War in Ancient Greece
This leader, the son of Darius, began the second Persian war.
Who is Xerxes?
This large Macedonian pike was 18 foot long and allowed phalanxes to say in formation even when moving.
What is a sarissa?
The Greeks believed in many gods, and demigods, meaning they practiced this.
What is polytheism?
The question and answer method of teaching is called this.
What is the Socratic Method?
In 490 BC this battle happened.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
This alliance was created between various city-states and Athens.
What is the Delian League?
This king gained power after his brother died in 359 BC and did not have an old enough heir to take the thrown.
These famous games happened every four years to honor Zeus.
What are the Olympic Games?
This person followed around Socrates and wrote down his thoughts and interactions with others.
Who is Plato?
In 431 BC this war begins.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Xerxes navy was defeated at this naturally narrow waterway.
What is the Strait of Salamis?
This leader, the son of Philip, started going to battles with his father as a child.
Who is Alexander?
A collection of stories about Gods and explanations of the world are called this.
What are mythologies?
When we take an educated guess about the world around us and then use that guess to experiment to learn more it is called this.
What is a hypotheses?
In 480 BC this battle occurred during the 2nd Persian War.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
The alliance created with Sparta was known as this.
What is the Peloponnesian League?
After the spread of Greek culture and city-states into eastern Asia, this time period lasted until about 30 BC.
What is the Hellenistic Period?
A long poem that tells the story about a hero and his life is called this.
What is an Epic Poem?
This mathematician gave us the theorem that states within a right triangle a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
Who is Pythagoras?
In 404 BC this war ended when Athens surrendered.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
This weakened Athens and eventually killed Pericles, the leader during the golden ages.
What is the plague?
This is the name of Alexander's beloved horse.
What is Bucephalus?
The temple of Apollo housed Apollo's priestess, who was known as this.
What is the Delphic oracle?
This oath is taken by doctors and medical professionals as a way to promise to be ethical and to do no harm to their patients.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
In 323 BC this military leader died.
Who is Alexander?