Greece Test - World History I

Greek city states had population of fewer than _____________

10,000

The Mycenaeans controlled mainland Greece from ________ to _________ BCE.

1600, 1200

The Minoans used ____ types of writing. Their main writing being ____________ ____.

4, Linear, A

The Peloponnesian War lasted from ________ to ______ BCE.

431, 404

The Persian Wars lasteed from _________ to _________BCE.

499, 449

Goddess of Love and Beauty

Aphrodite

God of Sun

Apollo

2 Contributors to Science

Archimedes, Hippocrates

__________ taught Alexander the Great.

Aristotle

God of Moon and maiden huntresses

Artemis

The Mycenean power faded due to fighting in ________ ___________.

Asia Minor

Goddess of Wisdom

Athena

In the battle of Thermopylae, the Persians attempted to conquer ___________ again.

Athens

___________ sends ships to aid the Ionians in their fight against the Persians.

Athens

Pericles had _________ rebuilt after destruction in the Persian Wars; the __________ is an example of this reconstruction.

Athens, Parthenon

The Persian Wars united ________ and __________ against the Persian Empire.

Athens, Sparta

___________ and _____________ were the largest city-states.

Athens, Sparta

_______ accumulated multiple _________ in the immediate aftermath of the Persian Wars.

Athens, allies

Alexander died in ___________ from illness.

Babylon

Name the peninsulas in Greece (Alphabetical Order)

Balkan, Ionian, Peloponnesus

The body of water that separates the Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara

Bosphorus Strait

Which city is not located in Greece?

Troy

Greek mythology is present in _____________ literature, art, and architecture.

Western

The Minoans live in __________.

Crete

The Mycenaeans conquered _________.

Crete

_________ ___________ combined Egyptian and Greek learning.

Cultural Diffusion

Persian king, _________ ____, sent his Persian armies to invade the Greek colonies in Asia Minor.

Cyrus II

Lydians call in ___________ to settle the score.

Darius

Athens headed the _________ League.

Delian

The allies of Athens formed the ____________ League.

Delian

Athens used the payments of many poli within the ________ League to _________ their polis.

Delian, rebuild

The __________ took over the Mycenaean Monarchy in Athens.

Dorians

Which type of column is used in the Parthenon?

Doric

3 types of columns

Doric, Ionian, and Corinthian

_______ established first Athenian law code, known for severe penalties.

Draco

Which two Athenian tyrants worked for reform?

Draco, Solon

All Greek City-states spoke __________. Those who didn't were considered _______________.

Greek, barbarians

____________ Culture: Blending of Persian, Egyptian, Indian, and Greek cultures

Hellenistic

Queen of Gods and Goddess of Marriage

Hera

Alexander's conquest stopped in the ____________ valley.

Indus

Name the factors that influenced political development in Greece.

Mountainous terrain, Greek cities were designed to promote civic and commercial life, colonization was prompted by overpopulation and the search for arable land

First, ____________ kings ruled Athenian city-states, when Athens was still ruled by a monarchy.

Mycenaean

The _______________ palace was the center of administration and power.

Mycenean

Aristotle is famous for ___________ ________.

Nicomachean Ethis

Alexander the Great ended the Persian Empire with the phalanx formation at ___________. This defeat caused ___________ _____ to flee the battle.

Nineveh, Darius III

Which direction is Macedonia from Greece?

North

Athens was ruled second by a few wealthy people. This form of government as a(n) _______________.

Oligarchy

Hellenistic Age: blend of Greek and ____________ elements

Oriental

The ____________ served as a treasury for the Delian League.

Parthenon

The ________________ was dedicated to Athena.

Parthenon

In Athens, dissatisfaction with the Oligarchy arose because of 3 reasons.

Peasant population increase, food shortages, use of mercenaries

Sparta headed the ________________ League.

Peloponnesian

Thucydides wrote about the ___________________ War.

Peloponnesian

The Mycenaeans built fort-like cities in the ________________ as well as _____________ Greece.

Peloponnesus, northern

The Delian League and rebuilding of Athens occurred under the leadership of ___________.

Pericles

______________ oversaw the construction of the Parthenon.

Pericles

______________ oversaw the reconstruction of Athens.

Pericles

Herodotus glorified the story of the ____________ War.

