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Who was the Macedonian leader who "convinced" city states into alliances to defeat Athens/Thebes?
Pericles
Herodotus
Alexander the Great
Philip II
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What is an ecclesia?
The 500 member governing council
A church
A general assembly
Random Selection
3
Which one is NOT a lasting legacy of Ancient Greece?
Tragedy & Poetry
The Olympics
Pyramids
Democracy
4
What is the Boule?
A Kitchen
The Head of the Government Entity in Athens
The 500 Member Governing Council
The First Bowling Alley
5
What is direct democracy?
Form of gov't run by a few wealthy elite.
Form of gov't run by landholding elite.
Gov't where citizens run the day to day affairs.
The name of Mrs. Stidom's unborn child. Direct Democracy Stidom.
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What alliance did Athens create following the Greco-Persian War?
The National Football League
Peloponnesian League
The Dorian League
The Delian League
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What is an Oligarchy?
The general assembly meeting
A time before the Trojan War
A citadel or fortified city
Gov't run by a small amount of wealthy elite
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Which famous Greek city state was known for the lifelong, harsh military training of nearly all of its subjects?
Ionia
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
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Which Greek man systematized medicine for the first time in Greece's history?
Diogenes
Hippocrates
Plato
Herodotus
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What is NOT true of the Minoan people?
They were the first people in Greek civilization.
They were in Greek civilization between 1600 & 1500.
They were the first Greek speaking culture.
Their women enjoyed more rights than other civilizations.
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What does sortition mean?
Sorcery
Randomized Selection
To Speak Multiple Languages in that Time
The 500 Member Governing Council
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What caused the Peloponnesian War?
Athenians trying to dominate the Greek empire.
Athenians abusing power in the Delian League.
Spartans abusing power in the Delian League.
Spartans trying to dominate the Greek empire.
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Which Greek man was known for his work of tragedy and wrote Antigone?
Plato
Diogenes
Pythagoras
Sophocles
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What genre of Greek literature told stories of human suffering & usually ended in disaster?
Poetry
Tragedy
Comedy
Satire
15
What does Ho Boulomenos mean?
"Eureka!"
"500 member governing council"
"anyone who wishes"
"randomly selected"
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What is NOT true of the Dorian people?
They initiated a cultural dark age.
They inhabited Greece between 1100 and 1000 B.C.
They conquered previous Greek civilizations.
They were the first Greek civilization.
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Who won the Pelopponesian War?
Alliance of all Greek city-states (Sparta, Athens, etc)
Persia
Athens (& its allies)
Sparta (& its allies)
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Which Greek philosopher was Alexander the Great's tutor?
Pythagoras
Plato
Sophocles
Aristotle
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Which Greek man is known for his accounts of the Greco-Persian War?
Plato
Herodotus
Hippocrates
Diogenes
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Which Greek man is known as the Father of Geometry?
Pythagoras
Euclid
Sophocles
Diogenes
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What does Hellenistic mean?
To identify with Greek culture/language
A culture
To run a marathon
To be a Son/Daughter of Helen
22
What are factors that help unify Greece?
Olympics
Language
Style of Government
Beliefs/Myths
23
What is the aristocracy?
Form of government run by a small & wealthy elite
Form of gov't run by the landholding elite.
The common language of Greek
The 500 member governing council
24
How did Alexander the Great rise to power?
Alexander killed his father in a coup, and took the throne
Alex's dad, Philip II, was assassinated and his mom helped him take power
Alexander was given power after Philip II retired from reign
He was elected by the people of Athens
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What is an Acropolis?
A form of government
"high city" where the temples were
500 member governing council
A system of government run by the citizens
26
Which Greek man was the leader of the Athens during the Golden Age?
Philip II
Alexander the Great
Herodotus
Pericles
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What was Alexander the Great's Legacy?
Bringing Koine Greek as a common language to his kingdom
Being Great, all the time.
Conquering Persia
Setting up Alexandrias all over his empire
28
What was NOT unique cultural characteristic of the Persian empire?
Truth
Trade & Travel
Tolerance
Theocracy
29
How would you describe Hellenism?
A combination of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, & Indian cultures
The process of how a woman named Helen has a baby in Greece.
A type of culture that united many countries together.
Greek ideas and culture spreading from Greece to India.
30
Who wrote the books the Illiad and The Odyssey?
IDK
Plato
Aristotle
Homer
31
Which Greek philosopher was the founder of The Academy in Athens?
Aristotle
Plato
Pythagoras
Sophocles
32
What is NOT true of the Mycenaean people?
They were the first Greek speaking culture.
They initiated a cultural dark age.
They reigned in Greek civilization from 1400 to 1200 BC.
They took part in the Trojan War.
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Who won the Greco-Persian War?
Persia
Sparta (& its allies)
Athens (& its allies)
Alliance of all Greek city-states (Sparta, Athens, etc.)
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What is Koine?
Common Greek Language
A Type of Governing Body
A Very Expensive Coin
The 500 Member Governing Council
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What word means "man-centered" & describes the Greek worldview?
Allabouthumans
Anthropocentric
Anthropomorphic
Anthropology
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What was Greek wall art done by painting watercolors on wet plaster called?
Sculptures
Frescoes
Ionians
Pop Art
