World History Chapter 7 Review

Legendary king of the Minoans

Barbarian invaders who overwhelmed the Mycenaeans

Mycenaeans which escaped to Asia Minot and Attica

Greeks of classical time who made great contributions to Western civilization

Blind Greek poet who creates the Iliad and the Odyssey

Brave Greek warrior hero of Homer's Odyssey

Greek Poet

Chief and father of the Greek God's; associated with thunder and lightening

The mythological invincible Greek warrior who died when a poisoned arrow pierced his one vulnerable spot, his heel

Persian king who crushed the Ionian revolt in 499 B.C.; began the Greco-Persian Wars

Persian king who attempted to avenge his father's death at Marathon; defeated by the Athenian nave at Salamis

Spartan leader who gave his life to hold off the Persians after he was betrayed at Thermopylae

Brilliant Athenian who tricked Xerxes into fighting a naval battle in the narrow strait between the Greek mainland and the island of Salamis

Greek historian who wrote about the Persian Wars; called the "Father of Greek History"

Prepared a written code of the law for Athens

Repealed the harsh edicts of Draco, relieved debtors, redeemed many slaves, forbade parents to sell or pawn their children, ordered every father to teach his sons a trade, and required sons to support their aged father if he had educated them

First tyrant of Athens

Champion of the common people; played an important part in the development of the Athenian democracy; introduced ostracism

Brought Athenian democracy to its fullest; one of 10 annually elected generals (executive officials) who became the undisputed leader of Athens for 30 years

Macedonian king who conquered Greece; father of Alexander the Great

One of the greatest orators the world has even known

Conquered the Persian empire and spread Greek culture from Egypt to India

Greek philosopher who said "Man is the measure of all things."

Greek historian who was more accurate than Herodotus; wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War

Greek tragedian

Famous comic dramatist of Greece

Freed salve credited with introducing the fable of literature

Early philosophers who believed that there are no absolute truths

Greek philosopher who sought absolutes; was forced to drink poison for his denial of Greek gods

Greek writer of philosophy who attempted to find an explanation for the obvious order, design, and purpose in the universe

Student of Plato and tutor of Alexander the Great; concluded that the order of the universe must have come from God

Greco-Roman physician of the second century A.D. who made important advances in medicine

Made important contributions to mathematics, engineering, and physics

Location of Greece; bounded by the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea on the east, and by the Ionian Sea on the west

The straits (Dardanelles) between the Black and Aegean seas

Location of the palace of Minos, king of the Minoans, on Crete

City ear the Hellespont in Asia Minor which was destroyed by the Mycenaeans

Supposed home of the Greek gods

Battle of the Greco-Persian Wars which not only proved that the Persians could be defeated, but also brought great prestige to Athens

A narrow mountain pass where the Persians defeated the Sparta army with help of a traitor after a three-day siege

Island off the coast of Greece where the Athenians defeated the Persians in the first major battle in history

Where the Greeks defeated the last of Xerxes' army

Prominent city-state of ancient Greece; modern Grecian capital

Rival city-state of ancient Athens

Kingdom on the northern fringes of ancient Greece

Name of 16 cities that Alexander the Great named after himself

Location of a decisive battle, after which Alexander the Great's empire was divided among four generals

Greatest of Athenian temples

Destruction of the city of Troy on the coast of Asia Minor by the Mycenaeans

Homer's epic poem which describes the heroic deeds of the ancient Greeks in their war against Troy

Homer's epic poem which recounts the adventures of the Greek warrior Odysseus on his 10-year journey home after the defeat of Troy

Characters in Homer;s poems who differed from the gods only being mortal and less powerful

A Greek-city state

A sovereign political entity

Hilltop fortress and a seat of government and religion

Marketplace

Name given to non-Greek speaking peoples

Contests of skill help every fourth year at Olympia in honor of Zeus

The period between Olympics

Rule by one

Group that advised the king of an ancient Greek city-state

A mass meeting where all the citizens gathered about the kings and the elders to discuss political affair

Rule by the "best"

Rule by the "few rich"

Rule by one man who has seized power by rebellion and insurrection

Rule by the many or the common people

Slaves; a third class of Spartan society

An alliance formed by Sparta with Corinth, Megara, and other cities in the Peloponnesus

Court that met on the hill known by the same name; it repealed laws, looked after public morals, and rebuked any person living in a manner unworthy of an Athenian

Process by which a quorum of citizens could vote to banish for 10 years any person believed to be dangerous to the state

Government in which the citizens elect a few men who represents them in the government

Government in which the citizens make to big decisions of government directly, nit indirectly through representatives

Age of the rule of Pericles over Athens

League which met on the island of Delos, originally formed and later dominated by Athens for the purpose of protecting itself from Persia

War between Sparta and Athens; began in 431 B.C. and lasted until 404 B.C.

Organization of Greek city-states founded by Phillip II

A well-educated slave who was put in charge of a young Greek boy's education

Drama in which man is often portrayed as a victim of a fate and circumstances, devoid of a free will

Science

High code of Ethics still taken by many medical school graduates today

Ultimate foundational truths

Plato's most famous work

Common language of cultures people throughout the Mediterranean world from 300 B.C. until the A.D. 400s

The two prominent regions of ancient Greece

The three main cultures of the Aegean Civilization and the location of each

The first important European civilization after the Flood

The date for the first Olympic games

The dates for the Greco-Persian War

The first major navel battle in history

The dates for the Peloponnesian War

The date Alexander the Great began his conquest of the Persian Empire

The three ruling dynasties that came out of Alexander's empire, and the area that each dynasty ruled

The dates for the Hellenic Age

The greatest lyricist of the Hellenic Age

Famous Greeks who made contributions to science, mathematics, and medicine during the Hellenic Age

The dates for the Hellenistic Age

Stoics believed that man should live according to reason, obey the law of nature, seek to do lasting good, honor all men as brothers, and remain indifferent to the pleasures and pains of life. Epicureans emphasized indulgence in one's bodily appetites and the physical pleasures of life. The founders of these philosophers were Zeno and Epicurus, respectively.

Aristarchus of Samoa-proposed the theory that the earth revolves around the sun; Euclid-systematized theorems of plane geometry; Hipparchus-formulated the basic principles of trigonometry; Archimedes-made important contributions to mathematics, engineering, and physics; Eratosthenes-calculated the circumference of the earth with astounding accuracy; Strabo-wrote a 17-volume Geography