This island which used to be a part of Corinth, ends up calling for Athens help, which eventually leads to the 2nd Peloponnesian War.
Corcyra
100
Name the first of the three major philosophers from ancient Greece.
Socrates
100
What form of government was invented and used by the Athenians people.
What is a democracy?
100
Who is the ruler of the Olympian Gods.
Zeus
100
What is Greece? An island, A peninsula or landlocked.
Peninsula
200
What was the minimum age to be accepted into the Spartan Senate?
60
200
Who was the first lawmaker of Athens? His laws were said to be written in blood, because they were so brutal.
Draco
200
Which of the two is farther north?
Sparta or Athens?
Athens
200
Who is the god of the sea?
Poseidon
200
Name one of the two major seas which border Greece.
Ionian or Aegean Sea.
300
During the oligarchy period in Athens, what were the names of the noble class which ruled unfairly?
Archons
300
Greek philosopher Aristotle was the first to use formal logic (mathematical logic).
Give two different examples of formal logic. Has to be in the same format as the socrates example given in class.
All humans are mortal
Socrates is a human
Therefore Socrate is a mortal
300
a)Which of the two (Athens or Sparta) gave more rights to their women.
b) Name one right that these women had that the other women did not.
a) The Spartans
b) -Own land
- Allowed to spend the day outside the home. (Not doing housework)
300
Which Greek god or godess was portrayed in statue form in the Parthenon?
Athens
300
Name one product that the Greeks had an excess of and exported?
Olive oil, Wine, Pottery, Wool or fruit.
400
Name 2 of the 3 classes in Spartan society.
Spartiates, Perioici, Helots
400
What was the name of the King of Persia who watched his troops fight at The Battle of Thermopylae?
Xerxes
400
Sparta and Athens are the two largest city states in ancient Greece. Name the 3rd largest.
Corinth
400
In what city- state did a boy die because he had a fox under his shirt in school?
- Why did this happen?
Sparta
- The boy stole the fox and would rather die than let it be known that he stole the fox. In Sparta it was a big embarrassment to be caught stealing.
400
Name the largest Greek Island, which is to the south of Greece. (Hint: Home to the Palace of Knossos)
Crete
500
Name at least 3 of the measures implemented to help the poor by the great Athenian lawmaker Solon.
-Cancelled the debts of many poor.
-Freed people that were enslaved for debt (indentured -servant)
-Devalued money to making paying debts easier
-Created a taxation system where the rich paid a higher percentage of their money in comparison to poor people.
500
Name one of the 3 main historians of Ancient Greece
Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon
500
In the Athenian acropolis what was the name of the busy market area?
The Agora
500
What is the name of the Greek hero that killed the minotaur (half man, half bull) in the Labyrinth.
Theseus
500
At the Battle of Salamis the Persians had 3 times as many ships as the Greeks. Name 2 of the reasons the Greeks were able to defeat the Persians at the Battle of Salamis
- The Greeks knew the wind and water currents of the Salamis Strait.
- The Greeks had a better battle plan
- The Greeks could swim back to shore if their ship sank.