Ancient Greece

Classical Greek culture, especially philosophy, had a powerful influence on ancient Rome, which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean Basin and ___________.

• Europe

• Middle East

• West Asia

Greek culture, in a few centuries and with a limited population, managed to explore and make progress in many fields of ________, ________, ________ and knowledge in general.

• science/mathematics/philosophy

• music/technology/dance

• sculpture/mechanics/warfare

The __________ is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron.

• Parthenon

• Apollo

• Artemis

The __________ is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

• Acropolis of Athens

• Temple of Artemis

• Erechtheum

The ___________________ covers the period of Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire.

• Hellenistic period

• Classical Period

• Archaic Period

_________ was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty.

• Otto

• Alexander the Great

• Leonidas I

Alexander's legacy includes the______ and syncretism which his conquests engendered, such as Greco-Buddhism.

• Architecture

• military dominance

• cultural diffusion

4th century BC Greek gold and bronze rhyton with head of Dionysus, Tamoikin Art Fund.

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_________ has 52 peaks and deep gorges. The highest peak, Mytikas, meaning "nose", rises to 2,917 meters (9,570 ft). It is one of the highest peaks in Europe in terms of topographic prominence.

• Everest

• Mount Olympus

• Mont Blanc

Marble bust of Pericles with a Corinthian helmet, Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican Museums; Pericles was a key populist political figure in the development of the radical Athenian democracy

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