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Final Jeopardy
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2. What was the Trojan Horse? Did it help the Greeks win?
Trojans brought a wooden horse inside its city’s wall
Greek soldiers hidden inside-at night opened city’s gates
Greeks won, burned city

3. What were the two causes of the Trojan War?
Economic:
Troy controlled straits (water passages) that linked the Mediterranean and Black Seas
Romantic:
Prince Paris:
Troy-Fell in love with Helen, brought her back to Troy
Mycenaeans Troy to bring her back

4. What were the Dark Ages? Period of chaos Step Backwards:
Greek civilization- people forgot skills (writing)

5. What two Epic Poems did Homer write?
The Iliad
Trojan War, gods, goddesses, warriors (Achilles)
The Odyssey:
Hero (Odysseus) returned home after Trojan War to Penelope
Comes across sea monster, one-eyed giants, beautiful sorceress
We learn values of Ancient Greeks:
Honor, courage, heroes

6. Where was the Minoan civilization located?
Crete

7. How did geography influence the Ancient Greeks?
Divided Greece into many city-states

8. Locate Crete

9. Locate Athens

10. Locate Sparta

11. What is the location of letter A? What conflict occurred here?

12. What is Democracy?
Rule by the people

13. What is a monarchy?
King/queen has complete control

14. Very few people participated in government- male citizens
Which Greek city-state developed the concept of Democracy? Why was it considered a limited democracy?
Athens
Very few people participated in government- male citizens

15. What is an aristocracy?
Rule by wealthy elite=landowners

16. What is an oligarchy?
Rule by small, elite group=business class

17. Why was Alexander “so Great?”
Spread of Greek culture
Large conquest-EgyptIndia

18. What was one significant outcome of the Persian Wars?
Athens Golden Age

19. What two groups fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens
Sparta

20. Physician whose oath set ethical standards was…
Hippocrates

21. What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?
Athens’ greatness ended

22. Who was Socrates? Socratic Method:
Gain answers through questioning, reason, and critical thinking
Accused of corrupting the city’s youth forced to drink poison

23. Who wrote The Republic? What was The Republic?
Plato’s ideal society
3 Classes: workers, soldiers, philosophers (rulers)
Women could be part of the elite group

24. Who was Aristotle?
Favored rule by a single, strong and virtuous leader
Influenced the fields of logic, physics, biology
Foundation for many modern intellectual disciplines
The Lyceum (school)=First European universities based their courses on the works of Aristotle

25. What does Philosophy mean?
“Lovers of wisdom”

26. What are the two types of philosophers?
Reason and observation to discover “answers.”
Ethical and moral behavior-what is the best form of government?

27. Final Jeopardy
Identify at least three Greek achievements.

28. Final Jeopardy Answer Democracy Levy and Pulley Pythagorean Theorem
Greek Plays-Tragedy/Comedy
Alphabet