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TEST: Ancient Greece
FILL IN THE BLANK. (2 points each)
1.
He was the leader of Athens during Greece’s “Golden Age.”
2.
The type of Greek and (Greek influenced) art that emphasizes order, balance, proportion, and ideal beauty is known as ___.
3.
This legendary war began because of Helen of Troy, whose face “launched a thousand ships.”
4.
Greece’s capture by the ____ in approximately 1100 B.C.E. prompted the “Dark Age” of ancient Greek history.
5.
If someone calls you “hedonistic,” they might also say that you are a follower of this Greek/Hellenistic philosopher.
6.
Phenomenal Greek thinker who criticized the sophists and was sentenced to death in 399 B.C.E.
7.
This great philosopher was taught by the man in question #6 and wrote The Republic.
8.
Rule by a wealthy few is an ____.
9.
The 27 year long struggle between Sparta & Athens was called the ____ War.
10.
Which city-state was victorious in the war in #9?
11.
The ____, the great temple to Athena which was constructed during Greece’s golden age, is arguably the greatest architectural
wonder in history.
12.
This Greek historian is sometimes called the “father of history.”
13.
He conquered Greece in 359 B.C.E. (full name)
14.
He was the son of the man in #13, and he established an empire that stretched from Egypt to modern day Pakistan.
15.
If you are an especially unemotional person, you may be described as “____,” a term that originates from a group of Hellenistic
philosophers.
16.
He is considered the father of geometry and wrote The Elements.
17.
The fundamental political unit of ancient Greece was the city-state, or ____.
18.
The Athenian ruler whose governmental reforms eventually led to democracy was ____.
19.
What city-state in Greece was highly militaristic and required its men to serve in the army from age 7 to age 55?
20.
Before they are allowed to practice, all doctors must take an oath named after this man, the “father of medicine.”
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EXPLAIN. (10 points each)
1.
Explain the difference between a direct democracy (as existed in ancient Athens) and a representative democracy or a republic as
we have in the United States.
2.
Explain Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.”
MATCHING. Match the philosophical question/statement to the appropriate discipline. (1 point each)
1._______Is it immoral to kill in under any circumstances…(even self-defense)?
2._______“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
3._______Given: All humans are dishonest.
John is a human.
Therefore, John is dishonest.
4._______What is wisdom? Is it measured through behavior alone, or by some other standard?
5._______Do I exist?
GEOGRAPHY. Use the spaces below to name the items on the overhead map. (1 point each)
A. Metaphysics
B. Ethics
C. Aesthetics
D. Logic
E. Epistemology
1. ____________________________ (city-state)
6. _____________________________(body of water)
2. ____________________________(body of water)
7. _____________________________ (modern country)
3. ____________________________ (city-state)
8. _____________________________ (modern country)
4. ____________________________(island)
9. _____________________________ (modern city)
5. ____________________________ (body of water)
10. _____________________________(peninsula)