vocab

Question 1

mycenaeans

Answer 1

people who settled on the greek mainland around 2000 b.c.

Question 2

trojan war

Answer 2

10-year war the mycenaeans fought against troy

Question 3

dorians

Answer 3

a group of people less advanced than the mycenaeans who moved into the carton countryside

Question 4

homer

Answer 4

a blind storyteller

Question 5

myths

Answer 5

traditional stories

Question 6

polis

Answer 6

city-state

Question 7

acropolis

Answer 7

marketplace on a fortified hilltop

Question 8

monarchy

Answer 8

a king rules in a government

Question 9

aristocracy

Answer 9

a government ruled by a small group of noble, landowning families

Question 10

oligarchy

Answer 10

a government ruled by a few powerful people

Question 11

tyrants

Answer 11

powerful individuals who seized control of the government by appealing to the common people

Question 12

democracy

Answer 12

rule by the people

Question 13

helots

Answer 13

peasants forced to stay on the land they worked

Question 14

phalanx

Answer 14

most powerful fighting force n the ancient world

Question 15

Persian wars

Answer 15

10-year war between Greece and Persian empire

Question 16

direct democracy

Answer 16

a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

Question 17

classical art

Answer 17

harmony, order, balance, and proportion

Question 18

tragedy

Answer 18

a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal

Question 19

comedy

Answer 19

contains scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor

Question 20

peloponnesian war

Answer 20

war between Athens and Sparta

Question 21

philosophers

Answer 21

“lovers of wisdom”

Question 22

socrates

Answer 22

on critic of the sophists

Question 23

plato

Answer 23

a student of socrates

Question 24

Aristotle

Answer 24

a philosopher

Question 25

Philip II

Answer 25

a king who dreamed of taking control of Greece and then moving against Persia to seize its vast wealth

Question 26

macedonia

Answer 26

a kingdom located north of Greece that had rough terrain and a cold climate

Question 27

Alexander the Great

Answer 27

a king with lots of great accomplishments over 13 years

Question 28

Darius III

Answer 28

a Persian king

Question 29

hellenistic

Answer 29

when greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences

Question 30

Alexandria

Answer 30

Egyptian city that became the foremost center of commerce and hellenistic civilization

Question 31

Euclid

Answer 31

a highly regarded mathematician who taught in Alexandria

Question 32

colossus of Rhodes

Answer 32

largest known hellenistic statue