Ancient Greece

A Greek city-state is officially known by what name?

International city became the cultural center for science, art, knowledge, and technology

Greek plays that depicted the rise and fall of a hero figure (hubris)

Spartan education was based on what?

Government is Athens included all classes, races, and genders

Most impressive structure in Athens, becomes model for Gov't building in the U.S

This mountain was thought to be the home to all the gods

Who was first credited to find the theorem to find the area of a right triangle?

Greek beliefs and stories about their gods are called what?

All of the following statements about Athens are true except for what?

Possibly the greatest conqueror of all time, he conquered Persia, Greece, and other regions

Slave Caste in Spartan society

Cruel laws are refereed as this today due to the gov't in early Athens

The center of a Greek city state was located on a steep cliff known as a what?

Who is known as the father of the field of Philosophy

Adopted Minoan culture and settled into Greece. Foundation for Greek culture and beliefs.

Most of Greece is located on a what?

Governmental system of Sparta where a few select and powerful rule

Architectural and art style of ancient Greece?

Greek dramas known for their exaggerated and crude humor through satire.

What statement best reflects Greek Gods and Goddesses'

Sea located to the east of Greece, that was home to grand ship battles

What is not one of the great attractions located in Alexandria?

What is the study of knowledge, nature, reality, and existence?

This state valued military strength and power above all else (one of the most cruel in history)

Athletic competition introduced by Athens, that is still practiced today

Greek epic that depicted the Trojan War

Major defeat of the Persians by Athens, this battle is remembered for its running messenger

Created by Athens, this is where guilt is decided by citizens/peers

What is the philosophical study of how to have proper human behavior and morality called?

According to the Epic the Iliad. This great city was taken by a wooden horse

What best explains social ranking in Sparta?

One of the greatest stands in history was at the battle of Thermopylae. Who made this stand?

The Greek Herodotus is credited for being the founder of what?

Government system where the rich rule (nobles/land owners)

Plato's allegory that described the perception, truth, senses, and reality

Athenian schools developed the first modern what?

Chief god in Greek Mythology

What city-state was the center for art, expression, and culture in Greece?

Overwhelming pride and arrogance that gets a hero figure killed in Greek stories (Achilles)

Government of Athens, meaning "rule by the people"

Established in Athens, this is a written rule book for a state

Mortal enemy of Greece that led to massive wars

Alliance system of ancient Greece that became the model for all future alliance systems

The great war that weakened Greece between Athens and Sparta

Stories in ancient Greece that spoke of heroic deeds and hubris

Known as one of the ancient wonders of the world this bronze statue stood 100 feet tall

Alexanders empire, link and transmission of cultures between east and west

Most people in Sparta were what?

How would you explain the geography of Greece?

Spear formation developed by Greece that dominated the ancient world

Spartan women had equal rights to Spartan men

field of Philosophy, this method encourages critical thinking by asking only questions

Greece was broken into a collection of what?

Who was first credited to have found pi and invent the screw?

What statement best reflects Spartan society?

Modern trading centers in a Greece City State (precursor to malls and flee markets)

Known as the greatest story teller and father of Greek epics (Iliad)

Law making branch in Athens (precursor to congress in the U.S)

What is the philosophical study of rational thinking and decision making called?