Polis System
Sparta vs. Athens
Golden Age
An Age of War
Hellenistic Age
100
Name two examples of a polis in Ancient Greece.
Athens, Corinth, Olympia, Sparta, Thebes, etc.
100
Why did the ancient city-states of Athens and Sparta
develop different political systems?
The geography of Greece caused them to develop independently.
100
What is the Greek ideal of humanism?
Emphasize human experiences, not divine intervention
100
Who won the Peloponnesian Wars?
Sparta
100
Who conquered the Persian Empire on his way to establishing his own empire?
Alexander the Great
200
Name two geographic features that led to the formation of independent city-states.
Mountains and the Sea
200
Which city-state's economy was based off of
agriculture and an enslaved workforce?
Sparta
200
Who was perceived as a threat to Athens and
sentenced to die because he walked around
in a dirty robe questioning people about their lives?
Socrates
200
What is the name of the decisive naval battle in which the Greeks defeated the Persians, effectively ending the Persian Wars?
Battle of SALAMIS
200
What city was the cultural capitol of the Hellenistic world?
Alexandria, Egypt
300
Name a sea that is important to the Greeks.
Mediterranean
or
Aegean
300
Which polis fits the following description?
-Established a direct but limited democracy
-Stressed the importance of the individual
-Encouraged all citizens to participate in the government
Athens
300
What type of column is this?
Ionic
300
Pericles did not predict this would happen and it devastated Athens during the Peloponnesian Wars. What happened?
Plague entered the city from trade ships and spread throughout Athens like wildfire.
300
What happened to Alexander's empire
after his death?
It was divided among three of his generals
400
TRUE / FALSE
The Greek religion was monotheistic.
FALSE
Greeks believed in the Olympic religion, which was polytheistic
400
What type of government did Athens have?
Democracy
400
The Doryphoros and the Discobolus represent
the Greek ideal of perfect beauty.
What was this ideal based on?
MATH
Mathematical Proportionality
400
Explain why neither side could achieve victory
for more than a decade in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens would not engage in a land battle with Sparta.
Athens retreated behind their defensive walls.
Spartans could not overcome the defensive walls of Athens.
Sparta did not have a navy.
400
What state emerged during the Hellenistic period
and eventually replaced Greece as the
dominant power of the Mediterranean?
Rome
500
Name three types of government found
in the city-states of Ancient Greece.
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Democracy
500
What peninsula is Sparta located on?
Peloponnesus
500
TRUE / FALSE
Aristotle believed that Perfect Forms do not exist in the physical world.
FALSE
Plato believed this. Aristotle believed that Perfect Forms come directly from the physical world.
500
Name two reasons the tiny Greek city-states were able to defeat the massive Persian Empire.
The Persians were not used to fighting in mountains.
The weaponry and armor of the Greeks was superior to the Persians.
Greek militaries were typically very trained and organized.
The Greek phalanx was a more effective strategy than the Persian strategy.
500
Name the 4 cultures that were combined to make a new "Hellenistic" culture.
1. Greek
2. Egyptian
3. Persian
4. Indian