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| The Hellenistic culture created blended Greek civilization with ideas from what countries/kingdoms/civilations? |
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| Persia, Egypt and Central Asia |
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| In the Hellenistic world, the biggest change was that the Greek city-state became what? |
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| During the Hellenistic world, what was the biggest change? |
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| Woman gained the right to receive an education and the right to own property. |
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| The Hellenistic period saw tremendous achievements in which fields? |
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| Science, literature and philosophy |
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| Who was best known for calculating the size of the world? How much was he off by in calculating is circumference? |
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Eratosthenes. He was off by only 301 miles. [image] |
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| What is the love of wisdom? |
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| Who thought, the basic nature of life, could be discovered by working through a series of questions |
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| Who argued that only philosophers are qualified to lead |
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| Who is the philosopher who tried to apply philosophical principles to every kind of knowledge? |
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| What is referred to as clear and ordered thinking? |
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| The process of making inferences is ____________. |
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| What tells the story of the last year of the Trojan War? |
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| What is the name of the story of Odysseus's long journey home after the long Trojan war |
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| Who is the first major writer of history in Greece |
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| What drama focuses on the hardships faced by Greek heroes? |
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| The government of _____________ was the first democracy. |
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| Democracy is a form of government run by ___________ |
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| Who thought he could end unrest in Athens through punishment? |
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| Who is the lawmaker who took a step toward real democracy by allowing all men in Athens to take part in an assembly that governed the city, and to serve on juries |
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| What kind of leader siezes power by force and claims to rule for the good of the people? |
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| What two armies put aside their differences to work together to defeat the Persians? |
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| The ________ league was headed by Sparta. |
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| Who commissioned the building of the Parthenon because he wanted Athens to become the most glorious city in Greece? |
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| During the early years of the Peloponnesian War, Sparta and its allies dominated _____________, while Athens and its allies dominated _____________ |
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| Sparta & allies - Land / Athens & allies - Sea |
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| During a long cycle of warfare who/what took control of all Greece in 340 BC? |
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| Which civilization came first on Crete? The Minoan or the Mycenaean? |
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The Minoan came before the Mycenaean. Notice they're in alphetical order |
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| What society was dominated by intense competition, frequent warfare and powerful kings? |
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| In a typical Greek city-state, what was built around a high area? |
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| Who developed a military lifestyle in order to prevent rebelions by helots (state slaves). |
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| Although the Greeks believed in hundreds of gods and goddesses, who were the most influential? |
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