The Persians & Greeks: Crash Course

What is the typical "historical" depiction of the Greeks and Persians?

• Persian = heroes

  Greeks = evil

• Greek = good

  Persian = bad

Who is responsible for providing our historical understanding of Persian society?

• Socrates

• Herodotus

• Sima Qian

• Aristotle

Zoroastrianism in considered the first ___________ religion, but wasn't really popular because it forbid ____________.

• monotheistic, slavery

• polytheistic, slavery

• monotheistic, monarchies

• polytheistic, racism

Which of the following was NOT a contribution of the Greeks?

• architecture

• early democratic principles

• plays and theater

• new methods for cultivating rice

What was Aristophanes main contribution to Greek culture?

• Homework

• Sculpture

• Poetry

• Plays

People who lived in Greece considered themselves "Greeks" not "Spartans" or "Athenians" or whatever city state they were from.

• True

• False

What is a city-state?

• A city and it's surrounding area

• The Greek name for a province or state

How did the different city-states begin to see themselves during the Persian War?

• as individual city-states

• as Persians

• as individual cultures

• as Greeks

Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?

• Peloponessus and Persia

• Sparta and Athens

• Peloponessus and Athens

• Sparta and Peloponessus

What was the fate of the (neutral) Melians at the hands of the Athenians?

• they were forced off their land

• they were married into Athenian families

• they were ignored

• the men were brutally slaughtered and the women enslaved