Chapter 9 Study Guide

What word describes the geographic spread of Hellenistic culture?

In Greek mythology, what god did Icarus offend by flying too close to the sun?

What common Greek architectural feature does the Parthenon display?

Which of these areas did Alexander conquer first?

Who became known for his question and answer teaching style that also helped get him executed?

Why did Greek city states form the Delian League?

What city became the center of Greek culture after Alexander the Great died?

What did the Greek author Aesop write?

Why did Alexander have to return home?

How did Macedonian forces outperform Greek armies?

What did Greek courts do that US courts also do today?

Under Cleisthenes' reforms, who could participate in Athenian government?

Which historian recorded the events of the Peloponnesian War?

What made it easier for the Macedonians to take over Greece?

Which reform did Pericles make in Athens?

What aspects of Athenian democracy did the US adopt?

The Peloponnesian War was between who?

During the Peloponnesian War, what disaster did Athens face?

What art form, performed in amphitheaters, formed a center of Greek cultural life?

What city state started the Peloponnesian League?

What event ended the peace in the middle of the Peloponnesian War?

For what god did ancient Greeks build the largest temple in their city state?

Why did Athenians have ostracons?

What happened to Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War?

Ancient Greeks are best known for what type of art?

What ruler united Greece under Macedonian rule?

In what way did Alexander the Great NOT surpass his father?

What led to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War?