Ancient Greece

"Polis" in ancient Greece translates as

• a spear used by hoplites

• another name for Athens

• "city-state". It was the basic political unit of ancient Greece

• a city during the Ionian revolt

Heavily armed citizens who served as infantryman and fought to defend the polis. They represent the backbone of any Greek Army armed with shield and spear.

• hoplites

• the immortals

• Zeus

• peltasts

Rule by the people...

• oligarchy

• democracy

• theocracy

• anarchy

The spread of Greek ideas, culture and traditions to non-Greek groups across a wide area.

• Hellenization

• Platonic Ideals

• Mystery Religions

• Empire building

Which of the following was not an ancient Greek Philosopher?

• Plato

• Zeno

• Aristotle

• Imhotep

Th success of the Greeks at the Battle of___________ early on in the war proved they could defeat the Persian Army

• Salamis

• Marathon

• Thermopylae

• Ionia

This ancient maritime civilization centered mainly on Crete but spread throughout the Greek islands heavily influenced early Greek culture

• Mycenaean

• Minoan

• Ionian

• Dorian

The two most powerful city-states in ancient Greece

• Sparta and Thebes

• Athens and Mycenae

• Thebes and Mycenae

• Athens and Sparta

Which city-state allied itself with the Persians and their navy to help them win the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Delian League

• Thebes

An ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge; the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason that governs nature, and are indifferent to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain.. The belief is often focused on the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint.

• Polytheism

• Mystery religions

• Stoicism

• Platonic Ideals