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Athens
Sparta
Wars
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Final Jeopardy!!
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General 100
• What is a city-state?
• An INDEPENDENT town or city and the
surrounding farmlands.
General 200
• Who was Alexander the Great and what was his
greatest accomplishment?
• Alexander the Great was the king of Macedonia
and his greatest accomplishment was conquering
more land, obtaining more wealth and ruling over
more people.
General 300
• What 2 things did the Greek city-states have in
common and what one thing made them unique?
• The Greek city-states all spoke Greek and had
the same religion. They were unique because
they each had their own government.
General 400
• Briefly describe the four types of government.
• Tyranny is when a ruler gains power illegally.
Aristocracy is when wealthy families ruled.
Oligarchy is when power was held by a few noble
men. Democracy was when power was held
collectively by the citizens.
Athens 100
• Why did the Athenians agree to help the
Myletians fight against the Persians?
• Athens believed in democracy as a government,
where the city-state is ruled by the citizens, so
they believed that the Persians should not rule
over the Myletians.
Athens 200
• What were the three requirements to be an
Athenian citizen?
• You had to be male, 18 years of age and born of
Athenian parents.
Athens 300
• Describe the educational system in Athens in
detail.
• Athenians believed in developing well-rounded
citizens. Athenian boys were educated in math,
reading, writing, music, rhetoric and some
military.
Athens-Daily Double! 800
• Describe the Peloponnesian War in detail.
Include who was involved, how it began, what
Athens’s strategy was, what weakened them
throughout the long war and how it ended.
• The Peloponnesian War was between Athens and
Sparta. It began because Sparta was afraid that
Athens was becoming too powerful and the
relations between the two leagues deteriorated.
The plague weakened Athens and they ended the
war by surrendering.
Sparta 100
• What type of government did Sparta have?
• The Spartans had Oligarchy.
Sparta 200
• What did Spartans do with the baby boys when
they were born?
• The baby boys were inspected. If they seemed
weak or unhealthy, they were left to die. If they
seemed healthy, they were allowed to live.
Sparta 300
• How did Sparta treat their slaves? What does
this have to do with their military focus?
• Spartans treated their slaves harshly (like farm
animals). The slaves outnumbered the Spartans
almost ten to one so it was important to keep
tight control of them using their military skills so
that the slaves would not rebel and take over.
Sparta 400
• Describe the military training of Spartans in
detail.
• Spartans entered military training at the age of 7
and were trained for 23 years until they were 30.
They continued in the military service until they
were 60. Boys had to go barefoot to make them
tough and their food was rationed so they would
learn to steal food.
Wars 100
• Why do we call 26-mile races marathons?
• After the battle of Marathon between Athens
and Persia, a messenger ran the 26 miles from
Marathon to Athens to tell the Athenians they
had won. After he announced the victory, he
fell down and died from exhaustion.
Wars 200
• Why did Athens and Sparta unite to fight Persian
in the battle of Thermopylae?
• If Persia were to conquer Athens, it would be
very likely for them to eventually attack Sparta
next. Athens and Sparta would be stronger if
they united.
Wars - Daily Double! 600
• Describe the battle of Thermopylae in detail.
Include who was involved, what happened and
who won.
• Athens and Sparta united to fight Persia in the
battle of Thermopylae. They fought in a narrow
mountain passageway. A traitor told the
Persians how to get around. 300 Spartans stayed
to hold the Persian troops off while the rest left.
The Spartan soldiers were all killed and Persia
made its way to Athens where they burned the
city to the ground.
Wars 400
• What was significant about the battle of Salamis
and how did it end?
• In the battle of Salamis, the Athenians lured the
Persian ships into the shallow waters where they
attacked them. The Athenians won!
Philosophers 100
• Why did Plato admire mathematics?
• He believed that math was and led to pure truth.
Philosophers 200
• What was Aristotle interested in?
• Aristotle was interested in science, especially
plants and animals. He observed the plants and
animals, analyzed his observations and came up
with theories.
Philosophers 300
• What were the dialogues of Plato?
• The dialogues of Plato were written
conversations that Socrates had with others.
Philosophers 400
• What was the Socratic Method and how did it
work?
• The Socratic Method is a question-asking
method where you ask a series of questions that
are designed to lead the listeners to realizations
about how they ought to behave.
Golden Age & Olympics 100
• What was the Olympic truce and how long did it
usually last?
• The Olympic truce was an agreement between
the Greek city-states that stated they would not
fight during (including travel to and from) the
Olympic Games. It usually lasted 1-3 months.
Golden Age & Olympics 200
• Why did Theodosius cancel the Olympics Games
in 393 A.D.?
• Theodosius canceled the Olympic Games because
he was a Christian and he did not think it was
right to hold a festival to honor Zeus.
Golden Age & Olympics 300
• Who was Pericles? Describe him in detail.
• Pericles was a leader of Athens during the
Golden Age. He was a hard worker who was also
an eloquent speaker. He was known for his
dedication and hard work. He also was the
leader of Athens during the first part of the
Peloponnesian War.
Golden Age & Olympics 400
• What were the two main types of drama
invented? Be sure to explain each one.
• The first type is comedy, a play that made fun of
events/people that had a happy ending. The
second type is tragedy which was a play that was
sad and had a tragic ending.
Final Jeopardy
• Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth
living.” Describe what this means in detail.
• He believed that it was important for people to
examine their lives and determine what they
could change for the better and what they
needed to do to live a good life. He thought
that if you did not look at your life and see how
to improve it, that there was no purpose in living
it because you were not improving your life.