AMSCO World History Chapter 3 (2017)

What Persian ruler conquered most of the lands from the Aegean Sea to the borders of India?

Most early religious teaching was passed ____.

What two great military leaders emerged following the ending of the Golden Age?

A Greek word meaning "dispersal," used to describe communities living outside their homeland

Why was the system described by Socrates not a "true democracy"?

The Golden Age can be described as __________

An alliance that says that all Greek city-states will come together and help fight the Persians

An efficient form of currency that replaced weighing precious metals in exchange for goods

A form of government in which power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.

Democracy by popular vote/majority rules.

What are the 3 Greek art forms?

What did Plato do to support the growth of rational thought?

What groups were excluded from government service and voting in Athens? (two answers)

Darius I divided lands that Persia conquered into _____.

A system of government ruled by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state

Socrates is most critical of the Athenian government because he thinks it _____.

Democracy by elected leaders who make decisions about the laws for all the people

A term used for the burial sites of elite members of Mycenaean Greek society

A Greek word used to describe communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland

This civilization began conquering Greece, lead by King Phillip II

Zoroastrianism was founded by the Persian prophet _______.

How did secularism pertain to Greek culture?

The period from 300 BCE - 31 BCE, where Greek culture is spread

Greek city-state ruled by an oligarchy, focused on military, used slaves for agriculture

Which type of government would Socrates have most likely supported?

Civilization on the island of Crete that exerted powerful cultural influences on the Greeks

A system of government in which all "citizens" have equal political and legal rights

Site of a fortified palace complex in southern Greece that controlled a Late Bronze Age kingdom

Professional soldiers in Sparta who were trained from age 7 to 20 to become super soldiers

The father of "tragedy"

These two cultures provide a foundation for later developments in Greece.

Belief in the existence of a single divine entity.

What was 'The Republic'?

Created by Cyrus the Great, these governors were responsible for collecting tribute in Persia

Alliance that was formed to defeat democracy in Athens.

A long, sophisticated road that lead Persian Armies across the middle east

What was the biggest result of Alexander the Great's conquests?

The Persians mainly conducted trade by _____.

Why was Socrates put to death by the Athenian government?

What were Plato's "dialogues"?

A gift given to a deity

____ forbade slavery and debt in Athens,

An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

The flourishing of Greek culture was recorded by whom, in what book?

The Greek term for a city-state and the agricultural territory under its control

The doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

A great civilization that rose in modern Iran, known for its superior military leadership

Who is known as the father of Philosophy?

Who is known as the father of History?

A rebellion occurred put this aristocrat in charge of Athens, who experimented with Democracy