Persian

The Golden Age of Pericles lasted in between the ___________ and _____________ Wars.

Persian, Peloponnesian

In the Ionian Revolution, the Ionians declare themselves free from the ______________ but burn down the capital of ___________ during the celebrations.

Persians, Lydia

Contributor to Sculpture

Phidias

The Parthenon include massive statues of Athena and Zeus, done by ___________.

Phidias

Athens opposed __________, but other city-states didn't and one by one they fell.

Phillip

_________ ___ of Macedon conquered most of Greece

Phillip II

__________ _____ had been a hostage in Thebes when young, admired Greek ways.

Phillip II

Aristotle was a student of __________.

Plato

______________ determined earth was curved and stated that earth was a ____________ body.

Pythagoras, celestial

Pythagoras is best known for the...

Pythagorean Theorem

In the Battle of ___________, the Persians burned down Athens.

Salamis

The Battle of ______________ was a naval battle.

Salamis

The Greeks won the Battle of _____________ because were too large and collided in their retreat. The Greeks board the Persian ships and burn them.

Salamis

Plato was a student of ________________.

Socrates

2 Contributors to Philosophy

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

Socrates established the _____________ Method, a method based off of asking ____________.

Socratic, questions

_________ reformed Draco's policies.

Solon

_____________ founded the Athenian Council of ________.

Solon, 400

Which direction is Sparta from Athens?

South

____________ continues what Darius started.

Xerxes

The Greek God King and god of storms

Zeus

Hellenistic Greece yielded ___________ in medicine, the discovery of ________, heart ____________ explained, and nerves discovered.

advances, anatomy, mechanics

Name the factors that influenced economic and social development in Greece.

agriculture, commerce, spread of Hellenic culture, shift from barter to money economy

The time under Pericles is referred to as the Golden Age of Athens due to great achievements in ____, __________, and ______________ that emerge in this time.

art, science, architecture

King Phillip II was __________________.

assinated

Each polis had its own ____________, _________, system of weights and measures.

calendar, money

Only free adult males had ___________

citizenship

The polis was designed to promote ___________ and ____________ life.

civic, commercial

The Peloponnesian Wars were caused in part by _________________ for control of the Greek World.

competition

The Peloponnesian War resulted in slowing of ______________ advance and the weakening of _____________ power.

cultural, political

Greek City-states made revenue from a __________ _______________.

currency exchange

Pericles was a leader of Greece who greatly expanded ________________ by including nearly every adult male.

democracy

The Council of 400 led to ____________.

democracy

Pericles extended _____________; most adult __________ had an equal voice.

democracy, males

Athens: Origin of democratic principles (3 things)

duties of direct democracy, public debate, duties of the citizen

Aristotle is famous for ___________ reasoning among men.

ethical

The Myceneans used Linear B for ____________.

everything

(Athens) Council of 500 was a smaller __________ body.

executive

The Greeks used math and _________ to analyze the universe.

fact

Thucydides wrote history based off of ___________.

fact

The Minoan religion featured a ______ goddess that protects animals.

kind

Alexander created great centers of ____________.

learning

Alexander the Great was physically strong and brave, earning ___________ of troops.

loyalty

The Minoans were a ___________ people.

maritime

Hippocrates is known as the father of ______________.

medicine

Sparta was a _______________ and ______________ society.

militaristic, aggressive

Stages in the evolution of Athenian government (4 terms)

monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, democracy

Many of Western civilization's symbols, metaphors, words, and idealized images come from ancient Greek _____________.

mythology

Sparta's political system was an _____________.

oligarchy

The Greeks exported _____________, _________, ___________, ___________.

olive oil, wine, pottery, metalwork

Why did the Greeks decide to colonize other places? (2 things)

overpopulation, search for arable land

Athenian democracy had power placed in hands of the ____________.

people

Greek philosophy was ______________ and focused on __________ thinking.

pessimistic, inward

Phillip II used the ____________ to invade Greece.

phalanx

Citizens had _________ _______ and the responsibility of civic responsibility of ___________________ in government.

political, rights, participation

In a tyranny, a growing middle class demanded _____________ and ____________ privileges.

