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