Early Civilizations
This was the first civilization in the Aegean region.
What is the Minoan civilization.
Alexander the Great's father.
Who is Philip II.
This Athenian structure is considered the greatest example of the Classical Greek temple.
What is the Parthenon.
The Athenians and the Spartans fought each other in this famous war.
What is the Peloponesian War.
Alexander the Great eventually conquered this great empire.
What is Persia.
The Minoans built this palace built on the island of Crete.
What is Knossus.
This man was convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens and was sentenced to death.
Who is Socrates.
Art that was concerned with expressing eternally true ideals through symmetry, balance, and harmony was at its height during this age of Greece.
What is the Classical Age.
This story, which questioned the nature of reality, was written by Plato and found in his book The Republic.
What is the Allegory of the Cave.
The most famous scientist from the Hellenistic period.
Who is Archimedes.
Which early civilization is considered to be the first real Greeks?
What is the Mycenaean civilization.
Cleisthenes came up with the idea of democracy, but this man implemented it.
Who is Pericles.
The three main types of Greek columns.
What are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
The Greek word for city-state.
What is a polis.
This philosophy taught that happiness could be obtained by accepting one's lot and living in harmony with the will of God.
What is Stoicism.
This poet wrote about the Mycenaeans many years later in the Iliad.
Who is Homer.
This man was Alexander the Great's tutor.
Who is Aristotle.
During the Hellenistic period, the focus in art changed from idealistic to this, which showed emotion and people as they really were.
What is realistic.
To know the will of the gods, Greeks might consult one of these--the most famous being at Delphi.
What is an oracle.
This philosophy taught that happiness could be achieved through the pursuit of intellectual pleasure.
What is Epicureanism.
This form of writing was invented by the Mycenaeans.
What is Linear B.
He is considered the Father of Medicine.
Who is Hippocrates.
Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic.
What are the three periods of Greek art.
The Hellenic Age corresponds with this age of Greece.
What is the Classical.
The combining of different forms of belief or practice; when two gods are regarded as different forms of the same underlying diving force.
What is syncretism.