Ancient Greek Chapter 7 Textbook Questions and Study notes
• What are the five sports in the pentathlon? - Running, jumping, wrestling, discus, and
... [Show More] javelin throwing
• How were the lives of Spartan women different from the lives of Athenian women? - ??? Ask your teacher.
o Sparta was one of the few societies to produce no . - Art
o Spartan boys started their training at what age? - Seven
o Spartan boys were yearly flogged for what reason? - To teach them to endure bodily pain
• What did an apprenticeship of a young boy to an older boy accomplish? - Helped them form a bond
• How were Spartan boys taught stealth? - The instructors gave them little food, which forced the boys to steal from the agora with only the shadows seeing them
• What did the Spartans do with their unwanted children? - Threw them into a gorge, or chasm
o What story demonstrated Spartan discipline? - The Fox Cub
• What was a Spartan's wedding night ritual? - Shaved the woman's head and she dressed like a man
o What word is a synonym for gorge? - Chiasm
o Sparta was completely dedicated to the art of what? - Military strength
• Hippocrates is often called - The father of medicine
• How many children died in ancient Greece before the age of ten? - Half of them
o What is leeching? - Bleed by use of leeches
o Write one line from the Hippocratic Oath. - To hold him who has taught me and to live this art as XXXXX to my parents
• How old was Alexander the Great when he became the King of Macedon? - 20
• What did Alexander spread around the world? - Greek culture
o What empire did Alexander conquer? - Persian
o What did Alexander the Great die of? - Poisoning or Malaria
• Why was Alexander the Great a successful conqueror? - He used colonization
• How was Socrates different from the sophists? - He did not accept money.
o Who were the scientists of Ancient Greeks? - Ancient philosophers
• What does philosophy mean in Greek? - The love of wisdom
o What poison did Socrates drink? - Hemlock
o What is the Socratic method? - The way of questioning
• What was Plato's Academy named for? - Academes
o What was the charge brought against Socrates? - Corrupting youth
o How was the Dark Age of Greece different than the Golden Age of Greece? - The kings were different
• What are three rumors about Homer? - He was a woman. He was blind. He was more than one person.
• What is an epic poem? - A long story and one that involves a hero.
o What is the plot of the Odyssey? - Odysseus' travels at sea from the war at Troy
o What started the Trojan war? - The kidnapping of a princess
• When did the real "Trojan War" probably occur? - 1250 BC
o Which did the Greeks like better? The Iliad or the Odyssey? - The Iliad, because it had so much action. It was a war story.
o Herodotus is often called what? - The father of History
• What wars did Herodotus write about? - Persian [Show Less]