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Athens/Sparta
War
Golden Age of Athens
Philosophy
Vocabulary
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How was the Golden Age of Athens funded?
Money collected from the Delian League funded the Golden Age.
100
What was the Peloponnesian League?
an alliance to counteract Athenian supremacy
100
Who was the leader that made Athens a center of art, philosophy, and architecture?
Pericles
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How do we know about Socrates' philosophy?
his speeches and discussions were written down by Plato
100
What is an oligarchy?
Rule of a few wealthy men.
200
In which city-state were women allowed to own property, collect an inheritance and leave their house of their own free will?
Sparta
200
How did the Peloponnesian War begin?
relations between Athens and the Peloponnesian League deteriorated
200
What was the Acropolis' most famous building?
The Parthenon.
200
Which Greek thinker used logical methods and observation to study the natural world?
Aristotle
200
What does the word plague mean?
A disease that sweeps through a town or country, which causes many to die.
300
Who were metics?
Foreign artisans, merchants, and craftsmen who worked in Athens.
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What was the Delian League?
an alliance between Greek city-states that agreed to support each other
300
What was Pericles' reputation in the Golden Age?
Pericles was known as a skilled orator, a dedicated worker, and a great patron of the arts.
300
What is the Socratic method?
A series of questions and answers designed to help the student realize something.
300
What is a truce?
An agreement where two or more people agree to stop fighting.
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Why did Athens place such an importance on a good education?
Athenians believed that a good education would benefit the individual and the city-state.
400
Why was Alexander's conquest of much of the known world so significant?
Alexander brought the people of his empire into contact with Greek culture, which changed their civilizations forever.
400
Name the two types of Greek drama?
tragedy and comedy
400
What is the golden mean?
The idea that living moderately was the best kind of life.
400
What does the word abstract mean?
Pure and simple, not complicated.
500
What kind of government did Sparta have?
Oligarchy, with elements of aristocracy, monarchy, and very limited democracy.
500
How did the Persians defeat the Greek army at Thermopylae?
A traitor revealed the location of the Greeks to the Persians.
500
What kind of columns were used in the Parthenon?
Doric
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Who was a student of Socrates?
Plato.
500
What does the word ethics mean?
The branch of philosophy that studies what it means to live a good, moral live.