Study Chapter 7 Review and Assessment Flash Cards

 
Pile Management Card
Chapter 7 Review and Assessment

loading
Study the partial outline below, then answer the following question.
II The Aftermath of the Persian Wars
A. The Athenians felt favored by the gods
B. ____________
C. Athen's allies became more like subjects.

What answer belongs in the space following letter B?
A. Sparta and its allies fight against Athens.
B. A plague kills 1/3 of the Athenians.
C. Athens becomes the most powerful city-state in Greece.
D. Sparta puts a blockade around the city.
C. Athens becomes the most powerful city-state in Greece.
For which of the following were Spartans well known?
A. art and architecture
B. war skills
C. philosophy
D. an open society
B war skills
Mpst of the work in ancient Greece was performed by
A. slaves
B. philosophers
C. women
D. boys
A. slaves
What was the role of women in ancient Greece?
A. Greek women sat on the councils that made all the decisions in ancient Greece.
B. Greek women worked like slaves.
C. Greek women were protected and isolated in their homes.
D. Greek women went to war along with the men.
C. Greek women were protected and isolated in their homes.
What might Alexander have done to make sure that the empire held together?
He might have encouraged more mixing od Greek and local cultures.
Why did the empire fall apart after Alexander's death?
3 commanders from Alexanders army fought over the empire.
Describe the empire of Alexander the Great before and after his death.
1. Alexander the Great developed a very stronh empire by conquering Persia and Egypt, as well as invading India.
2. After his death, the empire was spilt into 3 kingdoms (the Hellenisitc Kingdoms).
How did Athens lose its dominance over the rest of Greece?
By not treating other city-states fairly after the Persian War, other city-states resented Athens. This caused other city-states to merge with Sparta.
What events led to the Peloponnesian War?
1. After the Persian War, Athens became the most powerful city-state in Greece.
2. Athens formed a league with other city-states, but did not treat them fairly.
3. The other city-states became mad at Athens, and they merged with Sparta.
4. This led to the Peloponnesian War, which was won by Sparta.
Why was the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon important?
1. It gave the Athenians their first victory of the Persian War.
2. It helped protect the Greek peninsula.
What event caused the Greek city-states to put aside their differences?
The Persian War caused the Greek city- states to put aside their differences and band together.
Do you think the basic differences in the way that Sparta and Athens trained their young men accounted for what eventually happened to the 2 city-states? Explain your answer.
Yes. The Spartan boys trained to be soldiers from the age of 7, while the Athenian boys were going to school. The Spartans developed a very strong army, which led to them defeating the Athenians in the Peloponnesian War.
What did Archimedes discover?
pulleys and levers
What did Eratosthenes discover?
the distance around the Earth
What did Euclid discover?
geometry
How did the Spartan emphasis on military training differ from Athenian ideas on how to train young men?
The Athenian boys went to school, because Athenians valued education.
How did the Spartans become skilled warriors?
The boys left home at age 7 to live in barracks to learn to be soldiers.
How would the daily lives of Athenians been affected if slavery had not been common in Athens?
Men would have not had the leisure time to go to the agora.
Describe the roles of free men, free women, and slaves in Atheniaan life.
1. free men- shared ideas about religion, politics, and philosophy at the agora; also participated in politics; they could vote and own land
2. free women- took care of the home (children money, managing slaves)
3. Slaves did much of work- in homes, on farms, building buildings. This gave the men enough leisure time to go to agora.
Place this card into pile: