Athens Golden Age

After the Persian Wars, Athens created the __________________ to protect Greece from attack in case the Persians returned.

• Spartan League

• Athenian League

• Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

After the Persian Wars, Athens entered a time period of peace, prosperity, and innovation called the _____________.

• Periclean Age

• Golden Age

• Great Age

• Hellenistic Age

The Greeks excelled in philosophy, sculpture, architecture, and ___________________.

• theater

• painting

• electronics

• transportation

The Greeks excelled in drama and theater. They invented ________________ or very serious plays with unhappy endings.

• comedies

• satires

• suspenseful

• tragedies

During this time period, _________________ is best known for leading the rebuilding of Athens.

• Socrates

• Cleisthenes

• Pericles

• Phidias

During this time, the __________________, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, was rebuilt.

• Parthenon

• Pantheon

• Oracle of Delphi

• Erechtheion

The Greeks created ________________ or the search for wisdom and truth.

• psychology

• sociology

• philosophy

• the Scientific Method

____________ taught his students how to think by asking them questions.

• Plato

• Socrates

• Crito

• Aristotle

__________________ another lover of knowledge and wisdom was the tutor of Alexander the Great. He wrote and edited more than 200 books on various subjects including science and government.

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Crito

The Greeks also created ______________ or plays with humorous themes and happy endings.

• comedies

• satires

• tragedies

• documentaries