Ch 6+7- Ancient Greece

Question 0

What was hard about Greece’s geography?

Answer 0

There were lots of mountains–> hard to farm, made cities more spread out and traded more

Question 1

What is Greece mostly made up of?

Answer 1

Peninsulas- areas of land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Question 2

Who we’re the Minoans?

Answer 2

One of the first ancient civilizations in Greece. Had a broad sea trade network, vibrant culture, and write on clay tablets

Question 3

Who were the Mycenaeans?

Answer 3

Overthrew the Minoans, focus the cultures on the mainland, traded a lot, spoke early form of Greek, wrote on tablets

Question 4

What was the Trojan War?

Answer 4

A war between the Trojans and Greeks when the Greeks hid in a horse to defeat the Trojans

Question 5

What were epics?

Answer 5

Long storytelling poems like the Illiad and the Odessey by homer

Question 6

What were the Dark Ages?

Answer 6

A period after the Trojan War that the. Greeks stopped writing and people spread out and builder acropolis-cities on hill

Question 7

What is a city state?

Answer 7

A city with its independent government and laws

Question 8

What are aristocrats?

Answer 8

Members of rich and powerful families that originally ruled the city states

Question 9

What are tyrants?

Answer 9

Rulers that later ruled the city states by taking over by force. They were not always cruel and mean.

Question 10

What is democracy?

Answer 10

A form of government when the citizens govern themselves. This was particularly expressed in Athens

Question 11

What was the golden age of Athens?

Answer 11

A period where Athens grew rich because of tributes, or payments made to Athens by allies, and made important achievements in the arts, philosophy, and literature

Question 12

Who was Pericles?

Answer 12

The Athenian leader at the time of the Golden Age who constructed the Parthenon

Question 13

Who were the Olympians?

Answer 13

The 12 major gods and goddesses of Greece who were immortal, or living forever

Question 14

What were oracles?

Answer 14

Sacred sites where the gods spoke (shrines)

Question 15

Who were philosophers?

Answer 15

People who believed the gods didn’t control nature and natural events

Question 16

Who was Socrates?

Answer 16

A philosopher who talked about the true meanings of justice and courage. He was forced to kill himself because people accused him of dishonoring the gods

Question 17

Who was Plato?

Answer 17

Socrates student, another philosopher who founded a school in Athens to teach about not trusting democracy

Question 18

Who was Aristotle?

Answer 18

Student of Plato, philosopher who believed that reason was the pursuit of knowledge.

Question 19

What where the three types of ancient Greek columns?

Answer 19

Doric- simplest
Ionic- forms kinda like an I at the top
Corinthian- most complex

Question 20

What is the pediment in a temple?

Answer 20

The top part

Question 21

What was the frieze in the temple?

Answer 21

The engravings of pictures in the pediment

Question 22

What was the goal of Greek art?

Answer 22

To honor the gods?

Question 23

What were temples based off of?

Answer 23

The golden rectangle

Question 24

What were tragedy plays?

Answer 24

Plays that usually end in disaster and death

Question 25

What was a comedy play?

Answer 25

Plays that make jokes about the current events of the time

Question 26

What was the role of the chorus in plays?

Answer 26

To give background information, comment on the events, or praise the gods

Question 27

What were Agoras?

Answer 27

Social marketplaces in Greek cities where men would meet to discus politics or to buy goods

Question 28

Who were vendors?

Answer 28

Sellers of goods in the Agoras

Question 29

What were in the Agoras?

Answer 29

Temples and government buildings that were built in the classical style

Question 30

What were Athenian women doing?

Answer 30

Housework, or low paying jobs

Question 31

What is slavery?

Answer 31

The condition of being owned by another person

Question 32

What was ethical objection?

Answer 32

The belief that owning a slave of your own race was not right

Question 33

Where would slaves work in Athens?

Answer 33

In farms or in mines

Question 34

How do Spartans compare to Athenians?

Answer 34

Spartans- aggressive, warriors | Athenians- calmer, artists

Question 35

Who were the helots?

Answer 35

Spartan slaves

Question 36

Who were the spartan men?

Answer 36

Warriors, trained for battle at an early age, disciplined

Question 37

Who were the spartan women?

Answer 37

Viewed as strong people, got many more rights then Athenian women,could own a business

Question 38

What was the battle at Marathon?

Answer 38

A battle with Athens against Persia where Athens won and somebody ran 25 miles and then died. That's where we get the marathon race from

Question 39

Who was Persia?

Answer 39

Wanted to take over Greece, served as a common enemy for greeks

Question 40

What was the Diocletian league?

Answer 40

A league where Athens got control of all the money in Greece and bossed all the city states around

Question 41

What was the Peloponnesian war?

Answer 41

When Sparta fought Athens and own, mostly because a plague, or widespread disease broke out, killing all the Athenians. After Athens lost they weren't on top ever again

Question 42

Who was king Phillip?

Answer 42

A king of Macedonia who wanted to be Greek. He formed alliances with many Greek city states and then captured every city state in Greece. Although, he treated his people fairly, he was later assassinated.

Question 43

Who was Alexander the Great?

Answer 43

The son of Phillip who expanded the Greek empire through Persia, Egypt, Babylon, etc. he formed cities in each place and named them after himself. He later died in babylon from a fever.

Question 44

What was the Hellenistic period?

Answer 44

Greek history after Alexander's death where the kingdoms he controlled split into three. Many Greek people spread out into the other parts like persia but everyone still followed the Greek culture

Question 45

Who were some great scientists of Ancient Greece?

Answer 45

Euclid-developed geometry Eratosthenes-developed circumference Archimedes-developed pulleys and levers