Chapter 9 Review

Zoroastrian

A religion based on the battle between good and evil

alliance

An agreement to work together.

reason

Clear and ordered thinking.

What took place before Darius ruled Persia?

Cyrus's son died in a rebellion in Persia.

Who's geometry rules are still used today?

Euclid's

What happened after Alexander and his army crossed the Indus River in India?

Exhausted troops refused to continue fighting.

Satraps

Governors of Persian provinces

What caused the Peloponnesian War to begin?

Greek cities feared Athens would control Greece.

Phalanx

Group of warriors standing close together in a square.

Alexander worked to spread Greek culture, what does this say about him?

He admired and enjoyed Greek culture and ideas.

What influnced the building of the world's largest library in Alexandria, Egypt?

Hellenistic culture

What helped Cyrus rule a large empire?

His treatment of conquered people

What was Darius most interested in as ruler of Persia?

Making Persia strong.

Did the democratic society in Athens give women more rights than other cities

No, it did not.

Why was Socrates arrested and sentenced to death?

People were upset by his ideas.

What was the relationship between Philip of Macedonia and Alexander the Great?

Philip was Alexander's father

What did the ancient Greeks value?

Philosophy and art.

What was the most important aspect of life in Sparta?

Preparing for battle

What might have happened if Sparta's army had become weak?

Slaves would have staged a rebellion.

Cavalry

Soldiers mounted on horses

What happened after the Peloponnesian war?

Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece.

An improvement made to the Persian Empire by Darius?

roads

What one thing did Greek philosophers believe was more important than anything else?

Using the human mind to think and understand.

Were Greek statues of people realistic

Yes, they were very realistic.

What brought Greek customs to new parts of the world?

The spread of Hellenistic culture

Parthenon

A building constructed in Athens in the 400's BC

Plato

A famous Greek philosopher.

Sophocles

A famous Greek playwright.

Caused Sparta to declare war on Athens?

Athenian domination of Delian

What did most poor Athens boys do?

Became Farmers and grew food for the wealthy.

Hippocrates

The greatest Greek doctor.