Chapter 4 World History

Two major groups that settled within Greece itself were the

Aeolians and Dorians

The god associated with the most famous oracle in ancient Greece was

Apollo

The conquests of Alexander the Great gave rise to

Hellenistic Era, during which the Greek language and Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek world

Poet/author who is given credit for writing The Iliad and The Odyssey

Homer

During the Dark Age, some Greeks settled

In Ionia, part of Asia Minor

What four kingdoms emerged following Alexander the Great's death

Macedonia, Syria, Pergamum, and Egypt

The major gods and goddesses of the Greeks were believed to live at

Mount Olympus

The most famous building on the Acropolis in Athens was the

Pathenon

Socrates' most famous student was named

Plato

Which Greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?

Sophocles

The astronomer Eratosthenes determined that

The Earth was round, and calculated its circumference, coming within 185 miles of the actual figure

After losing the battle of Thermopylae to the Persians, the Athenians

abandoned their city

According to one story, a young Spartian warrior was told by his mother to return from the war

either carrying his shield or being carried on it

One of the subjects that Aristotale wrote about was _____, or the study of moral principles

ethics

According to the philosophy of Epicurus,

happiness is the goal of life and can be achieved through the pursuit of pleasure

The word spartan has come to mean

highly self disciplined

The reform of Cleisthenes

laid the foundations of democracy

According to Plato, a good life can only be achieved if a person

lives in a just and rational state

Greek history was influenced by Greece's

mountains and seacoast

The ancient Greeks considered religion

necessary to the well being of the state

The tyrants of ancient Greece were

rulers who seized power by force

The fortified area on a hilltop was

the acropolis

The teachings that Homer promoted

the values of courage, honor, and excellence

The Greek sculpture Polyclitius believed that

using proportions and mathematical ratios, the ideal human form that could be produced

In Athens, during the Age of Pericles, every male citizen

was eligible to vote on major issues