political, social

Greek mythology offered explanations for the natural phenomena, human qualities, and life events. It was also based on a _______________ religion.

polytheistic

The Minoan religion was ___________.

polytheistic

The Mycenean religion was ______________.

polytheistic

Archimedes created ______________, __________, Archimedes sphere, and ____________.

pulleys, levers, buoyancy

Sparta had a ___________ social structure.

rigid

The Minoans worshiped __________ ________.

sacred, bulls

In the Delian League, city-states paid dues to preserve the __________ and ______________ of all poli withing the league.

safety, independence

Tyranny: Ruled by ONE who has ____________ control

seized

An oligarchy is a ________ leading group.

small

Greek Polis were generally _______.

small

Alexander's empire was split into _________ kingdoms.

three

Hellenistic culture was spread through _________

trade

The expansion of Greek civilization through _________ and ______________ led to the spread of ___________ culture across the Mediterranean and Black seas.

trade, colonization, Hellenic

The Mycenaean power also faded because of their inability to _________ and no __________ (so no __________)

trade, materials, weapons

Sophocles wrote ____________.

tragedies

Aeschylus was the father of ___________.

tragedy

Greek medicine used a _________ and __________ method of curing diseases.

trial, error

Third, Athens was ruled by __________.

tyrants

__________ often ruled harshly.

tyrants

The Battle of Marathon ended in _____________.

victory

The Myceneans were a ___________ people.

warring

The Mycenaeans were a ___________ people organized into ___________.

warring, clans

(Athens) A group of 10 generals made __________ decisions

wartime

The Battle of ____________ had 200,000 Persians to 9,000 Athenians.

Marathon

Athenian victories at _______________ and _________________ left Greeks in control of the _________ Sea.

Marathon, Salamis, Aegean

The ___________ palaces were accessible for everyone, entertainment, and running water.

Minoan

The Myceneans conquered the ______________.

Minoans

Both the ____________ and _______________ used pottery to store food and grains.

Minoans, Myceneans

Hill on which the original fort was usually built

Acropolis

The physical geography of the ___________ _________ (Sea near Greece) shaped the ________, _______, and __________ development of Greek civilization

Aegean Sea, Basin, economic, social, political

2 contributors to Drama:

Aeschylus, Sophocles

Market place and public meeting space

Agora

____________, Phillip's son, declared himself the new king.

Alexander

Phillip's son became known as _________ the ________ for his accomplishments.

Alexander, Great

__________ the _________ trained in Macedonian military school.

Alexander, Great

____________ the ________ established an empire from Greece to __________ and the margins of ________; extended Greek cultural influences.

Alexander, Great, Egypt, India

The Parthenon served as a Christian church during the time of the _______________ Empire.

Byzantine

The Parthenon served as a ___________ ____________ during the time of the Ottoman Empire.

Byzantine Empire

(Athens) ____________ _______________ had thousands of members.

Citizens Assembly

2 Contributors to Mathematics

Euclid, Pythagoras

Darius III offered Alexander the Great all land west of the ____________ in exchange for him not to invade Egypt and _____________.

Euphrates, Persia

The Age of Pericles was also constituted as the _____________ Age.

Golden

Polis Definition

Greek city-state

2 contributors to History:

Herodotus, Thucydides

Contributor to Poetry:

Homer

Pieces Homer wrote:

Illiad and Odyssey

The Mycenean writing system was called __________ ____.

Linear B

By 400s BCE, __________ was the only stable oligarchy.

Sparta

The Persians go behind Greek lines and destroy the _____________ military.

Spartan

Herodotus wrote "_______ ____________".

The Histories

Plato wrote "_________ ____________".

The Republic

Darius dies in the Battle of _______________.

Thermopylae

The Spartans and Athenians defend a narrow pass in the Battle of _________________.

Thermopylae

Which three political groups did not have political rights?

foreigners, slaves, women

Greek city-states were usually developed around a __________.

fort

The Minoans made ____________.

frescoes

3 Basic Ideas that Greek City-States were based on

geographic territory, community, political and economic independence

Euclid is known as the father of ___________.

geometry

The Minoans used ________ and _________ for everything.

gold, copper

The Greeks relied on ____________ agricultural goods and other supplies.

imported