Social Studies J.A.T. Chapter 5 Review

He was a commander in the army at 16, and then a king at 20:

He wrote plays the poked fun at politicians and encouraged the audience to think:

This was one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, which was located in Alexandria, Egypt:

He studied how points, angles, and planes all relate to each other:

His armies conquered land as far east as modern-day Pakistan:

This era produced a great body of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, and science:

Homer's Epic The Iliad is about this war that started all because of a woman, Helen:

The dramatist (person who wrote plays) who questioned traditional thinking about war:

The highest mountain in all of Greece:

This philosopher was sentenced to death for his teachings:

Group that taught happiness came from reason and doing one's duty (I know, I said duty):

He freed Greek city-states in Asia Minor from Persian Rule:

He was the Athenian lawyer who warned Athens about Philip II and his armies:

A time when Greek culture spread throughout the non-Greek world (example of cultural diffusion)

Unlike the Sophists, he believed an absolute right or wrong did exist:

He said, "Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I will move the Earth".  

He taught that the universe followed the same rules as music and numbers (and about octaves):

The library in this Hellenistic city in Egypt attracted scholars from all over the world:

This group of thinkers believed the human mind could understand everything:

He is considered by some to be the greatest historian of the ancient world:

He is considered by many to be "The Father of History:

Aristotle taught his students to follow this, which states "do nothing in excess":

Group of philosophers and teachers that taught there is no absolute right or wrong:

The dramatist (person who writes plays) who used painted scenery and 3 actors toe tell a story:

This is how the Greeks hoped to earn favor (get on the good side) of the gods and goddesses:

He was the chief god of the Greeks:

He taught his students that happiness, the goal of life, came from spending time with friends:

He was the philosopher who thought governments should be headed by philosopher kings:

This astronomer taught the sun was the center of the universe:

Greece's neighbor to the north (what country?):

Philip II defeated the Greeks at the Battle of:

Movies and plays are modern examples of:

He told King Ptolemy that "There is no royal way to learn geometry":

The three ways in which Philip II got some Greek city-states to join him:

He built one of the greatest cities in the ancient world and named it after himself:

This Macedonian king loved and admired Greek culture and planned to conquer Persia:

This is a traditional story about gods and heroes (where we get the word mythology from):

He wrote the epic The Odyssey: