WH Study Guide Chapter 7

The straits (Dardanelles) between the Black and Aegean seas.

Which school of Greek thought believed that people should take what life brings with dignity and reason?

Rival city-state of ancient Athens.

What kingdom was ruled by Phillp before he conquered Greece?

Supposed home of the Greek gods

In what type of Greek is the New Testament written?

Greek historian who wrote about the Persian Wars; called the “Father of Greek History.”

Spartan society revolved around training for war because

Made important contributions to mathematics, engineering and physics.

Blind poet who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Study the map titled “The Peloponnesian War.” What statement about the Peloponnesian War is best supported by the map?

Which of the following Greek inventors is responsible for developing the pulley and the lever?

Which of the following statements about the geography of Greece and its effect on the people is true?

Most of what we know about Socrates comes from the writing of

What Greek soldier that runs from Marathon to Athens and carries the message of victory over the Persians?

The Hippocratic Oath is a high code of ethics still taken by many medical school graduates.

Which famous battle, depicted in the movie “300” pitted the Spartans (Greeks) vs. the Persians?

What age, from 323 B.C., is marked by the permeation of Greek culture?

Who was the famous Greek teacher that instructed Alexander the Great?

This pair of people were some of the first historians in Ancient Greece

Which of Greece’s great philosophers was forced to commit suicide for denying the existence of the Greek gods?

Which of the following is an able leader of Athens that helps bring about democracy?

Where the Greeks defeated the last of Xerxes’ army.

Study the map titled “The Peloponnesian War.”Which side controlled the territory surrounding the Aegean Sea?

Brave Greek warrior hero of Homer’s odyssey.

The Stoics emphasized worldly pleasure and indulgence.

New schools of philosophy developed during the Hellenistic period, in part because

It is the type of government favored in Sparta

Name of the 16 cities that Alexander the Great named after himself

Greek writer famous for his fables

first tyrant of Athens

Who took the throne in Macedonia after King Philip II was assassinated?

Greatest of Athenian temples

Which of the following is true of Alexander the Great?

Democracy means rule by the many or the common people.

Chief and father of the Greek gods.

Alexander’s empire did not grow any larger because

Which of the following is true of a ‘sophist’?

The city-state of Sparta was characterized by

Macedonian king who conquered Greece; father of Alexander the Great.

The Battle of Salamis was significant because it