HST 120 CH 3

How did the Greek historian Thucydides differ from Herodotus?

N/A

According to most scholars, what accounts for the collapse of Minoan civilization?

Widespread Epidemics

During the Migrations of the Greek Dark Age, many Ionians

crossed the Aegean Sea to settle in Asia Minor.

The vast majority of scholars believe that Homer's lliad has a basis in fact.

true

The term Polis refers to the

City-State

Socrates was condemned to death for

Corrupting the youth of Athens

A popular Minoan sport was

Bull leaping

Which city-state led the Delian League?

Athens

A hoplite was a

Heavy Infantryman

What did Early philosophy seek to do?

Explain the universe on the basis of unifying principles

All full-time residents of Athens were considered citizens.

False

At the time of the Persian Wars, the Greek city-states were far wealthier and more powerful than Persia.

False

The geography of Greece is characterized by smooth, well-watered plains and fields

False

What happend to the Delian League once Persia was defeated?

It became an instrument of Athenian imperialism

Which city-state dominated the Peloponnesian League?

Sparta

What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?

The defeat of Athens and the collapse of its empire

What resulted from the Lycurgan reforms?

The establishment of a permanent military state in Sparta

What did the term arete mean to the Greek?

The striving for excellence

The narrow pass where 9000 Greek hoplites under the leadership of Spartan King Leonidas held a Persian army of over 150,000 men for two days was

Thermopylae

The Greeks halted the Persian attempt to attack mainland Greece during the reign of Darius at the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.E

True

The Sophists

were professional teachers who seemingly questioned the traditional values of their societies.