Gr. 7 Ch. 11 Ancient Greek Civilization REVIEW

The Greek hero Achilles met his death when an arrow was shot at his heel. What does "Achilles Heel" mean today?

The word philosophy comes from Greek words meaning _______.

What was (and still is) the main purpose of the Olympic Games?

Greek architecture inspired other lands of the ancient world and also the modern world. This is an example of ...

Persian attacks on Greek colonies eventually led to the Peloponnesian War.

The Lincoln Monument in Washington DC is most similar to what type of Greek building?

Which is a characteristic of a fable?

This was the time period during which Greek ideas spread throughout Asia and Africa.

Trade and military conquests improved when the Greeks __________.

Most Greek paintings and sculptures showed the Greeks' ____________.

The Greeks believed most of their major gods lived on Mount Orion.

Socrates was sentenced to death for encouraging young students to go against the government.

in 490 BCE why did Persia try to conquer Greece?

Pythagoras developed a rule to measure the sides of a triangle.

Pheidippides ran about 25 miles back to Athens to announce a Greek victory over Persia at _______.

Greek architecture inspired other lands of the ancient world and also the modern world. This is an example of ...

Famous scientist, created the water screw, worked in geometry and found the value of "pi"

Voting, serving in the military and participating in government are examples of ___________.

The Greeks practiced polytheism. What does polytheism mean?

How did Alexander the Great change history?

The most important types of buildings in ancient Greece were constructed for...

The Greeks developed this simple machine to help carry/move heavy objects.

The two main types of Greek drama are tragedy and mythology.

Which of the following was NOT an influence on Alexander in his youth?

Egypt was the land of Alexander's birth.

This was the center of trade and business in Alexander the Great's empire.

Greek architecture inspired other lands of the ancient world and also the modern world. This is an example of ...

A devise used to perform mathematical calculations and also to determine the location of the moon & stars

What were the Olympic games?

This is the battle in which King Leonidas led a small Spartan army against the Persians.

Athens and other city states formed ______ to protect themselves against further attacks from Persia.

What was the main purpose of forming a hypothesis for ancient Greek scientists?

The main promise of the Hippocratic Oath is _____.

A type of drama in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties; unhappy ending

This Greek process used wax molds to make bronze statues.