History Review Greeks

Question 1

This Greek City state was known for its brutal military lifestyle:

Answer 1

Sparta

Question 2

The blind Greek wanderer that is believed to have written two of the greatest epics in history was:

Answer 2

Homer

Question 3

What are the two epics Homer is believed to have written?

Answer 3

Iliad and Odessy

Question 4

Government by the authority of the people is called:

Answer 4

democratic

Question 5

The supreme Greek god was:

Answer 5

Zeus

Question 6

What type of religion did Athens have at the time of their period in history?

Answer 6

polytheistic

Question 7

Teachers/Debators who questioned the values of Greek society were called?

Answer 7

philosophers

Question 8

This Greek philosopher was executed for corrupting youth against Greek culture/society:

Answer 8

Socrates

Question 9

He was a student of Socrates and author of The Republic and condemned democracy as equivalent to “mob rule”

Answer 9

Plato

Question 10

A “sun-centered universe is called?

Answer 10

heliocentric

Question 11

What two things contributed to the eventual fall of the Greek empire?

Answer 11

the 27 year war
the plague

Question 11

What two things contributed to the eventual fall of the Greek empire?

Answer 11

the 27 year war
the plague

Question 12

The Athenians won a major victory against the Persians at the Battle of ____________________

Answer 12

Marathon

Question 13

Plato’s most famous student who also believed that democracy leads to mob rule was:

Answer 13

Aristotle

Question 14

What are the 3 levels of Plato’s ideal society?

Answer 14

workers
soldiers
philosophers

Question 15

“Lovers of Wisdom” are called:

Answer 15

philosophers

Question 16

Upper-class landholders in the Roman Republic were called?

Answer 16

partition

Question 17

The term for a commoner in the Roman Republic is?

Answer 17

plebeians

Question 18

The Carthaginian warrior who falls to Rome in the Punic Wars was?

Answer 18

Hannibal

Question 19

The policy of extending power throughout a region or the world is:

Answer 19

imperialism

Question 20

The Macedonian ruler who helped spread Greek culture throughout Europe and into Asia was?

Answer 20

Alexander

Question 21

This man’s teachings became the basis for modern-day geometry:

Answer 21

Euclid

Question 22

A method of understanding a topic whereby one asks questions and questions the implications?

Answer 22

Socratic method

Question 23

The term “apostle” means?

Answer 23

a person sent forth

Question 24

The Roman poet who wrote the Aenid was:

Answer 24

Virgil

Question 25

Pax Romana means:

Answer 25

Roman Peace

Question 26

This Roman emperor introduced the current annual calendar:

Answer 26

Julius Caesar

Question 27

Provide two reasons why Jesus was a threat to Roman authority?

Answer 27

Jewish priests felt he was challenging their authority

Roman officials find him as potential threat against Roman authority