Greek

According to this greek playwright the greeks were free citizens but the Persians were subjects to a tyrant

Aeschylus

He was a Greek Tragedian playwright who wrote a trilogy entitled the Oresteia

Aeschylus

Who was the famous king of Mycenae who supposedly sacked Troy in 1250 BC?

Agammnon

This greek philosopher taught that form and matter were inseparable; and encouraged his pupils to analyze and classify things based upon research and investigation

Aristotle

Which Greek philospher believed that the purpose of marriage was to provide mutual comfort between a man and a woman and contribute to the overall happiness of a commnity?

Aristotle

Who was the patron goddess of Athens for whom the Parthenon was dedicated?

Athena

The reforms of Cleisthenes laid the foundations of democracy in this city-state

Athens

In which battle did the athenians defeat the Persians and gain tremendous confidence in their newly revamped society?

Battle of Marathon

Who drove Hippias out from his reign of terror in Athens?

Cleisthenes

After the defeat of the Persians, the Athenians provided leadership against the persians by forming a confederation called the

Delian League

Which one of the following civilizations did not have to worry so much about invasion, because it was protected by deserts on three sides?

Egypt

Which one of the civilizations was nearly impossible to unify, because each city-state was surrounded on all sides by mountains?

Greek

This historians work centered on the conflict and struggle between Greek freedom and Persian despotism

Herodotus

Which famous poet gave the greeks a model of heroism, honor, and nobility? He wrote the Illiad

Homer

Which country from the north under the leadership of King Phillip II eventually ended the Greek in fighting and unified Greece?

Mercodonan

This culture was known for establishing a great sea empire

Minoan Cretans

THis culture were warrior people who prided themselves in their heroic deeds in battle

Mycenaean's

What was the name given for the Greek festivals in which athletic competitions were held in honor of the Gods and occured every four years?

Olympics

What great greek building was located on the Acropolis of Athens and exemplified the eternal ideals of reason, moderation, symmetry, balance, and harmony?

Parthenon

Classical Greece was a period of brilliant achievements highlighted by the flowering democracy in Athens under the leadership of what man?

Peracles

This greek philosopher that the essence of reality was centered in the concept of ideas or ideal forms and to know these forms is to know the truth. He also wrote his ideas on government in book entitled the Republic

Plato

Who is our primary source on the person and philosophy of Socrates?

Plato

Why should we distrust Plato's accounts of Socrates?

Plato is biased because Socrates was his master, and Socrates writtings about Plato change over the years

He was another great Athenian playwright who wrote a famous play entitled Oepipus the King

Sophocles

In the Peloponnesian War, which greek city state defeated the Athenians?

Sparta

In this city state boys at the age of 7 were taken from their homes to begin a life of brutal military training

Sparta

The reforms of Lycrgus reorganized this city- government into an oligarchy

Sparta

phalanx

The Greek military formation that involved overlapping shields providing a wall of men and shields

He persauded the Athenains to build a navy and he also led the naval forces in the battle of Artemisium

Themistocies

The name of the Greek historian that wrote about the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

This historian saw war and politics in rational terms; the examined the long-range an immediate causes of the Peloponnesian war

Thucydides

What things did Solon do that helped Athens solve some of their social problems?

abolish debt slavery, wiped out all debts, ended horos, athenian can't own another anthenain

What change did Solon make in the membership of the Athenian general assembly?

all citizens of the realm could vote

A council of former archons is called a ...

areopagus

In the warrior aristocratic world of Homer, what Greek word means excellence and describes what is won in a struggle or contest?

arete

An athenains political tactic in which members of the assembly wrote the name of an individual that they disliked on a pottery fragment in order to have that person kicked out of the assembly and exiled for 10 years

astracism

One similiarity between the athenian democracy under Pericles and our modern American democracy is?

citizens serving on juries in court

How did the Spartans solve the problem of limited food sources for their growing populations?

conquered and enslaved their neighboring city states

According to Pericles, what characteristics of Athenains politics and society was seen as distasteful to the Spartans?

debate

What did Isagoras do?

drove Cleisthenes out

He was an outstanding Athenian tragedian who is most known for creating more realistic characters and more complex plots than his predecessors

euripides

True or False: After his reforms were complete, Solon gave up his power, left the city, and made the Athenians hold to his system for 50 years before making any changes.

false

True or False: As a historian, Thucydides wrote a lot concerning the effects of god and divine forces upon the people and events of Greece

false

True or False: In Greek city-states, constitutions were considered to be the works of the gods, not men.

false

True or False: Pesistratos created the first government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

false

True or False: Socrates was considered a well-liked, hero by all the important people of Athens.

false

True or False: Some greeks turned to mystery religions, because the practice of mystery religions were centered upon form and ritual relationships with the gods, as opposed to the emotional experiences that often accompanied the standard form of religious practice

false

True or False: Sparta flourished, accumulated wealth and power, and emerged as the regions second superpower because of their lively oligarchic form of government

false

True or False: The Greeks invented the polis

false

True or False: The Mycenaean kings who dominated the eastern Mediterranean reached and exceeded the level of power exercised by the Babylonian emperors and the Egyptian pharaohs.

