Ch. 9 and 10 People
1. defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae - Xerxes
2. reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empire into
satrapies to make the government more efficient, Persian king who
invaded Greece at Marathon - Darius I
3. king from Sparta who led 7,000 soldiers into battle at Thermopylae
and lost – King Leonidas
4. expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army, conquered the
lands of Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, and Mesopotamia and held the
empire together by treating the conquered people fairly - Cyrus the
Great
5. leader who made Athens more democratic, wrote the famous oration
(speech) that encouraged Athenians to continue believing in the
democracy - Pericles
6. poet and lawmaker who made Athens more democratic by starting
agreements between nobles and farmers to end farmers’ debts, free
slaves, open the assembly to all male citizens – Solon
7. a philosopher that taught by asking questions, later sentenced to death
by poison - Socrates
8. a philosopher that thought government should be divided, studied
Science through observation, opened the Lyceum school and wrote
Politics - Aristotle
9. philosopher that was Socrates’ student that opened the Academy
school and wrote The Republic – Plato
10.
historian considered the “Father of History” that wrote the
History of the Persian Wars, and mixed the facts of the war with
myths – Herodotus
11.
historian that wrote only facts and eyewitness reporting about
the Peloponnesian Wars and believed we could learn from the past –
Thucydides
12.
physician/doctor considered the “Father of Medicine” and
started an oath that promises that doctors will do their best to treat
patients with privacy – Hippocrates
13.
writer of fables that teach morals using personification - Aesop
14.
writer of epics of heroes that teach lessons, most famous for The
Iliad and The Odyssey - Homer
15.
writer of tragedies realism and overcoming death in battles,
wrote about ordinary human beings in realistic situations. His play
often show the suffering caused by war.– Euripides
16.
writer of Antigone, a tragedy about following the rules or doing
what is right, accept suffering as a part of life – Sophocles
17.
earliest Greek writer of tragedy the Oresteia, Tells about a
Greek king’s return from the Trojan War and the troubles that strike
his family. It is a story about revenge and murders. Shows how one
evil action can lead to another where the main person dies, but good
defeats evil. - Aeschylus
18.
taught that the universe was governed by the same laws as music
and number, created a theorem for finding the length of the sides of a
triangle still used today – Phythagoras
19.
a great general, extended the territory to the largest in all Greek
history, became king of Macedonia at age 20 after his father, Phillip
II died, created an army of over 40,000 Greek and Macedonian
soldiers that defeated the Persians in the Battle of Granicus –
Alexander the Great
20.
Macedonian King and admirer of Greek ideas who planned to
unite the Greek city-states and conquer Persia, father of Alexander –
Phillip II
21.
extra credit – Alexander the Great’s main enemy = __________
defeated the Greeks at
Thermopylae
- Xerxes
reorganized the government and Darius I
divided the Persian Empire into
satrapies to make the government
more efficient, Persian king who
invaded Greece at Marathon
king from Sparta who led 7,000
soldiers into battle at
Thermopylae and lost
– King Leonidas
expanded the Persian Empire
with his strong army, conquered
the lands of Anatolia, Syria,
Canaan, and Mesopotamia and
held the empire together by
treating the conquered people
fairly
- Cyrus the Great
leader who made Athens more
democratic, wrote the famous
oration (speech) that encouraged
Athenians to continue believing
in the democracy
- Pericles
poet and lawmaker who made Athens
more democratic by starting agreements
between nobles and farmers to end
farmers’ debts, free slaves, open the
assembly to all male citizens
– Solon
- Socrates
philosopher that taught by asking
questions, later sentenced to death
by poison
a philosopher that thought
government should be divided,
studied Science through
observation, opened the Lyceum
school and wrote Politics
- Aristotle
philosopher that was Socrates’
– Plato
student that opened the Academy
school and wrote The Republic
historian considered the “Father Herodotus
of History” that wrote the History
of the Persian Wars, and mixed
the facts of the war with myths
historian that wrote only facts and – Thucydides
eyewitness reporting about the
Peloponnesian Wars and believed
we could learn from the past
physician/doctor considered the “Father of
Medicine” and started an oath that promises
that doctors will do their best to treat patients
with privacy
writer of fables that teach morals
using personification
– Hippocrates
- Aesop
writer of epics of heroes that
teach lessons, most famous for
The Iliad and The Odyssey
- Homer
writer of tragedies realism and overcoming
death in battles, wrote about ordinary
human beings in realistic situations. His
play often show the suffering caused by
war.
– Euripides
writer of Antigone, a tragedy about
following the rules or doing what is right,
accept suffering as a part of life
– Sophocles
earliest Greek writer of tragedy the
Oresteia, Tells about a Greek king’s return
from the Trojan War and the troubles that
strike his family. It is a story about revenge
and murders. Shows how one evil action
can lead to another where the main person
dies, but good defeats evil.
- Aeschylus
taught that the universe was governed by
the same laws as music and number,
created a theorem for finding the length of
the sides of a triangle still used today
– Phythagoras
a great general, extended the
territory to the largest in all Greek
– Alexander the Great
history, became king of Macedonia
at age 20 after his father, Phillip II
died, created an army of over
40,000 Greek and Macedonian
soldiers that defeated the Persians in
the Battle of Granicus
Macedonian King and admirer of – Phillip II
Greek ideas who planned to unite
the Greek city-states and conquer
Persia, father of Alexander
extra credit – Alexander the Great’s main enemy = __________