ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS STUDY GUIDE UNIT "8 & 9" ( QUESTIONS )

GREEK FABLES OFTEN FEATURE _______ AS MAIN CHARACTERS.

ANIMALS

_______ WAS A LEADER OF A POWERFUL ALLIANCE OF GREEK CITY - STATE

ATHENS

THE GREEKS DEFEATED THE INVADING PERSIAN ARMY IN THIS BATTLE DUE TO THEIR BETTER WEAPONS AND ARMOR.

BATTLE OF MARATHON

KNOWN AS THE KING OF KINGS, HE REORGANIZED AND STRENGTHENED THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.

DARIUS I

THIS TERM IS GREEK FOR " RULE OF THE PEOPLE. "

DOMOCRACY

WINNERS OF THE PERSIAN WARS.

GREECE

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS GREEK HEROES WAS _______, WHO FOUGHT AND DEFEATED THE HYDRA

HERCULES

THE GREEKS ENJOYED TELLING STORIES OF _______ WHO HAD SPECIAL ABILITIES AND OFTEN FACED TERRIBLE MONSTERS.

HEROS

_______ WAS A GREAT MEDICAL SCHOLAR AND DEVELOPED IDEA ABOUT HOW DOCTORS SHOULD BEHAVE

HIPPOCRATES

HOMER'S EPIC POEM, THE _______, TELLS THE STORY OF THE FINAL YEARS OF THE TROJAN WAR AND THE HERO ACHILLES.

ILIAD

THESE 10,000 SOLDIERS, CHOSEN FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND SKILL, MADE UP THE HEART OF THE PERSIAN ARMY.

IMMORTALS

A POEM THAT IS SET TO MUSIC IS CALLED A _______.

LYRIC POEM

EUCLID IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST BUILDING WAS THE _______ IN ATHENS

PARTHENON

MRE THAT 1,700 MILES LONG, ITS CREATION ALLOWED PERSIAN MESSENGERS TO TRAVEL QUICKLY THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE.

ROYAL ROAD

WHY WERE THE SEAS IMPORTANT TO THE EARLY GREEKS?

THEY PROVIDED TRADE ROUTES

WHY DID THE GREEKS CREATE COLONIES?

THEY WANTED TO BECOME RICH FROM TRADE

_______ WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST GREEK HISTORIANS

THUCYDIDES

IN THE 300'S BC, MACEDONIA EASILY DEFEATED THE GREEK CITY - STATES.

TRUE

WHILE ATHENS HAD A POWERFUL NAVY, SPARTA HAD A STRONG _______.

ARMY

THIS MEETING WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS TO DEBATE AND VOTE ON LAWS.

ASSEMBLY

THIS GREEK CITY - STATE HAD A POWERFUL NAVY, AND DEFEATED THE PERSIAN NAVY AT THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS.

ATHENS

THIS IS THE CITY WHERE DEMOCRACY WAS BORN.

ATHENS

TWO OF THE GREATEST CITY - STATES IN GREECE WERE SPARTA AND _______.

ATHENS

IN GREECE, FREE MEN WHO HAD THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT WERE KNOWN AS THIS.

CITIZENS

HE IS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF DEMOCRACY.

CLEISTHENES

HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.

CYRUS THE GREAT

HE CREATED A SET OF VERY HARSH LAWS FOR ATHENS.

DRACO

IN BUILDING HIS EMPIRE, ALEXANDER THE GREAT CONQUERED PERSIA, INDIA, AND CHINA

FALSE : HE CONQUERED PERSIA, EGYPT AND PART OF INDIA

AFTER THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, HIS INFANT SON INHERITED THE LARGE EMPIRE

FALSE : IT WAS DIVIDED AMONG THREE OF ALEXANDER'S GENERALS

KING PHILLIP WAS MURDERED IN 336 BC AND CONTROL OF GREECE PASSED ON TO HIS DAUGHTER

FALSE : RULE PASSED TO HIS SON, ALEXANDER THE GREAT

MOST MEN IN ATHENS BECAME _______ OR SKILLED CRAFTSMEN.

