Chapter 4- Ancient Greeks

What term is used to describe the excellence and virtue that a hero strives for in Greek culture?

Why is the period following the collapse of Mycenaean civilization referred to as the Dark Age?

At what age did Spartan males begin regular military service?

What did Plato believe was the source of real knowledge?

What alliance did the Greeks form against the Persians in 478 b.c.?

What was the main function of the oracle in ancient Greek society?

Which city did Alexander build as the Greek capital of Egypt?

Where were the twelve chief gods and goddesses thought to live in Greek mythology?

According to Epicureanism, what is the way to find happiness?

Which battle proved to the Athenians that the Persians could be beaten?

What was the main goal of Alexander the Great in creating his empire?

Who is the Greek hero at the center of the Iliad?

What was the reason for Socrates' conviction and death?

What event sparked the Persian ruler Darius' desire for revenge on Athens?

What was the main reason for the fall of Alexander's empire after his death?

Who became the ruler of Macedonia in 359 b.c. and turned it into the main power of the Greek world?

Which Mycenaean king, according to Homer, led the sack of Troy on the northwestern coast of Asia Minor?

Who was the Persian monarch who planned to invade Greece after Darius' death?

What role did the acropolis play in a polis?

Which philosophy believed that happiness could be found by living in harmony with the will of God?

What was the name of Plato's school in Athens?

What did the Greeks ignore while focusing on their internal conflicts during the post-war period?

What played a significant role in the revival of farming, trade, and economic activity during the Dark Age?

What negative aspect did the loyalty citizens had to their city-states have?

Where did the Greek forces try to delay the Persians during their invasion?

Which city remained the center of Greek theater during the Hellenistic age?

Which principles of classical architecture are demonstrated by the Parthenon?

What was the main focus of the Spartan society?

What type of tombs were members of the royal families buried in within the Mycenaean centers?

How did the Great Peloponnesian War impact the major Greek states?

What universal themes are explored in Greek tragedies?

Who wrote the textbook on plane geometry known as Elements?

Who founded the school of Epicureanism in Athens at the end of the fourth century b.c.?

What was the main goal of Greek sculptors in creating ideal human forms?

Which of the following kingdoms emerged after Alexander's death as one of the four Hellenistic kingdoms?

What is the meaning of the term 'polis' in ancient Greece?

What geographical feature covered about 80 percent of Greece and isolated Greek communities from each other?

What was the significance of the Greeks adopting the Phoenician alphabet?

Which astronomer proposed the theory that the Sun is at the center of the universe during the Hellenistic age?

What was the main purpose of the library in Alexandria during the Hellenistic Era?

Who took over the leadership of the entire Greek world after the defeat of the Persians?

What term describes the age that saw the expansion of Greek language and ideas to the non-Greek world?

Where were Greek colonies established across the Mediterranean?

Which god was considered the chief god and father of the gods in ancient Greek religion?

What teaching method is associated with Socrates?

What motivated Alexander the Great to invade the Persian Empire?

What was the impact of Greek colonies on the Mediterranean region?

Which new Greek power emerged after the Great Peloponnesian War?

Which Athenian reformer laid the foundations for democracy by giving the assembly of citizens authority?

What values did Homer teach through his epic poems?

Which scientist of the Hellenistic Era is known for establishing the value of the mathematical constant pi?

What term is used to describe the captured people who were forced to work for the Spartans?

Which ancient Greek hero did Alexander the Great seek to imitate?

In the Hellenistic Era, in which language was all government business conducted?

What was the Parthenon dedicated to in ancient Greece?

Which epic poems are considered the first great epic poems of early Greece?

What governmental system developed in some Greek city-states after the end of tyranny?