Greece

Question 1

What are civilizations shaped by?

Answer 1

Their environment

Geography is destiny

Question 2

What did Greece not have?

Answer 2

blessed land, no natural resources

Question 3

What did Greece have?

Answer 3

olive oil
pottery
wine

Question 4

Why was Greece lucky geographically?

Answer 4

Close enough for trading but far enough to avoid attacks

Question 5

What was the first Greek civilization?

Answer 5

Minoans who arose on the island of Crete

Ruled for 600 years, from 2000 to 1400 BC

Question 6

Who were the Minoans replaced by?

Answer 6

Myceneans
part of the Indo-Europeans
they learn art, architecture, writing, and trade from Minoans and then destroy them

Question 7

How were the Myceneans politically organized?

Answer 7

Into dozens of independent city-states

Question 8

What is Mycenae?

Answer 8

200,000 populated
largest city-state
started greek mythology

Question 9

What happened to the Myceneans?

Answer 9

wiped out by pastoralists peoples in 1100 even though the King of Pylos knew attack was coming

Question 10

What happens in 1100BC, after lost of the Myceneans?

Answer 10

all art, architecture, reading, writing, and population growth stops
leads to Dark Age 1100-800 BC

Question 11

What happens in 800 BC?

Answer 11

a turning point from dark age to archaic age

Question 12

What ‘good stuff’ happens in Archaic Age?

Answer 12

Greece gets replaced by Greeks
population increases
size and number of cities increases
Greeks engage in trade and importing again
Send out colonies across Europe

Question 13

What tech did the Greeks borrow and from whom?

Answer 13

Egyptians: columns
Lydians: coinage, impacts trade
Phonecians: system of writing, alphabet

Question 14

What caused political and military change in Greece?

Answer 14

learning about iron, impacts war tactics

Question 15

What did iron lead to, militarily?

Answer 15

the polite, a Greek soldier w/iron equipment
iron is more accessible to the common person
Greek warfare increases dramatically

Question 16

What connection exists in military and politics?

Answer 16

If you can afford to serve, you could vote and participate in government
since iron is more accessible, more people are involved in politics

Question 17

What did iron lead to, politically?

Answer 17

the polis (cities)

Question 18

What is a polis?

Answer 18

a city that is governed by an assembly, not king or president

Question 19

What is a polis the first example of?

Answer 19

democracy

Question 20

What can citizens do in the assembly?

Answer 20

attend
make proposals
join in the debate
vote
shows freedom of speech

Question 21

What were the requirements to participate in the assembly?

Answer 21

be male
not an alien (must be a natural born of the polis)
not a slave

Question 22

What is an oligarchy?

Answer 22

ruled by the few
most prevalent type (Sparta)
only hoplites could participate
10% of population (hoplites) had political rights

Question 23

What is a democracy?

Answer 23

ruled by the many
example: Athens
all male citizens allowed to participate
if couldn’t be a hoplite, you joined the navy
20-30% of population had political rights

Question 24

What did the Greeks have for their nations?

Answer 24

great patriotism to keep the political rights