Questions about chapter three in World Civilizations, AP* Edition.
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| 76132363 | Plato | Greek philosopher; knowledge based on consideration of ideal forms outside the material world; proposed ideal form of government based on abstract principles in which philosophers ruled | 0 | |
| 76132364 | Socrates | Athenian philosopher of later 5th century BCE; tutor of Plato; urged rational reflection of moral decisions; condemned to death for corrupting minds of Athenian young | 1 | |
| 76132365 | Macedon | Kingdom located in northern Greece; originally loosely organized under kings, became centralized under Philip II; served as basis for unification of Greece and later Macedonian Empire | 2 | |
| 76132366 | Olympic games | One of the pan-Hellenic rituals observed by all Greek city-states; involved athletic competitions and ritual celebrations | 3 | |
| 76132367 | Alexander the Great | Successor of Philip II; successfully conquered Persian Empire prior to his death in 323 BCE; attempted to combine Greek and Persian cultures | 4 | |
| 76132368 | Peloponnesian Wars | Wars from 431 to 404 BCE between Athens and Sparta for dominance in southern Greece; resulted in Spartan victory but failure to achieve political unification of Greece | 5 | |
| 76132603 | Cleisthenes | Athenian reformer of late 6th century BCE; established democratic Council of 500 in Athens | 6 | |
| 76132604 | Ptolemies | One of the regional dynasties that followed the death of Alexander the Great; founded in Egypt | 7 | |
| 76132605 | Philip II | Ruled Macedon from 359 to 336 BCE; founder of centralized kingdom; later conquered rest of Greece, which was subjected to Macedonian authority | 8 | |
| 76132606 | Aeschylus | Greek writer of tragedies | 9 | |
| 76132607 | Aristotle | Greek philosopher; teacher of Alexander the Great; knowledge based on observation of phenomena in material world | 10 | |
| 76132976 | Ionic | Along with Doric and Corinthian, distinct style of Hellenistic architecture; more ornate than Doric but less than Corinthian |  | 11 |
| 76132977 | Corinthian | Along with Doric and Ionian, distinct style of Hellenistic architecture; the most ornate of the three styles |  | 12 |
| 76132978 | Doric | Along with Ionic and Corinthian, distinct style of Hellenistic architecture; the least ornate of the three styles |  | 13 |
| 76133175 | Völkerwanderungen | Movements of Germanic peoples southward into the Roman Empire; resulted from population growth, pressure of Asian groups on eastern flanks of Germanic regions | 14 | |
| 76133569 | Hellenism | Culture derived from the Greek civilization that flourished between 800 and 400 BCE | 15 | |
| 76133570 | Pisastratus | Athenian tyrant of the 6th century BCE; gained popular support against traditional aristocratic councils of Athenian government | 16 | |
| 76133571 | Alexandria, Egypt | One of many cities of that name founded by Alexander the Great; site of ancient Mediterranean's greatest library; center of literary studies | 17 | |
| 76133572 | helots | Conquered indigenous population of Spartan city-state; provided agricultural labor for Spartan landowners; only semifree; largest population of Spartan city-state | 18 | |
| 76133573 | Aristophanes | Greek writer of the comedies; author of The Frogs | 19 | |
| 76133574 | Seleucids | One of the regional dynasties that followed the death of Alexander the Great; founded in Mesopotamia | 20 | |
| 76133817 | Hellenistic period | That culture associated with the spread of Greek influence as a result of Macedonian conquests; often seen as the combination of Greek culture with eastern political forms | 21 | |
| 76133818 | oracle at Delphi | Person representing the god Apollo; allegedly received cryptic messages from the god that had predictive value if the seeker could correctly interpret the communication | 22 | |
| 76133819 | Persian Wars | Two wars fought in early 5th century BCE between Persian Empire and Greek city-states; Greek victories allowed Greek civilization to define identity separate from the Asian empire | 23 | |
| 76133820 | Pericles | Athenian political leader during 5th century BCE; guided development of Athenian Empire; died during early stages of Peloponnesian War | 24 | |
| 76133821 | Iliad | First part of the Greek epic poem attributed to Homer but possibly the work of many authors; defined gods and human nature that shaped Greek mythos | 25 | |
| 76134133 | Solon | Athenian reformer of the 6th century; established laws that eased burden of debt on farmers, forbade enslavement for debt | 26 | |
| 76134134 | Odyssey | Second part of the Greek epic poem attributed to Homer but possibly the work of many authors; defined gods and human nature that shaped Greek mythos | 27 | |
| 76134135 | Stoics | Hellenistic group of philosophers; emphasized inner moral independence cultivated by strict discipline of the body and personal bravery | 28 | |
| 76134336 | Antigonids | One of the regional dynasties that followed the death of Alexander the Great; founded in Macedonia and Greece | 29 | |
| 76134337 | Sophocles | Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex | 30 |
