Some Stories
What is a story told through the actions of a cast of characters?
Drama
What controversial idea did Plato believe about women?
Equal to men
What are cavalry?
Soldiers fighting on horseback
What is a traditional story about heroes and gods?
Myth
In Politics, Aristotle describes three types of _________
government
What language became common across Eurasia?
Greek
Where did Greeks believe that their gods lived?
Mt. Olympus
The Hippocratic Oath is an ethical oath for ______
doctors
What did King Phillip of Macedon take advantage of to defeat the Greek poleis?
Division
What does “Hellenistic” mean?
“like the Greeks”
Where did we learn most of what we know about Socrates?
His students
What city did Alexander name after his favorite person?
Alexandria
What event are both The Iliad and The Odyssey based on?
The Trojan War
Aristotle classified things based on _____ and _____
Similarities and differences
Why did Alexander’s army refuse to go into India?
Wanted to return home
What do philosophers study?
Knowledge and reality
What job did an oracle do?
Speak for the gods
Many European and American architects were inspired by what civilization?
Greeks
Where do we get common stories like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and “The Tortoise and the Hare”?
Aesop’s Fables
How did Hippocrates disagree with other doctors of his time?
Believed diseases had natural causes
How did King Phillip prepare Alexander to lead the Macedonian Empire?
Education and military experience
The Socratic Method uses ____________ to help people learn
Questions
How did ancient Greeks believe the Sun moved across the sky?
Pulled by Apollo
Where does some of the oldest Western literature come from?
Ancient Greece
What is the difference between a comedy and a tragedy in ancient Greece?
A happy or sad ending
How was Thucydides different from other ancient historians?
Rejected the idea that the gods affected human history
What was Alexander’s plan as soon as he became king?
Fulfil his father’s plan to conquer Persia
The ______ is an idea about finding a balance between two extremes
“golden mean”
What crime was Socrates accused of by the Athenian government?
Teaching young people to rebel
What name do we use for Greek-style art and architecture?
Classical art and architecture