Ancient Greece

By the time he died, at the age of 32, Alexander the great conquered all except

Western Asia minor,Syria, Palestine, and Egypt

Great philosophy

What is distinguished by the ideas of Socrates Plato and Aristotle

Archimedes

Worked on the geometry of cylinders and spears and the value of pi

The Olympic Games were held in honor of

Zeus

what does the word polis describe

a community of citizens in which all political, economics, social, cultural, and religious activities were preformed

mycenaean civilization was characterized by

a militaristic program of conquest, even of Crete

Macedonia's Philip the second gains control of Greece by the victory in 338 BC E at the battle of

chaeronea

Greeks geography

contained mountainous areas that impeded Greek Unity

The hellenizing process

created greco- macedonion domination of the population centers of the middle east

in the Republic, Plato

created utopian, ideal state composed of three social classes

The legacy of Alexander the great

embraced a major clash and fusion of cultures across a huge area of Greco Macedonian elite assumed power in high diverse cultures

pursuing pleasure rationally, and not only in a physical or hedonistic sense as the only true good was a precept of

epiccureanismw

Alexander believed or accomplished all except

he was forced to turn back to India because his troops refused go further

Thucydides believed that

historical sources needed to be closely examined

homers legacy to the greeks was

important inculcating the aristocratic values of courage and honor

where was sparta located

in the Peloponnesus

what is not true about the spartan assembly

it dealt with only the issues that the council of elders wanted to deal with

what's not an accurate characterization of the greek polis

it played a significant role in unifying all greeks throughout the entire region under a single government

which of the following statements is an accurate depiction of the life in classical athens

it was a male dominated environment that used slaves, predominantly agricultural, employed by a limited number of craftsman, gave a major role to the family, excepted the practice male homosexuality

Greek colonization resulted from

overpopulation an increase in trade and. widening gap between rich and poor

Athenian leader who funeral oration lauded Athenian democracy

pericles

he athenian aristocrat who seized power and created a tyranny was

pisistratus

Greek religion was characterized by

polytheism, rituals, sacrifice, and festivals.

the ultimate result of the oresetia is the triumph of

reason and law over the forces of evil

The plays of Euripides

reflected a skepticism that questioned traditional values.

Cleisthenes

reformed Athenian government thus creating the foundation for political democracy

In ancient Greece, tyrants

served in a transitional role from oligarchy to democracy for many city-states.

The tragic Greek tale of the man who killed his father made his mother was written by

sophocles

if one lived in a way of harmonious with the natural law, or was submissive to the will of God, then one was living a life of virtue. The preceding statement would be a position advocated by the

stoics

socrates developed

teaching system which employed students reasoning to help them learn

Under Pericles

the Delian League was used to expand Athenian imperialism.

in 700 BCE which of the following replaced the aristocratic cavalryman in Greek warfare

the hoplites

the mycenaean civilization was founded by...

the indo- europeans who migrated into greece as early as 19000 BCE

The Greek historian who wrote the History of the Persian Wars was

Herodotus

Spartan society

was organized as a military state.

Aeschylus

was the first known writer of tragedy

when were males in sparta allowed to vote

30

Which of the following was the leading cultural center of the Hellenistic world

Alexandria

The ultimate result of the formation of the Delian League was to

Make Athens the dominant city-state in the region.

The myth of Persian invincibility was broken at

Marathon

which of the following is not A true observation of Greek Macedonian affairs

Philip the second permitted the Greek city states to control their domestic affairs, but he took over the control of all Foreign development

which of the following is an accurate statement of classical Greek architecture

it was highly ornate

where was the earliest Aegan civilization located

it was located on crete

during the dark ages many greeks...

left the mainland for Ionia and Aegan islands

which of the following best summarizes it Aristotle's fears the deterioration of forms of government

monarchy to tyranny, aristocracy to oligarchy and constitutional government to tyranny

The Greeks decisively defeated the Persians

near the island of Salimas

In this effort to uncover the will of the gods, the Greeks made use of

oracles

all of the following was true about the peloponnesian war except

the ultimate result of the war was a unified greece headed by the city by thebes

the period of the peloponnesian war saw

thucydides writes in his history of peloponnesian war