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Roots/Words
100
The island the Minoans lived on...
Crete
100
Greek society was: matriarchal or patriarchal?
patriarchal
100
What is this famous item from antiquity?
The Cyrus Cylinder
100
Which 3 river systems of ancient history did Darius rule over?
The Mesopotamia, Indus and ______
Nile
100
True or False?
Athens created the Delian League in theory to defend against Persia, but in reality, it was a political tool to create a joined empire with Persia.
false. its own empire
100
What kind of military formation is this?
phalanx
200
True or False?
The Minoans extremely warlike towards the Myceneans
False, it was the other way around
200
True or false?
To the Greeks, a tyrant was always an unjust ruler.
False
200
True or false? Babylon’s conquest by Cyrus was bloody and brutal.
false
200
True or False?
The spiritual justification for the expansion of the Persian Empire was that the kings believed that they were the earthly representatives of Ahura Mazda and claimed that the expansion of the empire would bring the final triumph of good over evil sooner.
True
200
An _________ is where ships from other nations are prevented from either entering or leaving a nation’s ports.
embargo
200
An individual Greek soldier in a phalanx was called a __________________________
hoplite
a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece
300
What is the name of this famous Mycenean mask?
Mask of A....
Mask of Agamemnon
300
True or False?
Spartan culture was among the most extreme forms of militarism the world has ever seen.
true
300
Cyrus ended the captivity of the ________________.
Jews
300
According to Herodotus, the Persians taught their children these 3 things:
ride a horse, shoot a bow and ____
tell the truth
300
True or False?
One main reason the Persian War is remembered is that it pitted an underdog, Sparta, against the massive empire of Persia, and the underdog won the conflict.
False, Greece
300
The word rhetoric comes from the Greek rhētōr, meaning ____________________
master speaker
400
A mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull".
Minotaur
400
Athens is also remembered as the birthplace of ________________________.
democracy
400
Cyrus believed it’s better to be ________________ than _____________________.
loved than hated
400
The Greek cities of Ionia rose up against Persian rule and Darius vowed to make an example not just of them, but of the Greek poleis that had aided them, including Athens. This led to what war?
Persian War
400
What is an oligarchy?
a small group of people who have control of a country
400
Greek and Latin roots: The word mercenary comes from the Latin mercenarius,
meaning ___________________________.
one who does anything for pay
500
Who were the descendants of the Myceneans?
The Greeks
500
The Greeks of the Archaic Age believed a man had to master these two things......
war and rhetoric
500
Which ally to Babylon helped take part in the rebellion that resulted in the downfall of the Assyrian Empire?
The Medes
500
What was the ancient Persian army’s weakness that would become a serious issue in the conflicts between Persia and Greece?
It could take up to two years to mobilize the whole empire.
500
Of all the regions and cultures hit hardest by the collapse of the Bronze Age, which was hit the hardest?
Greece
500
Greek and Latin roots: The word oligarchy comes from the Greek word oligarkhia, meaning “_______________.”
government by the few