CLASSICAL EUROPE (WH) Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
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Goddess of LOVE? (similar to Aphrodite)

A

Venus

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2
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The Aenid?

A

Virgil

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3
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Chief deity in Roman Mythology?

A

Jupiter

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4
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Huge amphitheater

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Coliseum

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5
Q

God of WAR?

A

Mars

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6
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Goddess of HEARTH?

A

Vesta

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7
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Most renowned military leaders and empire builders; his impact is felt in the spread of Hellenistic Culture.

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Alexander the Great

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8
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Athletic game in honor of Zeus?

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Olympic Games

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9
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God of MARRIAGE?

A

Hera

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10
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Large vase for storage of oil and other supplies ?

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Amphoras

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11
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Goddess of hearth, home and fire?

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Hestia

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12
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Temple dedicated to the goddess Athena?

A

Parthenon

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13
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Made Athens a showcase of Greece?

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Pericles

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14
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Ruler of the underworld?

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Hades

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15
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God of the seas?

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Poseidon

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Patron of Athens; embodied wisdom and protected handicrafts and agriculture.

17
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Chief Olympic God

18
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It made Mycenean civilization major power.

19
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Legendary King (King of Knossos)

20
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A palace on a hill?

A

Mycenean Kingdom

21
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Mountainous peninsula surrounded by Ionina and Aegean Sea.

22
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Discovered the treasure of a lifetime (palace with 800 rooms).

A

Sir Arthur Evans

23
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Similar to the Middle East Civilization?

24
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Warlike tribe from the north who invaded the Mycenean?

25
The largest and most important island?
Crete
26
Trading Civilization
Minoans
27
Painting of water-based pigments on freshly applied plaster.
Frescoes
28
WRITE YOUR ANSWER IF ITS GREECE OR ROME: 1). Arch and Vault 2). Glassmaking 3). Catapult 4). Concrete 5). Astrolabe 6). Antikythera 7). Military Technology 8). Archimedes screw 9). Odometer 10). Bathhouses 11). Sundials and Waterclocks 12). Aqueducts 13). Lighthouses 14). Roads
1. ROME 2. ROME 3. GREECE 4. ROME 5. GREECE 6. GREECE 7. ROME 8. GREECE 9. GREECE 10. ROME 11. ROME 12. ROME 13. GREECE 14. ROME
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There is an absolute right or wrong.
Socrates
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Father of history
Herodotus
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Observation and comparison to gain knowledge.
Aristotle
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Statue of Athena and Zeus in Parthenon.
Phidias
33
Statue of Hermes
Praxiteles
34
Social satire
Aristophanes
35
Discobolus (Dicus Thrower)
Myron
36
Antigone (conflicts between divine and human law)
Sophocles
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Pythagorean Theory
Pythagoras
38
On the solstice
Thales