The earliest period of Greek art
Hellenistic
What did Sophocles & Aristophanes have in common
drama
Herodotus & Thucydides were both what?
historians
Who wrote the geometry textbook "Elements"?
Euclid
The apostle Pauls visit to Athens brought him into conflict with whom?
Epicureans & stoics
the period in which Greek culture was spread throughout the world
Hellenistic age
The persian king that Alexander defeated
Darius III
Alexanders goals included all but
instituting democracy
The defensie alliance formed by Athens to protect Greece from further Persian attack was the
Delian league
Spartan way of life centered on
military training
Spartan Slaves were called
Helonots
As a result of the persian wars which became the leading city-state of Greece?
Athens
Sparta formed this league to thwart the advance of the Athenian democracy
Peloponnesian league
The basic political unit of Greece was the
polis
The Olympic games were originally held in honor of
Zeus
Which of the following was not a form of government experienced by the city-states
anarchery
Greeks were hindered in political unity because of the lack of ..... unity
geographic
the "dark ages" are often called the "homeric ages" because homer
wrote about the greek life
in the Age of perciles, Athens had what type of government?
democracy
which greek historian wrote about the persian wars?
Herodotus
the government under Pericle
democracy
what did not attribute to the spartan way victory in the peloponnesian war?
dilian league members deserted to Sparta's side
the peloponnesian war developed over
rivalry between Athens and Sparta
what is not true of Socrates?
devised Syllogism
which famous philosopher taught Aristotle?
Plato
what is not true of Plato?
his teacher was pericles
what is not true of Aristotle?
he was Athenian
correct order for greek art
archaic, classical, Hellenistic
The best example of greek architecture can be found in....
athens
which building in Athens is dedicated to the goddess Athena?
Parthenon
Doric, Ionic & corinthian refer to...
Greek architecture
rule by one
monarchy
taught that illness has a natural cause
hippocrates
Alexander the Great was a student of
Plato
most important result of the peloponnesian war was
political dis-unity in Greece
which persian king burned athens?
Xerxes
at what battle did a spartan army fight to its death?
Thermopylae
what caused the city-staes to unite during the 5th century BC?
Persian Wars
this is not associated with Sparta
commercial endeavors
most important Greek colony was
Syracruse
Greek colonization was especially abundant on which island?
Sicily
Sparts government would be classified as
oligarchy
Which statement does not characterize the Greek "dark ages
troy & mycene fought a trade war
who conquered the Mycenaean civilization in 1200BC and ushered in a new period of Greek history?
Dorians
what city is located near the Hellespont became a major commercial rivalry for greek citys?
Troy
the leading commercial center of the early mainland Greek civilization was
Mycenane
what was the center of the Minoan civilization?
crete
the "Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
breakdown of government and order
anarchy
rule by force
tyranny
rule by the people
democracy
rule by few
oligarchy
who determined the circumference of the globe by using geometry?
Eratosthenes