Pre-AP World History Midterm Review

2. Philosopher who said avoid public affairs and politics for true pleasure.
5. War between Athens and Sparta (431–404 BCE) caused by Spartan fear of Athenian power.
6. Shift in Hellenistic art toward emotion, suffering, and individuality (vs. Classical idealism).
7. Philosopher who classified knowledge through research and observation.
8. Major city founded by Alexander; later center of Mediterranean culture.
9. A leader who seized power unconstitutionally/unlawfully in Greek city-states.
13. Enslaved population of Sparta from Laconia/Messenia.
18. Reforms that turned Sparta into a military state.
19. means "Love of wisdom" in Greek.
20. Standard of Classical Greek sculpture (perfect, not realistic).
22. Athenian tyrant who promoted economic prosperity and public works.
23. Means “to imitate the Greeks”
24. Athenian leader during the Golden Age of culture and the beginning of the Peloponnesian War .
25. The assembly of all male citizens over 18 in Athens.
26. Defensive alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens against Persia.
27. Largest Hellenistic kingdom (area).

1. Hellenistic kingdom controlling Egypt.
3. Failed rebellion against Persia that sparked the Greco-Persian Wars.
4. Foreign residents in Athens with legal protection but no citizenship.
7. Macedonian conqueror who fused Greek and Eastern cultures.
10. Athenian aristocratic reformer who cancelled debts and freed debt slaves.
11. Macedonian king who conquered Greece (father of Alexander).
12. Mountain home of the Greek gods.
14. Philosopher who believed only the wise should rule; used questioning method to discover truth.
15. Philosophy teaching happiness through living in harmony with divine will.
16. Athletic games initially held to honor the gods (Zeus).
17. Plato’s book on the ideal society.
21. Plato believes this should be the largest group of society and are also the producers.