Golden Age of Athens
What was the main purpose for the Greek Olympic Games?
What is to honor the god Zeus?
Spartan mothers gave this to their sons before sending them off to war as a sign of honor and to remind them to never give up.
What is a shield?
After Alexander conquers Egypt, he has a city named after himself called this.
What is Alexandria?
Xerxes is successful at doing this after the Battle of Thermopylae.
What is burning Athens to the ground?
This scientist invented a system of longitude and latitude that is still heavily used today.
Who is Ptolemy?
A Greek would visit a temple and speak to this person to seek out advice or information about the future.
What is an oracle?
This man was considered to be the Spartan King who led his army of 300 men at the Battle of Thermopylae.
Who is Leonidas?
Alexander the Great was devoted to the arts and enjoyed learning about philosophy. He was tutored by this philosopher at a young age.
Who is Aristotle?
After this battle, Pheidippides ran 26 miles to Athens to tell of the Greek victory over the Persians.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
Today, this is a code of ethics that Doctors follow when practicing medicine on patients that was developed in Ancient Greece.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
This 500-long stretch of marble is featured on the inner walls of the Parthenon.
What is the frieze?
The form of government where the rich continue to get richer, while the poor get poorer.
What is Oligarchy?
He was the king of Macedonia who conquered Greece shortly after the Peloponnesian Wars.
Who is Philip II?
Athens had this major advantage over Persia at sea.
What is the brilliant mind of Themistocles?
This man was known for creating the first world map, using information he gathered while traveling and speaking to other travelers.
Who is Herodotus?
He is the God of fun and inspired Greek Drama and Theatre.
Who is Dionysus?
This form of democracy was very evident in Ancient Greece, particularly in Athens.
What is Direct Democracy?
Alexander the Great sacked this city-state in Greece in 335 B.C. as the start of his conquest and expansion campaign.
What is Thebes?
After the Battle of Marathon, this structure was built to commemorate the victory over the mighty Persians.
What is the Parthenon?
This was the greatest contribution from Ancient Greece to the modern world.
What is democracy?
This man believed that, "the unexplained life was not worth living." He was eventually accused and put to death for corrupting young adults with his teachings.
Who is Socrates?
Slaves who worked the land in Sparta were called this.
What is a Helot?
Alexander the Great built his empire by focusing on these three major goals.
What is spreading Greek culture, adopting customs of his conquered people, and using religion to promote loyalty?
This event is considered to be the beginning of the Greco-Persian Wars.
What is the Ionian Revolt?
This mathematician developed a textbook that’s been used as the basis for teaching geometry for more than 2,000 years.
Who is Euclid?