WH Topic 05: Ancient Greece

Who took the throne in Macedonia after King Philip II was assassinated?

The city-state of Sparta was characterized by

Which of the following was an alliance of several Greek city-states led by Athens?

What happened to unhealthy Spartan babies after being examined by officials?

What did Aristarchus propose?

Who is credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey?

New schools of philosophy developed during the Hellenistic period in part because

Which of the following is clear and ordered thinking?

Which two polis dominated most of ancient Greece's history?

Why did the Persian emperor Darius attack the Greek mainland?

Which of the following is a tight rectangle formation used by Greek armies?

Where did the Greeks defeat the Persians in the first Persian War?

What was the result of the first Persian invasion?

Alexander's empire did not grow any larger because

Which of the following gods or goddesses was the deity of wisdom?

Who was the chief god of the Greeks?

What happened to the philosopher Socrates?

Which of the following are Spartan slaves?

Which of the following are foot soldiers?

Which of the following was the basic political unit in Greece?

Which civilization ended the Olympics?

The Battle of Salamis was significant because it

Which historian examined his sources critically and excluded those that were unreliable?

After the death of Alexander the Great, his empire was divided up by three of his generals.

Which war started after the kidnapping of Helen?

Who wrote the Republic?

From artwork historians have learned that Minoan life was tied to the sea.

"What is truth?" is a question associated with

Macedonia was able to take control of all of Greece in the 340s BC because

Which of the following is the art of playwriting?

Alexander the Great discouraged Greeks from mingling with people from the places he conquered.

Which of the following gods or goddesses was the deity of war?

A terrible plaque struck Athens in 430 & 429 BC, changing the course of the Peloponnesian War.

Greeks tried to ensure that the gods and goddesses would protect them and their city-states by

Which Greek art form showed Greeks in their most perfect graceful form?

What set the standards for Greek physicians and today's doctors?

Spartans society revolved around training for war because

Which of the following is the method of learning through questions?

Which of the following tells the story of the last year of the Trojan War?

Which of the following was an alliance of several Greek city-states led by Sparta?

Greek murals or wall paintings often

Some of the earliest examples of Greek epic poetry were