Jeopardy reviewGreece & Persia

Religion

100

200

300

400

500

Thinkers

100

200

300

400

500

Misc

100

200

300

400

500

Government

100

200

300

400

500

Persia

100

200

300

400

500

Religion for 100

• Greeks honored gods through their ability to think and learn, or ________.

• What is intellect?

Religion for 200

• Greek gods and goddesses lived here.

Where is Mount Olympus?

Religion for 300

• Oracles made prophecies, which are ______________.

• What are predictions about the future?

Religion for 400• This playwright wrote tragedies such as

Antigone for festivals for Dionysus (theater).

• Who is Sophocles?For what purpose were

tragedies written?

To show how people handled difficulties.

Religion for 500• Three “prizes” received by

Olympic winners.

• Olive wreath• Parades• Free meals• Poems written about them

Thinkers for 100

• He believed that diseases had natural causes.

• Hippocrates What is another of his contributions?

Rules of behavior for doctors (called Hippocratic Oath)

Thinkers for 200

• What was described in Plato’s book The Republic?

• An ideal government (political science)

Thinkers for 300• He developed a method of

classifying plants and animals.

• Who is Aristotle?

There’s more! What else did

I do?

• Invented the idea of testing a hypothesis(3rd step of Scientific Method)

• Created syllogisms – a form of logic

Thinkers for 400

• This philosopher developed a method of questioning used to clarify understanding.

• SocratesKnowledge and wisdom

What would a philosopher search

for, anyway?

Thinkers for 500

• This Greek made speeches opposing Phillip II of Macedon.

• Who is Demosthenes?Who was Phillip trying to

organize the Greeks to fight against?

Persia

Miscellaneous for 100

• The organization in both Sparta and Athens that passed laws.

• What is an assembly?

Miscellaneous for 200

• The city-state(s) that would abandon weak or unwanted babies.

• What are Athens AND Sparta?

Miscellaneous for 300

• Two reasons theater masks were used.

• Show emotion• Show gender• Magnify sound• Allow one player to play multiple characters

Miscellaneous for 400

• This person explained the lever and made the compound pulley.

• Who is Archimedes?

Developed the screw; Explained buoyancy;

calculated Pi…..

C’mon, I did more than THAT! What

else?

Miscellaneous for 500

• THREE parts of a Greek temple (use the correct terms- not “roof”).

• What are stylobate, column, capital, frieze, pediment.

Government for 100

• This city-state required women to be accompanied by a chaperone in public.

• What is Athens?

Government for 200

• A set of rules and laws for a country.

• What is a constitution?

Government for 300• The term for Sparta’s government;

means “rule by a few.”

• What is an oligarchy?

Government for 400

• The term for wealthy nobles; they ruled Sparta.

• What is an aristocrat?

Government for 500

• The Parthenon was built for this goddess and is on this fortified hill.

• What is Athena and Acropolis?

Government for 500

• The Parthenon was built for this goddess and is on this fortified hill.

• What is Athena and acropolis?

Persia for 100

• The capital of the Persian Empire was located in this area of the world.

• What is the Middle East?In what modern day

country?What is Iran?

Persia for 200• The writing system / alphabet used

by the ancient Persian Empire.

• What is cuneiform?

Persia for 300• Two examples of how Persians tried

to establish a “unified world.”• What is…

– incorporated art styles of others– established Aramaic as common language– kept local leaders in power even after being

conquered– Respected others’ religious beliefs– ….?

Persia for 400• Name 3 contributions /

accomplishments of the Persian Empire.

• What are – Carpet weaving– Calligraphy– Roads– Postal system– Use of coins?

Persia for 500• Three actions / accomplishments

of Cyrus the Great.• What are…

– Created a postal system– Maintained a strong army– Allowed conquered people to keep customs, religion, language,

government– Allowed slaves to return to homelands– Appointed a governor/satrap in each province…