an early civilization located in:
Crete
A blind poet who wandered around, singing of heroic deeds. He is credited for creating two epic poems.
Homer
Alliance formed by Athens was called
Delian League
A unique version of the city-state, built on two levels.
Polis
Who was Socrate's most famous student?
Plato
This Greek civilization was known for the strict military regime
Sparta
The Trojan War is best remembered in what piece of literature?
The Iliad
The period where local people began to assimilate, (or form/absorb) Greek ideas and Greek settlers adopted local customs was known as
The Hellenistic Period
Applied principles of physics to make practical inventions.
Archimedes
Who promoted reason as the guiding force for learning? He set up The Lyceum for the study of all branches of knowledge.
Aristotle
The Palace of Knossos was a part of what civilization?
Minoan
Why were the Olympics abolished?
Being seen as pagan to Christian leaders
Alexander the Great started his reign by taking the throne in:
Macedonia
Derived a formula to calculate the relationship between the sides of a right triangle.
Pythagoras
The posing of a series of questions to a student or passing citizen and challenge them to examine the implications of their answers became known as:
The Socratic Method
Why did Greeks form into city-states?
Landscape made it difficult to unify
A famous example of Greek architecture and dedicated to the goddess Athena:
Parthenon
This belief urged people to avoid desires and disappointments by calmly accepting whatever life brought.
Stoicism
Wrote The Elements, which compiled earlier works and became the basis for modern geometry.
Euclid