greece

Question 1

Region of Persia located?

Answer 1

Located in present day southwestern Iran, east of mesopotamia (the empire stretched from asia minor to the hindu kush mountains)

Question 2

Secret to Cyrus the Greats success as a ruler

Answer 2

He used tolerance or sympathy for beliefs and practices of others (ex. After winning the war he showed mercy to the conquered king and let them keep there throne)

Question 3

Under Darius, How far did the Persian empire Stretch

Answer 3

2800 miles from india to europe

Question 4

How did Darius rule his large empire?

Answer 4

He avoided problems and he was a wise ruler

Question 5

What is Cyrus Cylinder?

Answer 5

ancient declaration of human rights

Question 6

What did Darius the great accomplish

Answer 6

• expanded the empire to its largest size
• developed an Imperial Bureaucracy to govern his massive empire
• also ruled with mercy and tolerance
• started the use of standard money and the Royal road

Question 7

Imperial Bureaucracy

Answer 7

Provinces

• satraps (governors)
• Army leader
• Tax collector
• Appointed by darius
• keep culture

Question 8

Zoroastrianism

Answer 8

• Human soul being fought over by 2 armies ( good vs evil)

- largest followers in india

Question 9

What 3 factors influenced Greek civilization

Answer 9

-seas
-land
-climate
( influenced the political, social, economical, development of ancient greece )

Question 10

The land factors

Answer 10

• mountains enabled Greeks to live in isolation
• only 20% of land was suitable for farming
• colonized lands for farming

Question 11

The Seas

Answer 11

• The aegean sea
• The ionian Sea
  -The mediterranean
  Had to rely on sea trade

Question 12

The climate

Answer 12

• moderate climate allowed outdoor lifestyle
• outdoor theaters
• Agora (marketplace)
• Religious ceremonies

Question 13

The Minoans

Answer 13

• seafarers and traders
• polytheistic
• strong navy
• spread culture throughout greece
• relatively prosperous people
• mysterious end

Question 14

The mycenaeans

Answer 14

• settled in mainland greece

- Invaded crete and adopted minoan culture

Question 15

The trojan war

Answer 15

famous 10 year war between mycenaeans and trojan

Question 16

The dorians

Answer 16

• Early greeks who settled in Mycenae
• considered less advanced than the mycenaeans
• No trade/written records

Question 17

HOMER

Answer 17

• considered the greatest storyteller of his time
• known for epics the Iliad and The odyssey
• talked about how gods and goddess influenced the lives of humans

Question 18

The origins the greek civilization

Answer 18

Crete a civilization that is located 150 off mainland greece

Question 19

Why do historians rely on archaeologist evidence in order to learn about the minoans?

Answer 19

because they cant read there language

Question 20

How did minoans develop there wealth

Answer 20

trade across the mediterranean

Question 21

Why did the Minoans not see a need for building walls

Answer 21

They had a strong navy controlling the seas

Question 22

Possible factors that could have contributed to the decline of the minoans

Answer 22

Natural disaster and invasions from mainland greece

Question 23

What group copied and then conquered the minoan civilization

Answer 23

The mycenaeans

Question 24

Significance of Mycenaean decline

Answer 24

People abandoned cities, trade halted, and the economy floundered

Question 25

Setting for homers epic poems and who was involved

Answer 25

Trojan war and believed that greeks and Anatolian city or troy were in battles

Question 26

Why did the greeks lack suitable farming land

Answer 26

They had hot,dry, and mountainous countryside land

Question 27

why did greece establish colonies overseas? Near what body of water were they located

Answer 27

They didn't have enough farmland to make enough food. They settled near the black and mediterranean seas

Question 28

What trade flourished due to colonies overseas

Answer 28

sea trade

Question 29

What did wide ranging sea encourage

Answer 29

cultural diffusion

Question 30

examples of Greek cultural diffusion

Answer 30

military skills

Question 31

what did greeks get from the phoenicians

Answer 31

city states, colonization, and sea trade

Question 32

Who were citizens in Athens and who wasn't?

Answer 32

Citizens were free adult men | non citizens were women, slaves, foreigners

Question 33

What did solon do for athens

Answer 33

He enacted reforms that helped reduce the growing gad between the rich and poor

Question 34

What did Cleisthenes do for athens

Answer 34

- expanded the democracy by giving every citizen equal rights - created legislative body who members were randomly picked

Question 35

What is an Agora

Answer 35

large open space in the middle of a city state that had a market place and government buildings

Question 36

what were all citizens expected to do

Answer 36

vote and serve in the government

Question 37

what is an acropolis?

Answer 37

an upper citystate stoned wall fortress, was the last line of defence of invasion

Question 38

what did greeks call city states

Answer 38

polis

Question 39

geographic feature that made it hard for city states to communicate and trade

Answer 39

High mountains surrounded by plains and valleys

Question 40

In what way were city states similar and different

Answer 40

Similarities: common language, religion, heritage, and culture Differences: own sets of customs/laws

Question 41

what group of people challenged the aristocracy

Answer 41

Growing merchant class and they gained power from trade expanding

Question 42

what ways did tyrants help people

Answer 42

They gave farms to landless and work to the unemployed

Question 43

sparta's government

Answer 43

- power in the hands of a few people - mix of kings, elected officials, and ruling class - council of elders( shared power with kings) - able to maintain a balance of power and stability

Question 44

Sparta's Economy

Answer 44

- agriculture based - Helots - little participation in trade

Question 45

sparta's education

Answer 45

Boys education; focused on military | girls education: formal education with PE

Question 46

Women in sparta

Answer 46

- had more freedom than other women in greece | - EXPECTATIONS: strong, and produce more soldiers(not citizens)

Question 47

Athens government

Answer 47

democracy - citizens assembly - council of 500 - little power for elected officials

Question 48

Athenian economy

Answer 48

- trade - the agora - currency

Question 49

Education Athens

Answer 49

- educated by mother until 6 or 7 - school from 6-14 - Focused on academics - military training at 18 - more wealth=better education - no education for girls

Question 50

Women in athens

Answer 50

- not citizens - wealthy women(less freedom) - poor women( had more freedom due to work) - could be priestesses

Question 51

Who were helots

Answer 51

state owned slaves captured from conquered lands

Question 52

when did athenians invent democracy

Answer 52

508 BC