Ancient Greece Flashcards
(33 cards)
What was the ancient Greeks strove for a kind of _______ that they called a arête?
Excellence
Who was the poet who wrote Iliad and the odyssey
Homer
The Iliad and the odyssey were examples of what?
Epic poems
During the eight century B.C., the Greeks adopted a new system of writing based on what
The Phoenician alphabet
Greece’s geography is 80%..
Mountains
Greeks history was influenced by greece’s what?
Mountains and seacost
The teachings of Homer promoted what?
The values of courage, honor, and excellence
Where did some Greeks settle during the dark age?
In Ionian, part of the Asia Minor.
What were the two major groups that settled within Greece itself?
Aeolians and Dorians
What was the first Greek state?
Mycenae
Who captured by the Spartans and forced to work as serfs?
Helots
What was a fortified area on a hilltop?
Acropolis
Who was a heavily armed foot soldiers?
Hoplites
Who was the Athenian reformer who came to power in 594 BC?
Solon
Who were the elected members of Sparta’s oligarchy?
Ephors
A young spartan warrior was told by his mother to return from the war by either ..
Carrying his shield or being carried on it.
The reforms of cleisthenes did what
Laid the foundations of democracy
The word Spartan has come to mean what?
Highly self-disciplined
The tyrants of Ancient Greece were what?
Rulers who seized power by force
By 750 BC, what became the central focus of Greek life.
The polis
In Athens, during the Age of Pericles, every male citizen was able to do what?
Was eligible to vote on all major issues.
After losing the battle of Thermopylae to the Persians, the Athenians did what?
Abandoned their city
What factors cause Athens to established itself as a leading trade center?
The city-state had a large population and not enough fertile land to grow, so it had to import many products.
In 479 BC, a large and unified Greek army did what?
They defeated the Persians.
