Ancient Greece 1
Xerxes was king of ___________?
Persia
Who conquered Greece and later the Persian empire?
Alexander the Great
He accurately estimated the value of pi (π) - ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
Archimedes
What did Odysseus create to end the Trojan War?
Wooden horse
Which new empire eventually conquered the region of Alexander’s empire within a few centuries after he died? (what we are studying NEXT)
Rome
Which city-state gave women more freedom?
Sparta
What is a"polis?"
City-state
To attack suddenly, a surprise attack
Raid
A place where people present plays
Theater
The arts and philosophy were more important to which city-state?
Athens
Alexander and his army reached as far east as the ____ River Valley
Indus
What type of government did Sparta have? (a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. )
Oligarchies
How did the Athenia government select council members ?
Lottery
Who won at the battle of Marathon? Persians or Athenians
Athenians
The Olympics were in honor of what god?
Zeus
Homer wrote the Odyssey and the
Iliad
Greek messenger who raced from the site of Marathon to Athens,
The Greek word philosophy literally means?
love of wisdom - Greek philo (love) and sophia (wisdom)
What were the two types of Greek plays?
Tragedies and Comedies
Which power was severely weakened after losing the Peloponnesian War, despite leading the Delian League?
A Sparta B. Corinth C. Athens D. Persia
C. Athens
Ancient Athens, was mostly known for this type of government, called________________, which has still influeced the West to this day.
democracy
TRUE OR FALSE The Athenians and the Spartans had to work together to defeat the Persians.
What is the True
How did Socrates help his pupils reach a full understanding of a topic?
By asking them questions.
Sparta did not have a wall around their city-state. Why not?
They believed their solders could hold off any attack.
Where did the original Greeks first settle?
Crete