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100
Meaning "high city", this is where important temples and monuments are located in a Greek city.
What is the Acropolis?
100
This is a military machine designed to launch boulders at cities and enemy forces.
What is a catapult?
100
He is known for reforming Athens with direct democracy and various building projects.
Who is Pericles?
100
To keep people in his occupied lands happy, Alexander the Great blended Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Indian cultures called this.
What is hellenism/hellenistic?
100
This is another name for a disease that kills many.
What is a plague?
200
This temple to the goddess Athena is the most magnificent in Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
200
Pericles rose to power in Athens following these clashes.
What are the Persian Wars?
200
This philosopher was arrested and condemned to death for his questioning.
Who is Sophocles?
200
For a citizen to do this, the person must be male, both parents had to be Athenian-born, and be at least eighteen years old.
What is vote?
200
These events showcased the skills of the athletically-gifted.
What are the Olympics?
300
The triangular space between the top of a colonnade and the roof is called this.
What is a pediment?
300
Alexander the Great started his conquest in this Macedonian capital.
What is Pella?
300
His empire stretched from Macedonia in Europe to India in Asia.
Who is Alexander the Great?
300
Under Athens' reforms, public officials now received this for their services.
What is money?
300
This is a serious drama that usually presents the downfall of the main character.
What is a tragedy?
400
These are three types of Greek columns.
What are Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian?
400
This city was the main rival to Athens at the onset of the Peloponnesian War.
What is Sparta?
400
The Lyceum was his learning institution.
Who is Aristotle?
400
Because of its superior navy, Athens took over this, designed to protect the Greek city-states.
What is the Delian League?
400
Many times ending on a good note, this type of drama made fun of politics and celebrities.
What is a comedy?
500
Greek architects used this same principle as sculptors when creating buildings.
What is proportions?
500
During the Peloponnesian War, Athens relied on this strategy of fighting.
What is sea/naval warfare/fighting?
500
He taught at the Academy.
Who is Plato?
500
This city-state stood up to Athens, after it solidified its position and misused city-state money.
What is Sparta?
500
In an attempt to capture this, Greek artists depicted their everyday lives in the most perfect form possible.
What is the ideal?