Pre Test Day / Notes

Today in Western Civilization we “studied” for the test tomorrow. Our studying included watching a very boring video. That’s the only thing we did in class today, our test is tomorrow. We are supposed to get 6 inches of snow tonight and into early tomorrow. That being said and we have off school we won’t take the test until Friday because we don’t have class Thursday. I hope we have off school tomorrow.


Notes:

1.     She was a trusted associate of Pericles, and may have even written some of his speeches.

Aspasia

2.     He was a war hero who had many adventures while trying to return home after the Trojan Wars.

Odysseus

3.     In 508 BC, he and his Spartan allies were driven from power by the very first “people’s revolution”

Isagoras

4.     This goddess is the patron of Greece’s capital city.

Athena

5.     An open “place of assembly” where Greek citizens would gather to discuss matters of importance.

Agora

6.     A sporting competition where the common man could actually compete against aristocrats.

Olympics

7.     A notion of excellence and virtue; the act of living up to one’s full potential.

Arête

8.     He composed the amazing stories The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Homer

9.     When these less-advanced people dominated Greece, writing disappeared for 400 years and the economy collapsed.

Dorians

10.  He watched from a golden throne as his forces were defeated at the Straits of Salamis.

Xerxes

11.  This city-state was home of democracy and the head of the Delian League.

Athens

12.  He was recalled from exile and asked to build the world’s first government of the people – a system of government we now know as democracy.

Cleisthenes

13.  The most beautiful and magnificent building of its time, it was dedicated to a goddess whose 40-foot stature was found within it.

Parthenon

14.  In a Greek tragedy, he was the main character who fulfilled a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother.

Oedipus

15.  This general rose from the ranks of the common people, and took steps to increase the naval power of Athens.

Themistocles

16.  An association of Greek city-states whose purpose was to remain strong and united against their enemies.

Delian League

 

17.  A fast, agile ship that was a feared weapon in the Greek navy.

Trieme

18.  This hero of ancient Greece is the central figure in a story which was the inspiration for a modern sporting even – the marathon.

Pheidippides

19.  He commanded the first Persian invasion of Greece, which ended with his defeat at Marathon.

Darrius

20.  Their kings dominated Greece from 1600 BC to 1200 BC.

Myceneans

21.  These legends describe Greek gods and goddesses and the nature of the world.

Myths

22.  The Greeks used trickery and clever naval strategy and to win this battle against the Persians.

Salamis

23.  He was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city’s Golden Age, who was determined to glorify his city through the arts, literature, and culture.

Pericles

24.  These are long narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds.

Epics

25.  These people ruled an empire that stretched all the way from Egypt and Asia Minor to India and the Himalaya Mountains.

Persians

26.  Apollo was said to speak prophesies through this person; an ominous prophesy caused the Greeks much worry before the Persians’ second invasion.

Oracle of Delphi

27.  This prominent city-state had a fearsome infantry and was located in southeastern Peloponnese.

Sparta

28.  He was the leader of the gods, and the father of the goddess of wisdom.

Zeus

29.  Mr. Schick wants to go back in time to hang out with this philosopher.

Socrates