True or False: Macedonia gained power in the ancient world during the reign of King Philip II.
True
True or False: Many Greeks visited an oracle to find out about the future.
True
True or False: The Parthenon is an example of a Greek theater.
False
True or False: Aristotle’s writing had no effect on the writing of the U.S. Constitution.
False
True or False: The gods in Greek myths have great powers but look and act like human beings.
True
Who was a commander in the army at 16 and a ruler at 20?
Alexander the Great
What group of people rejected the idea of absolute right or wrong?
Sophists
Who was a great Athenian writer who stressed courage and understanding?
Sophocles
What was the time when Greek culture spread through the known world called?
The Hellenistic Era
Who believed that happiness resulted from using reason?
Stoics
Homer’s epic, the Iliad, is about what?
The Trojan War
Aesop’s fables were a part of Greek what?
Oral Tradition
Who thought that governments should be headed by philosopher-kings?
Plato
Aristotle taught his students what?
The “golden mean.”
Who was sentenced to death for his teachings?
Socrates
Who taught students that the universe followed the same laws that governed music and numbers?
Pythagoras
