Unit #7 Ancient Greece

Question 1

It refers to both the Ancient Greek mainland and the surrounding islands in the Aegean Sea.

Answer 1

Aegean World

Question 2

City-states in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes.

Answer 2

Polis

Question 3

Central market/meeting place.

Answer 3

Agora

Question 4

Used for ​protection and was a center ​for religion and government.

Answer 4

Acropolis

Question 5

an ancient festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victor’s prize a crown of wild olive.

Answer 5

Olympics

Question 6

A series of battles fought between the Greek City States and the Persian empire starting in 499 B.C. ending around 448 B.C.

Answer 6

Persian War

Question 7

He was an Athenian scholar, teacher and a philosopher who encouraged questioning of ​traditional values, art, gov., etc.

Answer 7

Socrates

Question 8

Socrates’ student

Answer 8

plato

Question 9

Emperor who had one of the largest empires in the ancient world; known for spreading Greek culture across continents

Answer 9

Alexander the Great

Question 10

temple dedicated to Athena

Answer 10

The Parthenon

Question 11

Each citizen votes directly on all laws. (The first democracy invented by the Athenians).

Answer 11

Direct democracy

Question 12

Citizens vote for representatives ​who then vote on the laws.

Answer 12

Representative Democracy

Question 13

Plato’s student

Answer 13

Aristotle

Question 14

Impact of Beliefs and Ideas

Answer 14

Enduring Issue

Question 15

Effect of Religion on People

Answer 15

Nesting Issue

Question 16

this is an alliance with ​other Greek city-states

Answer 16

Delian League

Question 17

A wealthy city state located on the Attica peninsula. known for developing the world’s first democracy.

Answer 17

Athens

Question 18

rule by the people

Answer 18

Democracy

Question 19

rule by a few wealthy citizens

Answer 19

Oligarchy

Question 20

one person seizes control

Answer 20

Tyranny

Question 21

Rule by one

Answer 21

Monarchy

Question 22

was a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta

Answer 22

The Peloponnesian War

Question 23

this is an alliance with ​other Greek city-states - However they take control of it and begin an “empire.”

Answer 23

Delian League

Question 24

Focused on the military and strength.

Answer 24

Sparta

Question 25

a class of state-owned, unfree laborers in ancient Sparta, essentially serfs or slaves, who were primarily agricultural workers and also performed domestic tasks

Answer 25

Helot

Question 26

the ancient Greek poet Homer

Answer 26

Iliad

Question 27

a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

Answer 27

peninsula

Question 28

was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general who lived during the Golden Age of Athens

Answer 28

Pericles

Question 29

the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

Answer 29

philosophy

Question 30

a legendary conflict in Greek mythology, a 10-year war between the Greeks and the people of Troy, sparked by the abduction of Helen by the Trojan prince Paris, and ending with the Greeks' destruction of Troy via the Trojan Horse

Answer 30

Trojan War