What is the name for the type of the landform on which Greece is situated?
Peninsula
100
What type of government does the following list describe?
- there is one ruler
- the ruler usually inherited power
- the ruler passed on leadership to his son
Monarchy
100
Which city-state's government consisted of an Assembly and the Council of 500?
Athens
100
Why did the Persians think it would be easy to conquer Greece?
They had more land and people than the Greeks.
100
What fields are Pythagoras and Euclid associated with?
geometry (mathematics)
200
Why didn't the Greeks like to travel by land?
They found it difficult to travel through mountains.
200
How did tyrants often lose power?
they were overthrown by their people
200
What city-state discouraged trade because they did not want to be exposed to new ideas?
Sparta
200
What was an important result of the Persian wars?
Preservation of Greece's independence.
200
What is a major way that Greek democracy differs from American democracy
women can vote
300
The ancient Greeks worshiped the sea god Poseidon. What does this tell you about the Greek civilization?
The relied on the sea for travel and trade.
300
In ancient Greek settlements, governments tended to develop in a predictable order. Which form of government usually came first?
monarchy
300
What was the difference between education in Sparta and in Athens?
Athens - only boys were educated, literature and the arts
Sparta - both boys and girls were educated, military
300
The Greek city-states fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War. What was a major effect of the war?
Macedonia was able to conquer Greece
300
What original idea did Hippocrates have about health and disease?
Diseases have natural causes that can be observed
400
What was one result of ancient Greeks not having enough farmland to feed themselves?
The traded to get what they needed or they conquered their neighbors.
400
What type of government is led by a few, usually wealthy, leaders?
oligarchy
400
Who had the most power in Sparta?
The Council of Elders
400
Alexander helped the Greek city-states unite by ...
focusing their attention on a common enemy.
400
What factor limited the early Greek's understanding of the human body.
the belief that dissection was wrong
500
What was the main effect of Greece's mountainous geography on daily life?
They lived in isolated communities?
500
Who participated in democracy in Athens.
Citizens - Free Men
500
Give evidence that women had more rights in Sparta than in Athens.
Spartan women could own their own property.
They were free to speak with their husband's friends.
They could marry another man if their husband had been away at war too long.
Women were given military training.
500
After his military victory, how did Alexander keep his power in Persia?
He adopted many Persian practices.
500
What distance did the Greek astronomer Hipparchus calculate?