false

True or False: The focus on competition led to further the division among the Greek "poleis".

false

True or False: only women and men who were 20 years older could be citizens of Athens in the new democracy

false

True or false: human nature teaches us that when people are given temporary power they often return those powers when their time to use their powers comes to an end

false

What major factor contributed to the Dark Ages of early Greece?

famine

What new military word describes the heavily armed infantrymen who wore bronze or leather helmet, breastplate, and greaves and carried a long thrusting spear?

hoplite

A stone pillar erected on a debtor's field is called a ______________.

horos

According to Pericles, "we are free and tolerant in our private lives; but in public affairs, we keep the ___________. This is because it commands our deep respect

law

According to Pericles, what is one of the central features of a democracy which offers equality to all?

law

Which one of the following civilizations helped its leader unify the city-states of the region because of the uninterrupted plains?

mesopotamia

For most of history, humans have been primarily ruled by which two forms of government?

oligarchy and monarchy

What Greek word literally means love of wisdom?

philosophy

Which two things did Solon do to solve the economic woes of Athens?

planting olive oil and forbading trading of other food stuff

What words come from polis

police, politics, polite

The largest political unit in Ancient greece was called a city state, which in greek is called?

polis

What was the Greek name for the community of citizens in which all political, economic, social, and cultural, and religious activities were focused?

polis

This greek believed that the essence of the universe could be found in music and number

pythagorans

How were naval battles fought during the Persian Wars?

ramming each other

What reforms did Cleisthenes enact in Athens?

set up tribes, ostrascim, general assembly in hands of state

Persian courier says to a Spartan warrior "We will blot out the sun with our arrows" In which the Spartan warrior replies, "Then we will fight in the _______________"

shade

This Greek philosopher believed that all real knowledge was found within a person; he also came up with a question and answer technique that lead his pupils to discover things for themselves, using their own reason

socrates

Who is the father of Philosophy?

socrates

Despite the geographic barriers to unity, what are some things that the Greek "polis" shared in common?

the same language, the same gods, the same myths, the same holy places,

This group of philosophical teachers stressed the importance of using rhetoric in wining debates however, they did not believe in absolute rights or wrongs.

the sophists

In which areas would the Greeks compete? (choose all that apply)

theater production, donations, athletics

The standard naval ship used by the Greeks during the Persian War

triremes

True of False: We know very little about Socrates, because he never wrote a thing.

true

True or False: According to the french philosopher Voltaire, the Athenian Age of Pericles was one of the happiest eras of Greek history, because the arts were brought to perfection and the human mind reached greatness.

true

True or False: Classical Greek sculptors tried to achieve a standard of ideal beauty, not realism in their structures

true

True or False: Compared to Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greece was effectively impossible to invade because of it's terrain

true

True or False: Every Greek "polis" had a constitution.

true

True or False: For those Greek city-states that still held onto a King after the Bronze Age collapse, the King's power was now derived from their constitution and not from divine right.

true

True or False: Greek colonies placed in strategic positions would allow some city-states to control trade routes and expand their influence.

true

True or False: King darius wanted to attack the mainland of Persia because of their aid against him during the Ionian Revolts

true

True or False: Ostracism was a policy in which the Athenian people could exile a single citizen for a year they thought was becoming dangerously too powerful.

true

True or False: Sappho is considered one of the greek's greatest lyric poets because she not only wrote with great emotion, but also because she was an independent woman in a world dominated by the males of her time

true

True or False: Solon changed the Athenian qualifications for political power from lineage to wealth.

true

True or False: The Greek historians were important because they elevated the importance of culture

true

True or False: The greek philosopher Aristotle believed that a good citizen and ruler have the capacity to rule and be ruled

true

True or False: The greek philosopher Aristotle believed that citizens preserve the city but subjects preserve the ruler

true

True or False: The mountainous geography of Greece prevented the consolidation of a unified Greek kingdom and maintained the independence of the Greek "polis".

true

True or False: The people of Athens revolted and executed their leaders and called Ceisthenes back from exile to alllow him to complete his political reforms.

true

True or False: The purpose of Greek plays was to entertain and to educate the citizens of the state.

true

True or False: The spirit of equality within each "polis" was restricted to citizens and did not extend to outsiders

true

True or False: the reason the greek polis did not behave like other city states of the period is because of it's geography?

true

True or false: From the evidence we have of Socrates, scholars believe that Socrates' contribution to philosophy was the way he asked questions, questions which his successors tried to answer.

true

True or false: King Leonidas of Sparta along with 300 of his brave soldiers held off the Persian army at Thermopylae for two days during the Persian wars

true

True or false: under the leadership of King Xerxes the persians crossed the Hellespont by forming a bridge of ships that gave them eventual access to the mainland of Greece

true

true or false: Sparta went to war against athens because they felt that their freedom was being threatened by the growing naval empires of athens.

true

Most Greek constitutions made room for a ______________ a position of temporary and absolute rule.

tyrant

What word in early Greece describes a ruler who seized power by force and maintained his power by obtaining a large group of mercenary soldiers?

tyrant