Ch3. Notes Given In Class

Question 1

Greece is the…

Answer 1

Country

Question 2

Greeks are…

Answer 2

The people living in Greece

Question 3

Greek is…

Answer 3

Language/adjective

Question 4

What was the time of the Greeks and the Romans?

Answer 4

Antiquity (oudheid)

Question 5

What is antiquity?

Answer 5

The ancient past (oudheid)

Question 6

What is a type of society in ancient Greece?

Answer 6

Agricultural-urban society

Question 7

What is agricultural-urban society?

Answer 7

The most common means of excistence= agriculture, but there are also cities= specialisation and trade

Question 8

What is the singular word for a city-state?

Answer 8

Polis

Question 9

What is a polis?

Answer 9

A city-state, a city+surrounding countryside+villages

Question 10

What is plural for a polis?

Answer 10

Poleis

Question 11

Each polis had their own…

Answer 11

Government (rules and laws), army, currency (coins).

Question 12

Sometimes two or more city-states…

Answer 12

Waged war agains each other.

Question 13

If there are many different city-states why then do we speak of ‘Ancient Greece’?

Answer 13

Because there are similarities between people living in Greek Poleis.

Question 14

What are these similarities between people living in Greek Poleis?

Answer 14

1: language
- everybode speaks Greek
2: Architecture
- We find the same kind of architecture troughout Greece
3: Religion
- Everybody believes in/honours the same gods

Question 15

The Greek god have human characteristics. What kind of?

Answer 15

• Appearance (human form)
• Family connection
• Character traits/ emotions
• Are immortal (onsterfelijk)
• Process extraordinary powers

Question 16

How did the Greek honour the gods?

Answer 16

Temples = house of a god or goddess
Build to last: material is stone
-Bring offerings
-Organizing festivals

Question 17

Explain the form of government, Monarchy

Answer 17

-One person holds the power
The monarch (king/queen)
-Power is heriditary (‘erfelijk’)
-Power is legally obtained 
(’wettelijk verkregen’)
-It’s the queen legal right to rule

Question 18

Explain the government, tyranny

Answer 18

-One person holds the power: a tyrant
-Power is grabbed by the tyrant
Often with help of soldiers
- Power = illegally obtained
(‘Onrechtmatig verkregen’)
It wasn’t the tyrant’s official, legal right to rule: he took the power for himself

Question 19

Explain the government Aristocracy

Answer 19

• A small group of elite Privileged people hold the power (=nobility)
• In order to rule you have to be a noblema, your birth decides if you’re allowed to rule or not

Question 20

Explain the government Oligarchy.

Answer 20

-A small group of people is in power
-In order to rule you have to meet a certain standard, for example
You have to possess a certain amount of wealth

Question 21

Explain the government Democracy

Answer 21

-The people (demos) hold the power
-So a large group of people hold power
-Decision that concern the polis are made through voting
You could vote if you were
An athenian citizen (=have civil rights)
Male
18 years or older
Forms of government in Athens are really unique in the ancient world

Question 22

In the democracy there was a change to …somebody

Answer 22

Ocracise

Question 23

What means ostracise?

Answer 23

That if a person gained too much power and formed danger that person could be voted out

Question 24

What is ostrakon?

Answer 24

A piece of Broken pottery where they would write down the name of the person who they wanted to vote out

Question 25

When had your name the majority?

Answer 25

With 6000

Question 26

What happened if you were ostracised?

Answer 26

You have to leave Athens for a period of ten years and when you return your property will still be yours