WHI.5 Greece and Alexander the Great

Which philospher wrote The Republic because he did not agree with the workings of democracy?

Which philosopher stressed compromise or the "golden mean?"

Who stressed the avoidance of bias in recording the Peloponnesian Wars?

Who said the sun is bigger than the earth and that it lay at the center of the universe?

What city state started as a monarchy and ended up as a direct democracy?

The Athenians defeated the Persians at what naval battle?

It is the place where temples were built in Greek city states.

Who ran 26.2 miles from Marathon to Athens delivering the news of Greek victory?

Who believed in order to properly depict/record history you must do research?

What caused over 33% of the Athenian population to die during the Peloponnesian War?

What sea is located to the east of the Balkan Peninsula, separating Greece & Anatolia?

Who instituted direct democracy in Athens, leading to a golden age named for him?

How long was the run from Marathon to Athens, giving us the modern day length of a marathon?

Which mathematician developed this theorem: a² + b² = c²

Who was a blind poet who wrote the Iliad and The Odyssey?

Which region was considered to be "backwards" by the Greeks?

The greatest of all Alexandrias was located here.

Who said the earth lay at the center of the universe (geocentric theory)?

Who developed a lever and pulley system, accurately estimated pi, and created the first screw?

What empire attempted to take  over Athenian colonies in Asia Minor (Anatolia)?

Who was the leader of the Persians when they FIRST tried to take Athens?

What alliance was created by the Greek city states to fend off further attacks by the Persians?

How old was Alexander the Great when he took over and when he died?

Who was the father of modern day geometry?

What is a government which is ruled by members of the upper class, known as aristocrats?

What text contains the thoughts of Euclid?

What was the battle tactic used by the Athenians to defeat the Persians?

Which of the following, by Sophocles, was about a man who killed his dad & married his mom?

What is the type of government in which thousands of people were needed to make all decisions?

When the Persians launched their SECOND attack against the Greeks, who was their leader?

Which of the following was not true of Greek plays

Who is the man that ended debt slavery in Athens?

Which philosopher used questioning techniques to reach his students?

What type of a government is ruled by a small group of middle class citizens?

Which philosopher taught Plato and was condemned to death for corrupting the youth?

Who wrote Lysistrata, a comedy?

What is the term used for the art of skillful speaking?

What city did the Greeks sail to in order to bring home Helen, their queen?

The term for a Greek city state

Why did the Greeks fight the Trojans?

Which of the following was NOT a Greek playwright?

Which of the following cannot be found in the orange shaded region

What geographical feature caused Greece to  be independent city states?

Which of these was NOT a nomadic group that settled down in Greece?

What peninsula is home to ancient Greece?

Who is known as the "father of history" for his work in writing The Persian Wars?

Who believed that you must avoid pleasures and had a philosophy termed Stoicism?

What city state dominated the Delian League?

Who wrote Oedipus, a tragedy?

At what age did a Spartan child have to join the military?

Who wrote Prometheus Bound, a tragedy?

Who wrote Medea, a comedy?....It is not Tyler Perry

Which of the following was not part of the Hellenistic Culture?

Which of the following plays was a comedy about the Peloponnesian War?

Who won the Persian Wars?

What type of government did Cleisthenes create?

Who is the father of modern medicine due to his ethical beliefs in the medical profession?

What were Persian soldiers called?

What is this temple built to honor Athena called?

Who accurately estimated earth's circumference (within 1% of actual size)?

During which war did this take place?

What was the name of the battle where the "Last Stand" of the Spartan 300 took place?

The story of the Trojan War is retold in the