Engineering an Empire

Name: ______

Engineering An Empire:

Greece

Introduction ~ Themistocles

1.  What is the greatest empire the world has ever known that lies just

outside of Greece?

2.  Who is the one Greek poised and ready for battle against Persia?

3.  What is a self-contained, self-reliant mini country within Greece?

4.  What is the offensive weapon of the Trireme? How fast could it go (knots)?

5.  Some historical sources claim that the Persians lost as many as ______ships to the Greeks ______.

Mycenaean Civilization

6.  According to myth, Agamemnon’s epic struggles were written down by ______, in two of history’s most famous tales, The Iliad & the Odyssey.

7.  What was the fate of Agamemnon when he returned home from the Trojan War?

8.  For all the inspiring visuals, nothing comes closer than what colossal main entrance to the citadel?

9.  What is the little trick that allows for the corbel arch?

10.  What was the corbel dome used for?

The Tyrant Polycrates

11.  Around 540 BC a tyrant named Polycates came to rule what island?

12.  What problem did Polycrates set about to solve the that plagued many cities in the arid climate?

13.  The floors of each tunnel connected with only ______difference between them; a discrepancy of only ______of a percent.

14.  What did the Persians do to Polycrates when they thought he was getting too much autonomy?

Pericles and the Golden Age

15.  What everlasting monument is Pericles everlasting legacy?

16.  When Themistocles defeated the Persians at the battle of Solomus, he saved not only Athens, but also its young ______.

17.  In 478 BC, Athens, together with the city-states of the Aegean formed a mutual defense alliance called the Delian League. The ancient world’s version of ______.

18.  What two Greek mythology gods does the narrator reference in the creation story of Greece?

Parthenon

19.  The Parthenon was to be about two-thirds the length of a football field. Its dimensions: ______feet long & ______feet wide.

20.  Each column on the Parthenon consisted of ______separate drums.

21.  What device did the engineers use to lift the drums?

22.  The columns on the Parthenon are from the Doric order. What does this mean?

23.  The Parthenon’s main function was to provide shelter for the statue of ______.

24.  What did Plato think of the Parthenon?

25.  How many years did it take to complete the Parthenon?

26.  What was the invisible enemy that took the lives of many Athenians?

27.  Who lost the Peloponnesian War? Athens or Sparta?

28.  Great marvels of Greek architecture and engineering world live on through what two men who weren’t even Athenian?

Father: ______Son: ______

29.  What is Hellenism?