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Greco-Roman Civilisation Flashcards

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when did greek civil begin?

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3000bc

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when did roman civil begin?

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2000bc

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when did the romans conquer greece

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146bc

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how did the greco-roman civilisations influence the modern world (5)

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art, science, mathematics, philosophy, architecture

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why did greek city-states develop individually?

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land transportation was inconvenient bc there were many hills surrounding the villages in the valleys

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differences (3) and similarities (2) of greek city-states

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diff: laws, gov, army
sim: language, religion

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who are the freemen of athens?

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x slaves, women, children or foreigners

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what did people do in the assembly?

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talked and voted about laws and wars

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how was the council chosen and who were the candidates?

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candidates: freemen
chosen by lot

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how was the inner council chosen and who were the candidates?

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candidates: people in the council
chosen by ballot

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what does the term “democracy” mean?

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“rule by the people”

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what type of government is athens?

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democratic government

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what does democracy imply?

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people get to vote and make decisions, not just one ruler/ the king

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what is legislative power?

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makes/ proposes laws

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what is executive power?

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puts the laws into action & plans policy

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which system in hk is like the assembly, and has legislative power?

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legislative council of hk

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which system in hk is like the inner council, and has executive power?

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hksar government

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what type of government is sparta? what does it mean?

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timarchy: ruled by a few men from noble families

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what did athenians study? (3)

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mathematics, poetry, music etc

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what did spartans value more?

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valued military training, didn’t care about reading & writing as much

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what were the economic activities in sparta? what did they discourage?

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farming and conquering, discouraged trade

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what was the currency spartans used?

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long, iron rods (harder to steal)

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what were the economic activities in athens? (based on…)

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based on trade

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what was the currency athenians used?

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coins

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women in sparta…

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can sell & own property if their husband has been away for war for too long

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who does the decision-making in the gov of sparta?

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council of elders + two kings

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who does the decision-making in the gov of sparta?

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assembly

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28
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when and where was the first olympic games held?

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776bc and olympia

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how can we see that the olympic games were important to ancient greeks? (3)

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  1. athletes from all over greece came to participate in the olympic games
  2. all fighting between city-states stopped 3 months before the olympic games until it was over
  3. when winners returned to their city-states, they were welcomed as heroes
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why did the ancient olympic games come to an end?

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greece came under the toman rule in 146bc. the roman emperor theodosius was a christian and stopped all cult practices, including the olympic games, in ad393

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[ancient olympic games] location

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always held in the same place

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[ancient olympic games] time

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every 4 years in the summer

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[ancient olympic games] events

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running, jumping, wrestling etc

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[ancient olympic games] awards

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wreath of olive leaves cut from a scared tree in olympia

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[ancient olympic games] purpose

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held as a religious festival to honour zeus

36
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[new olympic games] location

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held in diff countries every time

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[new olympic games] time

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every 2 years alternating between summer and winter

38
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[new olympic games] events

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has more variety: swimming, skiing etc

39
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[new olympic games] awards

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medals: gold for 1st, silver for 2nd, bronze for 3rd

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[new olympic games] purpose

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to promote world peace and fair competition

41
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what does the term “philosophy” mean?

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love of wisdom/ knowledge

42
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4 greek philosophers in time order

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homer, socrates, plato, aristotle

43
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which philosopher’s existence was questioned?

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homer

44
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what were the key publications of homer?

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  1. the iliad
  2. the odyssey
45
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what was homer’s influence on the modern world?

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unparalleled influence on western literature, culture and poems which are still studied

46
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which philosopher was named “the father of western philosophy”?

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socrates

47
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how did socrates die?

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sentenced to death by poison by the athenian leaders bc he didn’t believe in the athenian gods

48
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what is the socrate method?

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“to learn by asking questions”

49
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why didn’t socrates support democracy?

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he believed that it would ultimately lead to the election of tyrants

50
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did socrates write books/ record his ideas?

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no (his student plato wrote them down afterwards)

51
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what was socrates’ influence on the modern world?

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science: development of the scientific method (hypothesis)
politics: encouraged modern politicians to question their governments (e.g. martin luther jr)

52
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whose student was plato?

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student of socrates

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what was plato’s key idea?

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it is important to use reason and will to examine oneself and control natural desire

54
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what was plato’s key publication? what was it about?

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the republic (to study the best form of gov)

55
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which school did plato set up?

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the academy (to nurture good citizen)

56
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what was plato’s influence on the modern world?

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ideas to improve the government and how democracy works (e.g. how to prevent mob rule)

57
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whose student was aristole?

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student of plato

58
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who did aristole teach?

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teacher of alexander the great

59
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what was aristole’s key idea?

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we can only achieve true knowledge by experimenting

60
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which school did aristole found?

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the lyceum

61
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what was aristole’s influence on the modern world? (3)

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  1. developed the 1st system of classification of animals
  2. used experiments to study science
    3. promoted practical sciences like ethics and politics that guided behaviour
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what was socrates’ influence on the modern world? (2)

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  1. development of the scientific method– hypothesis
  2. encouraged modern politicians to question their governments
63
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4 mathematicians/ scientists

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pythagoras, euclid, archimedes, hippocrates

64
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what did pythagoras discover? (name+explaination)

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discovered the theorem relating to the lengths of the 3 sides of a right-angled triangle: a^2+b^2=c^2 (the pythagoras theorem)

65
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what did euclid facilitate the development of? (+example)

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development of geometry (e.g. angles of an equilateral triangle are the same)

66
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what did archimedes discover? (2)

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  1. discovered a method to measure circumference
  2. discovered the principle of “mass = density x volume”
67
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what is hippocrates called?

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the father of medicine

68
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what did hippocrates write?

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the hippocratic oath

69
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how do we know that hippocrates has made an influence on the modern world?

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modern doctors still have to take the Oath when they first become doctors

70
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where were greek temples built?

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on the acropolis, the walled-area on high ground

71
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what architectural features were there? (2)

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columns and pediments

72
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what types of columns are there? (3)

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doric (e.g. used on the partheon), ionic, corinthian

73
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greek architectural styled buildings in hk (3)

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king’s college, university of hk, central library

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