6th - SS Chapters 10 & 11 notes

Question 0

Where the Greeks dependent on a river?

Answer 0

No

Question 1

Where did many ancient civilizations form?

Answer 1

Near rivers - because the rivers would overflow in the spring making the soil good for farming.

Question 2

Describe Greece’s land.

Answer 2

It is rugged mountainous lands with no real rivers. It does not have good farm land.

Question 3

Where is Greece located?

Answer 3

In the southern corner of Europe. It is on the southern tip of the Balcan peninsula. The sea separates Greece from the western edge of Asia.

Question 4

Name the seas that Greece is surrounded by on three sides.

Answer 4

Aegean Sea on the east, Ionian Sea on the west (separates Greece from Italy), and Mediterranean Sea to the south (links Greece to Asia, North Africa and the western side of Europe)

Question 5

Due to the Greece’s many excellent harbors, what type of work did many Greeks’ do?

Answer 5

They were great sailors and traders

Question 6

Where did most people live in Ancient Greece?

Answer 6

Along the coast and in the lands few river valleys

Question 7

What crops did the Greeks grow?

Answer 7

Grapes, olives and barley along with raising animals

Question 8

What did trade allow Greece to do?

Answer 8

It allowed the spread of Greek ideas and for the Greeks to learn farming techniques from other countries.

Question 9

What affected how life in Greece developed and causing uniting the country under one government difficult?

Answer 9

Geography

Question 10

Even though mountains divided Ancient Greece into different regions and kept people apart, what traits did they have in common?

Answer 10

Language and religion

Question 11

Due to geography, many independent cities sprang up each doing things their own way. What was another named for these Greek city-states?

Answer 11

Polis

Question 12

What was the climate like in Greece?

Answer 12

Pleasant - allowing for an outdoor way of life

Question 13

What was the name of the Ancient Greece marketplace?

Answer 13

Agora

Question 14

Name some things that were done outside in Ancient Greece.

Answer 14

1. Watched plays in outdoor theaters
2. Held political meetings
3. Held religious celebrations
4. Held sports contests

Question 15

What civilization developed on Crete, an island in the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer 15

Minoans

Question 16

By 2500BC, the highly advanced civilization of Minoans had developed what?

Answer 16

A written language, could weave cloth, and make pottery and jewelry

Question 17

Where did the wealth of the Minoan civilization come from?

Answer 17

Trade - they controlled trade with the islands in the Aegean Sea and the cities on the coast of the Ionian Sea.

Question 18

What did the Minoans trade?

Answer 18

Food grown on the island as well as the crafts of their artisans

Question 19

By 1600 BC, the Minoan civilization was a powerful influence in the Aegean Islands and part of the Greek influenced peninsula called what?

Answer 19

Delpomesum

Question 20

What did the Minoans’ ship do by patrolling the seas?

Answer 20

Protected the kingdom from invaders

Question 21

? Though we do not know why, the Minoan civilization grew weak. What was the name of the civilization from the north that destroyed them?

Answer 21

Dorians

Question 22

What civilization developed around 1600 BC?

Answer 22

Mycenaean

Question 23

Each city-state had a different kind of government, name some examples.

Answer 23

1. By kings - aristocracy- hereditary class of rulers

2. By the citizens themselves - democracy

Question 24

Where did democracy arose?

Answer 24

Athens

Question 25

How was the city-state of Athens governed?

Answer 25

By an assembly made up of all citizens 18 and up.

Question 26

Later, 500 citizens were chosen to serve on a council for a year. Who could approve the council’s decisions?

Answer 26

The assembly

Question 27

Who were considered citizens and take part in the Greek democracy?

Answer 27

Males 18 years or older - slaves, women and workers born outside of Athens were not able to participate in government (vote or testify) or own property

Question 28

What was the best example of a democratic Greek city-state?

Answer 28

Athens

Question 29

The assembly best illustrates the principles and practices of what?

Answer 29

Direct Democracy

Question 30

Greeks in the city-states believed who had the right to rule the city-states?

Answer 30

Only the best people

Question 31

What Greek city-state was the opposite of Athens?

Answer 31

Sparta - which is located in the southern part of Greece

Question 32

How was Sparta ruled?

Answer 32

Sparta was strictly ruled like a military state

Question 33

When Sparta conquered its neighbors, those people became known as what?

Answer 33

Helots - they were forced to farm the land and turn over half the food to Sparta

Question 34

What was life in Sparta centered on?

Answer 34

Military power

Question 35

Sparta was ruled by a council of elders, what was this type of government called?

Answer 35

Oligarchy

Question 36

Sparta, also elected whom that was responsible for the day-for-day operations of the government?

Answer 36

Ephors

Question 37

In the military state of Sparta, how were babies and boys treated?

Answer 37

Only healthy babies were allowed to live and at 7 years of age boys began the difficult training for life in the army

Question 38

How were women treated in Sparta?

Answer 38

1. Were expected to be strong and responsible
2. Had more rights than in other city-states
3. Could own property
4. BUT COULD NOT be part of government