Cat. 1
After the Persian Wars, _______________ became the most powerful city-state in ancient Greece.
Athens
The ____________________ of teaching is still used by teachers today.
Socratic method
The _______________ is considered to be the finest example of classical Greek architecture.
Parthenon
Alexander the Great created a huge empire that spread from Egypt in the west to _____________ in the east.
India
Rivalry between Athens and Sparta for power in Greece eventually led to the ___________________.
Peloponnesian War
According to the ancient Greeks' beliefs, on _________________ most of their major gods lived.
Mount Olympus
________________ are all gods described in the stories of Greek mythology. (name all three)
Hades, Poseidon, and Apollo
_________________, members of the Peloponnesian League, and members of the Delian League resented Athens' growing power after winning the Second Persian War.
Sparta
________________ work can be linked to the earlier observations of Thales of Miletus. (2 names)
Aristarchus and Democritus
The customs the Greeks introduced into the empire of Alexander the Great mixed with the arts and ideas of the conquered lands to create a new form of culture called _______________.
Hellenistic culture
_____________ was most responsible for uniting Greece.
King Philip
____________________ Ancient Greeks valued observation and the knowledge gained through the senses in reaching scientific conclusions. (3 names)
Aristotle, Hippocrates, and Thales
Assistance from _________________ helped Athens defeat the mighty Persian empire in 480 B.C.
Sparta
Much of the territory conquered by Alexander the Great was previously part of the ____________________.
Persian empire
Why was the period following the Second Persian War known as Athens "golden age"?
Following the second Persian War, Athens' wealth and power increased with the formation of the Delian League and it used the other member's money to build its navy, rebuild Athens, and construct the Parthenon.
Explain how the Greek culture spread into regions as far as Afghanistan and India. How did the culture of these regions change?
Greek culture was spread east from Greece across Asia by the conquests of Alexander the Great. Everywhere he went, Alexander founded Greek-style cities. In these cities, Greek culture mixed with local culture to create a new form of Greek culture called Hellenistic culture.