Ancient Greek Studyguide
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- Q1Who was Aspasia?The wife of Xerxes, leader of the Persian invadersThe Greek Goddess of warA City that rivaled AthensFemale reformer who sought to win more rights and responsibilities for women20s
- Q2The phonetic alphabet that was adopted by the Greeks came from these people:MinoansMyceneansDoriansIonians20s
- Q3The Minoan Civilization was located on the island of:CreteRhodesCorfuMorocco20s
- Q4This man was known as the "Father of History"PericlesHomerHerodotusMilo20s
- Q5Blind poet who wrote the Illiad and the OdysseySocratesHomerHerodotusPlato20s
- Q6Which city served as a center for development of Greek culture, architecture , and governmentAthensCreteTroySparta20s
- Q7This form of government means rule by a few, usually wealthy, powerful people:EmpireRepublicDemocracyOligarchy20s
- Q8The epic poem written about the Trojan war that included heroes like Achilles, Hector, and Odysseus was called:The OdysseyTroyThe IlliadThe Argo20s
- Q9The fort-like structure, usually on top of a hill that occupied many Greek city states is known as the:AgoraParthenonPolisAcropolis20s
- Q10This group of peoples was the first of the Ancient Greek civilizations:MinoansIoniansMyceneansDorians20s
- Q11This man was the Father of Xerxes, and ordered the initial invasion of Greece in order to pay the Greeks back for backing an Ionian revoltAchillesAlexander the GreatDariusCyrus II20s
- Q12The site of the battle where the Greeks, led by 300 Spartans, made their famous stand:ThermopylaeSalimasPaleosMarathon20s
- Q13This man was King of the Spartans and led them during their famous last stand at ThermopylaeCleisthenesLeonidasAchillesThemistocles20s
- Q14This group of Ancient Greeks was conquered by the Dorains, likely because the Dorians had Iron weapons.MinoansMycenaeansIoniansPersians20s
- Q15He was the chief of all the Greek Gods and was said to have ruled the sky:ZeusPosidonAresApollo20s