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Greek Culture
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Alexander's Empire
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100
Many Greeks visited a ________________ to find out about the future.
What is an oracle priest or priestess?
100
This Greek historian is known as the father of history.
Who is Herodotus?
100
Macedonia became a super power in the ancient world under the reign of this ruler.
Who is King Phillip II
100
This city served as the model for all cities built during the Hellenistic Era.
What is Athens?
100
This Greek poet wrote several epics, including the Illiad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
200
The Greeks' religious beliefs were expressed in Greek _________.
What is mythology?
200
This famous philosopher wrote more than 200 works on government, politics, and astronomy and also taught the "Golden Mean".
Who is Aristotle?
200
Alexander led his soldiers on horseback called a _________ to Asia Minor to defeat the Persian Empire.
What is a cavalry?
200
This type of artwork changed during the Hellenistic Era and showed people in a more life like way.
What are sculptures?
200
This public speaker wanted the Greek city-states to unite against Phillip II and the Macedonians.
Who is Demosthenes?
300
____________ was the home to the 12 major Greek Gods and Goddesses.
What is Mt. Olympis?
300
This Greek scientist studies astronomy and mathematics and developed theories by observing and thinking.
Who is Thales?
300
This city in Egypt founded by Alexander was the largest of the Mediterranean world.
What is Alexandria?
300
Hellenistic Kings required that all business be conducted in this language.
What is Greek?
300
This Greek scientist argued that the sun was the center of the solar system and that the earth and other planets revolved around it.
Who is Aristarchus?
400
The ________________ is an epic that includes the story of the Trojan Horse.
What is the Illiad?
400
This Greek scientist was the first to calculate the value of pi.
Who is Archimedes?
400
Alexander defeated the Persians at the Battle of ______>
What is Granicus?
400
This philosopher was a student of Socrates and believed that philosopher kings should be in charge of government.
Who is Plato?
400
This group of philosophers earned a living travelling to polis to polis teaching the art of public speaking known as rhetoric.
Who are the Sophists?
500
Greek drama can be divided into these two categories.
What are comedies and tragedies?
500
This Greek thinker believed in absolute truth and taught a method of questioning still used today.
Who is Socrates?
500
One of Alexander's greatest achievements is that he spread Greek _______________ throughout his empire.
What is culture?
500
In the late 200's B.C. this group of people took control of the mainland of Greece.
Who are the Romans?
500
This astronomer discovered that the earth is round.
Who is Eratosthenes?