Ancient Greece

Question 1

A group of about200 cities; led by Athens; who continued to fight Persians

Answer 1

Delian League

Question 2

War between Greece and Persian Empire

Answer 2

Persian Wars

Question 3

Formation of soldiers with spears and shields

Answer 3

Phalanx

Question 4

Slaves of Spartans; forced to farm the land

Answer 4

Helot

Question 5

Ruled by the people

Answer 5

Democracy

Question 6

A powerful individual

Answer 6

Tyrant

Question 7

Ruled by powerful merchants

Answer 7

Oligarchy

Question 8

Ruled by a small group of nobility

Answer 8

Aristocracy

Question 9

Ruled by a King

Answer 9

Monarchy

Question 10

A fortified hilltop, a place where citizens gathered

Answer 10

Acropolis

Question 11

A city and its surrounding villages

Answer 11

Polis

Question 12

Traditional stories about Gods

Answer 12

Myth

Question 13

A narrative poem about heroic deeds

Answer 13

Epic

Question 14

A blink storyteller poet

Answer 14

Homer

Question 15

Fought by Mycenaeans against the city of Troy

Answer 15

Trojan War

Question 16

Indo Europeans who settled on Greek Mainland in 2000 BC

Answer 16

Mycenaean

Question 17

Government in which citizens rule

Answer 17

Direct Democracy

Question 18

A serious form of drama

Answer 18

Tragedy

Question 19

A humorous form of drama

Answer 19

Comedy

Question 20

War between Athens and Sparta

Answer 20

Peloponnesian War

Question 21

A Greek thinker who used logic and reason

Answer 21

Philosopher

Question 22

Used questioning method

Answer 22

Socrates

Question 23

Student of Socrates, started the Academy

Answer 23

Plato

Question 24

Taught Alexander the Great; question nature of the world

Answer 24

Aristotle

Question 25

King of Macedonia, conquered Greece Alexander the Greats father

Answer 25

Phillip ll

Question 26

An ancient kingdom north of Greece

Answer 26

Macedonia

Question 27

King of Persia

Answer 27

Darius lll

Question 28

Greek king who conquered Egypt and SW Asia Spread Hellenistic culture

Answer 28

Alexander the Great

Question 29

Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian and Jewish

Answer 29

Hellenistic

Question 30

City in Egypt, center of Hellenistic culture

Answer 30

Alexandria