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Greek Architecture
100
the "high city" part of Athens
What is the Acropolis?
100
A building in Athens constructed for Athena
What is the Parthenon?
100
The strongest leader in Athens who ruled for 31 years and had 3 goals for the city-state
Who is Pericles?
100
Strengthening democracy, beautifying Athens, and explanding the empire
What were the three goals Pericles had for Athens?
100
The space between the top of a column and the roof where paintings were usually placed
What is the pediment
200
An easily-spread, deadly disease
What is the plague?
200
An important Egyptian city and learning center founded by Alexander the Great
What is Alexandria?
200
The name of the ruler from Macedonia who conquered Geece after the city-states were weakened from the Peloponnisian War
Who is Philip II?
200
This group was created to protect the city-states
What was the Delian League (or the Peloponnesian League)?
200
The simplest of the three types of Greek columns
What is Doric?
300
A military machine that threw stones at enemy forces
What is a a catapult?
300
The new power to the north of Greece where Philip II was planning to extend his empire into Greece and Persia
What is Macedonia?
300
The ruler who built a vast empire east through Central Asia and was responsible for bringing about a cultural blending
Who is Alexander the Great?
300
The reason that Athens was finally forced to surrender to Sparta in 404 B.C.
What was the plague that caused Athens to lose one third of its population and its leader?
300
What is the most decorative and elaborate type of the three Greek columns?
What is Corinthian?
400
The study of basic truths and ideas about the universe
What is philosophy?
400
The name of the peninsula where Sparta and Athens were located
What is the Peloponnesus?
400
The name of the philosopher who was sentenced to death by the jury because they believed he was causing young people to rebel
Who is Socrates?
400
Aristophenes wrote these that made fun of people in power
What are comedies
400
The part of the temple that contains the name of the building on your Greek Architect project
What is the architrave?
500
A culture that combined Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian styles
What is Hellenistic?
500
The name of the island where the Delian League first located its headquarters and treasury
What is Delos?
500
The mathematician who created the basis for geometry
Who is Euclid?
500
Building in Alexandria that is considered on of the Seven Wonders of the World
What is the lighthouse?
500
The name of the steps to the base of the temple
What is the crepidoma (or stylobate)?