Alexander the Great_Jeopardy

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The winner of

thePeloponnesian

War.


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What was

Sparta?


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A warship with 3-levels of oarsmen, it

helped the Greeksdefeat the Persian

navy at the Battle ofSalamis.


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What is a

trireme?


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Thefather of

historywho is our

primary source ofinformation aboutthe Persian Wars.


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Who isHerodotus?


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After the Persian

invasion of 480 BCE,Greek city-states formed

a mutual-defensealliance under the

leadership of Athens,called ________.


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What is theDelian League?


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The firstcriticalhistorian,who

wrote about the

PeloponnesianWar.


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Who wasThucydides?


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After the

Peloponnesian War,endless conflict

between the Greekcity-states left themopen to attack from(person) of (place).


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Who was Philipof Macedonia?


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After conquering andunifying Greece,

Alexanders fatherclaimed merely to be a

member of the_______ of _______.


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What was the

League of

Corinth?


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This Persian capitalwas burned to the

ground byAlexander after a

drunken party.


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What wasPersepolis?


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By saying all good men

were kin, and only thosewith wicked hearts could

be considered foreigners,Alexander changed the

definition of h_____,which upset his fellow

Greeks.


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What is aHellene?


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The two items thatAlexander the Great

always kept under hispillow as he slept.


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What are a copy

of Homers Illiad

and a dagger?


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Alexander learnedto respect Greek

culture from histutor, the famous

philosopher _____.


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Who wasAristotle?


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As he advancedthrough Asia,

Alexander foundedover 70 new cities,

to be settled asGreek ______.


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What arecolonies?


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Under the rule ofPtolemy, one of

Alexander

s generals,Egypt became one of

four ________kingdoms.


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What isHellenistic?

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The greatest city of the

Hellenistic age, ______was a center of trade

with a massivelighthouse for its

harbor, and a center oflearning with a

legendary library


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What wasAlexandria?

(in Egypt)


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The spread of Greek

language and learning,where people could

becomeGreek withoutoriginally being Greek,

is a good example ofcultural _______.


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What is

diffusion?


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What the wordphilosophy

means.


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What is a lover

of wisdom?


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Saying that theunexamined life wasnot worth living,thisfamous philosopher

questionedeverything.


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Who wasSocrates?


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_______, or the Artof Persuasion,was

taught by the sophistsand was considered an

essential skill for anypolitical leader.


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What isRhetoric?


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Step-by-step

questioning in searchof truth and wisdom.


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What is theSocratic

Method?

Thi t thi k


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This great thinker was

a student of Socrates,wrote books of

philosophy in the formof dialogues, and

founded the firstuniversity, the

Academy of Athens


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Who was Plato?


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The father of modern

medicine, this Greekphysician searched

for explanations ofillness without

reference to thegods.


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A governor who ruled

one of 20 provincesfor the Persian kings,

(and later, for theSeleucid kings who

succeededAlexander).


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What was asatrap?


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The great Hellenistic

mathematician,scientist, inventor and

engineer, who correctlyestimated the value of

pi (and was later killedby a Roman soldier).


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Who wasArchimedes?


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A political leader in a

democracy who seekssupport by appealing

to popular desires,fears and prejudices,

rather than by usingrational argument.


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What is a

demagogue?

Aristarchos of


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Aristarchos of

Samos correctlyplaced the sun at

the center of theknown universe,

which is called________.


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What isHeliocentric?


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These Hellenistic

philosophers arguedthat one should strive to

live in harmony withdivine will, and bear

whatever life offeredwithout complaint.


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What is a Stoic?

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