Chapter 9 Review
Zoroastrian
A religion based on the battle between good and evil
alliance
An agreement to work together.
reason
Clear and ordered thinking.
What took place before Darius ruled Persia?
Cyrus's son died in a rebellion in Persia.
Who's geometry rules are still used today?
Euclid's
What happened after Alexander and his army crossed the Indus River in India?
Exhausted troops refused to continue fighting.
Satraps
Governors of Persian provinces
What caused the Peloponnesian War to begin?
Greek cities feared Athens would control Greece.
Phalanx
Group of warriors standing close together in a square.
Alexander worked to spread Greek culture, what does this say about him?
He admired and enjoyed Greek culture and ideas.
What influnced the building of the world's largest library in Alexandria, Egypt?
Hellenistic culture
What helped Cyrus rule a large empire?
His treatment of conquered people
What was Darius most interested in as ruler of Persia?
Making Persia strong.
Did the democratic society in Athens give women more rights than other cities
No, it did not.
Why was Socrates arrested and sentenced to death?
People were upset by his ideas.
What was the relationship between Philip of Macedonia and Alexander the Great?
Philip was Alexander's father
What did the ancient Greeks value?
Philosophy and art.
What was the most important aspect of life in Sparta?
Preparing for battle
What might have happened if Sparta's army had become weak?
Slaves would have staged a rebellion.
Cavalry
Soldiers mounted on horses
What happened after the Peloponnesian war?
Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece.
An improvement made to the Persian Empire by Darius?
roads
What one thing did Greek philosophers believe was more important than anything else?
Using the human mind to think and understand.
Were Greek statues of people realistic
Yes, they were very realistic.
What brought Greek customs to new parts of the world?
The spread of Hellenistic culture
Parthenon
A building constructed in Athens in the 400's BC
Plato
A famous Greek philosopher.
Sophocles
A famous Greek playwright.
Caused Sparta to declare war on Athens?
Athenian domination of Delian
What did most poor Athens boys do?
Became Farmers and grew food for the wealthy.
Hippocrates
The greatest Greek doctor.