FARMERS

AROUND WHAT FEATURE WAS A GREEK POLIS USUALLY BUILT?

FORTRESS

DEMOCRACY IN ATHENS CAME TO AN END AFTER THESE PEOPLE CONQUERED GREECE.

MACEDONIANS

SPARTANS BELIEVED THAT _______ WAS THE WAY TO PROVIDE SECURITY AND PROTECTION FOR THEIR CITY.

MILITARY POWER

WHAT WERE THE TWO EARLIEST CULTURAL GROUPS TO DEVELOP IN GREECE?

MINOANS & MYCEANEANS

THE ANCIENT GREEKS CREATED GREAT _______ AND WORKS OF LITERATURE THAT INFLUENCE THE WAY WE SPEAK & WRITE TODAY.

MYTHS

MANY GREEK MYTHS WERE TOLD IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN _______ AND HISTORICAL EVENTS.

NATURAL EVENTS

THIS TERM MEANS " GOVERNMENT BY THE FEW. "

OLIGARCHY

THE FIGHTING BETWEEN THE GREEK CITY - STATES IN THE YEARS AFTER THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR LEFT GREECE OPEN TO ATTAK FROM _______.

OUTSIDERS

THE _______ BEGAN WHEN SPARTA DECLARED WAR ON ATHENS.

PELOPONNESIAN

ON WHAT TYPE OF LANDFORM IS MAINLAND GREECE LOCATED?

PENINSULA

THIS LEADER ENCOURAGED THE PEOPLE OF HIS CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT.

PERCILES

_______ CREATED A SCHOOL CALLED THE ACADEMY TO WHICH STUDENTS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND SCIENTISTS COULD COME TO DISCUSS IDEAS

PLATO

ARISTOTLE BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD USE _______ TO GOVERN THEIR LIVES

REASON

THIS TERM DESCRIBES THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

MOST POETS WERE MEN, BUT THE MOST FAMOUS LYRIC POET WAS A WOMAN NAMED _______.

SAPPHO

THESE OFFICIALS COLLECTED TAXES, SERVED AS JUDGES, AND PUT DOWN REBELLIONS WITHIN THEIR TERRITORIES.

SATRAPS

IN 415 BC, BOTH THE ARMY AND NAVY OF ATHENS WERE BADLY DAMAGED WHEN THEY WERE DEFEATED ON THE ISLAND OF _______.

SICILY

_______ WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK AND QUESTION THEIR OWN BELIEFTS

SOCRATES

BOYS IN SPARTA WERE TRAINED TO BE DISCIPLINED AND OBEDIENT _______.

SOLDIERS

THIS CITY - STATE HAD THE STRONGEST ARMY IN GREECE, AND JOINED OTHER GREEK CITIES TO FIGHT PERSIA.

SPARTA

GREEK _______ LOOK AS IF THEY COULD COME TO LIFE AT ANY MOMENT

STATUES

ALEXANDER THE GREAT WAS ONLY 20 YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO RULE

TRUE

UNLIKE SPARTA, ATHENIAN _______ HAD ALMOST NO RIGHT AT ALL.

WOMAN

GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND LITERATURE HAD INFLUENCED MANY ENGLISH _______ AND EXPRESSIONS.

WORDS

GREEK PAINTINGS WERE OFTEN PAINTED ON _______, AND ARE ADMIRED FOR THEIR REALISM

VASES

ARCHIMEDES, A GREAT INVENTOR, CREATED THE _______ TO HELP BRING WATER FROM A LOWER LEVEL TO A HIGHER ONE.

WATER SCREW

_______ IS KNOWN AS THE KING OF THE GREEK GODS.

ZEUS

THE CHEIF RELIGION OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE, IT TAUGHT THAT TWO FORCES FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF THE UNIVERSE.

ZOROASTRIANISM