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Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
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World History
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2014
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Engineering an Empire Questions that you will be tested on Ancient Greece Engineering an Empire: Greece 1. What is the “greatest empire the world has ever known” that lies just outside of Greece? Persia Engineering an Empire: Greece 4. What was the offensive weapon of the Trireme? How fast could it go? Bronze Battering Ram 8 knots (about 10 MPH) Trireme Battering Ram http://science.discovery.com/videos/what-theancients-knew-the-battering-ram.html Bed of Nails Video Engineering an Empire: Greece 6. According to myth, Agamemnon’s epic struggles were written down by _______ in the Iliad and the Odyssey. Homer Not Engineering an Empire: Greece 7. What was the fate of Agamemnon when he returned home from the Trojan War? His wife, Clytemnestra, murdered him Engineering an Empire: Greece 10. What was the corbel dome used for? A tomb Engineering an Empire: Greece 12. What problem did Polycrates set out to solve that plagued many cities in the arid climate? Water He built an aqueduct through a mountain Engineering an Empire: Greece 13. The floors of each tunnel connected with only _______ difference between them. 24 inches (two feet) Engineering an Empire: Greece 15. What everlasting monument is Pericles “everlasting legacy”? The Parthenon Engineering an Empire: Greece 17. In 478BC, Athens, together with city-states of the Aegean formed a mutual defense alliance called the Delian League. The ancient world’s version of _______. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Engineering an Empire: Greece 20. Each column on the Parthenon consisted of ____ separate drums. eleven Engineering an Empire: Greece 23. The Parthenon’s main function was to provide shelter for the statue of _______. Athena Engineering an Empire: Greece 24. What did Plato think of the Parthenon? He thought it was an eye sore, a useless waste of money by Pericles. Replica in Nashville Tennessee Engineering an Empire: Greece 26. What was the invisible enemy that took the lives of many Athenians? Plague / Disease Engineering an Empire: Greece 27. Who lost the Peloponnesian War, Athens or Sparta? Athens lost Sparta Won Engineering an Empire: Greece 28. Great marvels of Greek architecture and engineering would live on through what two men who weren’t even Athenians? Phillip II of Macedonia and his son Alexander the Great Engineering an Empire: Greece 29. What is Hellenism? The spreading of Greek (or Greek like) culture.