Ancient Greece Review: Terms & People

What term means political rule by the people?

What term means government by a king, queen, or emperor?

Who ran from Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory & then died?

What term means political rule by a small group

Who was the Athenian leader who renewed the Peloponnesian War and was ultimately defeated by Sparta?

What term means the alliance between Athens & other Greek city-states; it was really the Athenian Empire?

Who was the founder of Athenian democracy?

What term means the order of columns that have capitals carved like scrolls?

What term means Greece in Greek?

What term means the temple to Athena that Pericles built atop the acropolis in Athens?

Who wrote down the dialogues of Socrates & stated the famous school called Academia?

What Persian king was defeated by the Greeks in the Persian war?

What Greek philosopher was a student of Plato & teacher of Alexander the Great?

What term means a person who belongs to a state and has the rights, privileges, and duties of a freeman?

What Greek philosopher taught by asking questions & was killed for "corrupting the youth"?

Who was a strict Athenian ruler who wrote a harsh law code?

What term means the order of columns with simple round capitals?

What term means "lovers of wisdom"? They were the thinkers & scientists of Ancient Greece.

What Spartan king led 300 Spartans against the entire Persian army?

What term means a conversation? It was the method Socrates used to teach?

What Greek doctor was known as the "father of medicine"?

Who was the Athenian leader who defeated the Persians in the battle of Salamis?

What famous Greek playwright wrote tragedies like Oedipus Rex?

Who was the Macedonian king that conquered much of the known world & spread Greek culture?

What term means a city along with its surrounding territory that is an independent country?

What ancient Greek wrote epic poems including Iliad and Odyssey?

What term means the order of columns that have ornate capitals carved with the shape of flowers?

Who was the great Athenian leader during the Golden Age who built the Parthenon & started the Peloponnesian war?

What war was fought between the Greek city-states of Athens & Sparta?

What term means a priest or other person who speaks for the gods?