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| What shaped the economic, social, and political development of Greek civilization? | the physical geography of the Aegean Basin |
| What allowed Greek culture to spread across the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea? | trade and colonization |
| What is the term for Greek culture? | Hellenic |
| Where did Greek civilization arise? | Aegean Sea |
| Where did the Minoan civilization begin? | on the island of Crete |
| What is another name for the Balkan Peninsula? | Greek Peninsula |
| What was included in the territory of the Greeks? | land in Europe and Asia |
| What was most important sea to all of Greek civilizations' vast trade networks? | Mediterranean Sea |
| What did the area east of the Greek civilization include? | Black Sea and Dardanelles |
| What were the two main Greek city states? | Athens and Sparta |
| What resulted firom Greece's mountainous terrain? | Independent city-states |
| Why did the Greeks colonize areas beyond their homeland? | overpopulation and lack of arable land |
| What type of religion was mythology? | polytheism |
| What heavily influenced Greek culture, politics, and art? | mythology |
| Many of Western Civilizations symbols, metaphors, and words, and idealized images come from Ancient Greek | mythology |
| Who were the rnalor Greek deities? | Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite |
| What was the significance of Mount Olympus to the Greeks? | home of deities (gods/goddesses) |
| What did each deity do? | Athena = wisdom and womanly arts Aphrodite = iove and beauty Apofto = sun and poety Artemis = the hunt and light Zeus = king of the gods Hera = Zeus' wife, queen of gods |
| What type of government developed in classical Athens that became a foundation for other areas? | democracy |
| What is the term for a Greek city-state? | polis |
| What is the term for the elevated portion of a Greek city-state? | acropolis |
| What is the term for rule by a group of land-owning nobles? | aristocracy |
| What was the original purpose of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece? | to honor gods |
| What is the term for rule by a person who inherits the power to rule? This was also the first type of government in Ancient Greece. | monarchy |
| What is the correct order of the progression of Greek government in Athens? | First Monarchy, second aristocracy, third tyranny, fourth democracy |
| In Ancient Greece, what type of government was led by a ruler who illegally took power but had the support of the people? | tyranny |
| What type of government existed in Sparta that included rule by a small, militaristic group? | oligarchy |
| What type of government gives citizens the right to vote? | democracy |
| Which two Greek tyrants worked to create reforms that helped the people? | Draco and Solon |
| Who is noted for establishing the first harsh code of laws in Athens? | Draco |
| What type of government included direct political participation, public debate, civic duties, citizenship, and voting? | Democracy |
| Sparta and Athens shared the Olympic Games, a common language, and | mythology |
| Which Greek city-state included hoplrtes, oligarchy, a rigid social structure, militarism, communal living, and restrictions on freedom? | Sparta |
| Which conflict involved Sparta and Athens versus Darious and Xerxes? | Persian Wars |
| What resulted from the tensions that arose between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League? | Peloponnesian War |
| What contributed to the cause of the Peloponnesian War? | competition between Sparta & Athens |
| What led to the slowing of Greek cultural advances and the weakening of political power? | Peloponnesian War |
| Whose culture became the foundation for Western civilization during the Classic Era? | Athenian |
| What were the major characteristics of the Golden Age of Pericles during the Hellenic Era? | colonies, democracy, Parthenon, coins |
| What term was first used by the Greeks to describe the standard or ideal form? | classic |
| Which ruler is noted for extending democracy to include most adult males, rebuilding the Parthenon after the Persian Wars, and supporting the flowering of Greek culture? | Pericles |
| Which Greek is credited with creating the epic stories about the Trojan War in the Iliad and the Odyssey? | Homer |
| What is an appropriate category for Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes? | Drama |
| Herodotus and Thucydides were important Greek | historians |
| Phidias created realistic | sculptures |
| Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were Greek | philosophers |
| Greek mathematics evolved with the work of | Euclid and Pythagoras |
| What type of plays dramatized human suffering and often ended in disaster? | tragedies |
| What type of plays made fun of people, the government, and customs? | comedies |
| Who is known as the Father of History because he sought to record and publish factual information? | Herodotus |
| Who is known as the Father of Medicine based on his medical knowledge and code of ethics for doctors? | Hippocrates |
| Whose formula is still used today to calculate the relationship between the sides of a right triangle? | Pythagoras |
| Who used a questioning dialogue to seek knowledge and examine all aspects of life, and was sentenced to death for his actions and beliefs? | Socrates |
| Which Greek philosopher established a school called the Academy, wrote the Republic about an ideal society, and taught Aristotle? | Plato |
| Which Greek philosopher tutored Alexander the Great, created the Lyceum, and focused on a logical study of everything? | Aristotle |
| Who was the most famous Hellenistic scientist, and he provided the foundation for modern physics? | Archimedes |
| Euclid wrote the Elements and was also known as the Father of | Geometry |
| "The unexamined life is not worth living" expresses the philosophy of | Socrates |
| In Greek architecture what type of form was used to support a building? | Column |
| Doric, Ionian, and Corinthian are names of Greek | columns |
| Which Greek structure is depicted in the picture? | Parthenon |
| What resulted from the weakening of Greek defenses during the Peloponnesian Wars? | Macedonian invasion |
| How did the empire of Alexander the Great establish a basis for the spread of Greek and Hellenistic culture? | blended Greek and Asian cultures through trade |
| Which large empire was conquered by Alexander that allowed his empire to spread to the Indus River? | Persia |
