Greeks Flashcards
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What caused the Greek communities to follow their own separate paths? (Geographically)
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The mountains
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Also called city-state in Greece
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Polis
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It is the location of Sparta and site of Olympia
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Peloponneus
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This place became a great producer of grain and horses
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Thessaly
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It is where athletic games were held
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Olympia
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It is the bronze age civilization
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Minoan crete
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Minoan was named after who?
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Minos
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Who is Minos?
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Legendary king of Crete
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Who named the civilization Minoan?
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Archaeologist Arthur Evans
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This civilization consisted of a number of powerful monarchies
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Mycenaean
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Mycenaean was derived from what word?
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Mycenae
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Who excavated the Mycenaean civilization?
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Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (German)
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This civilization suffered a sudden and catastrophic collapse
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Minoan
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Civilization known as the sea empire
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Minoan
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The people in this civilization are above all a warior people
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Mycenaeans
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The people in this civilization are not Greek but had some influence from mainland Greece
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Minoan
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This civilization developed an extensive commercial network
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Mycenaean
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This civilization spread outward militarily
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Mycenaean
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This place is known today as Dardanelles
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Hellespont
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This is the earliest civilization in the Aegan region
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Minoan
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The civilization is surrounded by gigantic walls
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Mycenaean
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The civilization itself was burned
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Mycenaean
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Used metals in making weapons especially bronze
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Minoan
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In this era, population declined and food production is falling. What do historians refer this age as?
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Dark Age
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During the Dark Age, what replaced bronze?
Iron
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In the dark agw, they colonized the large islands of Lesbos
Aeolian
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In the dark age, they established themselves in southwestern Greece especially in Peloponnesus
Dorians
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During the dark age, what kind of alphabet did the Greeks adopt?
Phoenician alphabet
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At the end of the dark age, whose poetry appeared and was viewed as one of the greatest poets of all time?
Homer
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This masterpiece by Homer is an epic romance
Odyssey
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Why did the Greeks regard Homer's masterpieces as authentic history?
Because they gave the Greeks an idealized past
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Who is Odyssey's wife?
Penelope
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What were the values inculcated by Homer? (Aristocratic values)
Courage and honor
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It is won in a struggle or contest
Arete
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An epic poem by Homer about the Trojan War but not so much the story of the war itself
Iliad
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Who is the prince of Troy?
Paris
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Who is the wife of the king of Greek in Sparta? (In Iliad)
Helen
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What is the Iliad about?
Tale of the Greek hero Achilles / "wrath of Achilles"
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What is a small but autonomous political unit in which all major political, social and religious activities were carried out at one central location?
Polis
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Plural of polis
Poleis
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A polis on a hill (in athens)
Acropolis
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What do you call the marketplace below the acropolis?
Agora
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Politics is derived from what Greek term?
Polis
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Heavily armed infantrymen who wore bronze or leather armor
Hoplites
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A rectangular formation in a battle
Phalanx
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What do you call an independent polis that links to the mother polis?
Metropolis
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What led to increased tradr and industry?
Colonization
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They are rulers who came to powrr in an unconstitutional way
Tyrants
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It means rule by the few
Oligarchy
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Slaves in sparta are called what?
Helots
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What do helots mean?
Capture
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It is a military state
Sparta
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Established a unified polis
Athens
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What do spartans mean nowadays?
Highly self-disciplined
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Which had greater freedom when it comes to women? Sparta or Athens?
Sparta
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Has an oligarchy type of government
Sparta
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A council of elders in sparta
Gerousia
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How many citizens consist of the council of elders? At what age?
28 citizens, 60+ years old
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They are ruled by monarchy
Athens
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Mostly controled by powerful aristocrats
Athens
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Who created the Council of Five Hundred?
Cleisthenes
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This word describe Athen's system. And what is the meaning of that word?
Democracy
Demos - people
Kratia - power
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Who cancelled all land debts, outlawed new loans and freed people who had fallen into slavery for debts?
Solon
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Boys were taken from their mothers at the age of what?
Seven
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The men remained in military service until the age of what?
Sixty
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Spartan women were encouraged to?
Exercise and remain fit
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An assembly of all male citizens
Apella
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Spartans discouraged from studying what?
Philosophy, literature, arts
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A group of five men who were responsible for supervising the education of youth and conduct of all citizens
Ephors
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Spartan males were recognized as mature and allowed to vote in the assembly and lived at home at the age of what?
Thirty
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Aristocrat that pursued a foreign policy that aided Athenian trade
Pisistratus
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Greeks adopted gods and goddesses as well as myths from?
Mesopotamiam
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Life-size stone statues of young male nudes
Kouros
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Who led the out-numbered Athenians and crushed the Persian forces?
Militiades
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Who is the father of history?
Herodotus
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What did Herodotus write?
History of the Persian war
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He practiced Ostracism
Pericles
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It is the war among Greeks, themselves
The Great Peloponnesian War
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How many years did the Peloponnesian War last?
27 years
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To whom did Sparta allied with?
Persia
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Overcrowding of people in Athens lead to what?
A plague
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About how many people did this plague kill?
1/3 of their population
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Who led his army from the north and conquered Greece?
King Philip II of Macedonia
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Who was the son of King Philip II that never lost a battle?
Alexander the Great
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How did Alexander the Great die?
Fever
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The value believed that human beings could achieve great things
Experience
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Value of balance
Moderation
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He wrote poems to honor victories in athletic games and heroes killed in battle
Pindar
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She wrote poems about friendship and love
Sappho
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What is Greek drama based on?
Old stories of gods and heroes
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He stepped away from the chorus and spoke lines as individual
Thespis
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Who are the 3 great known Greek tradegists? (Drama)
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides
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He is a great Greek comedian? (Drama)
Aristophanes
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He wrote about the Peloponnesian war. Known as the greatest historian in time
Thucydides
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He wrote about the Persian Wars. Known as th Father of History
Herodotus
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Who was the sculptoror the statue of Athena?
Phidies
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What word did Philosophy come from?
Philosophia
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He regarded water as the basic element of nature
Thales
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He believed that the universe was arranged according to mathematical laws
Pythagoras
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He taught that nature was made up of tiny atoms
Democritus
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First doctor, "Hippocratic Oath"
Hippocrates
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They taught speech, grammar, poetry, gymnastics, mahematics and music
Sophists
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Sophists argued that what didn't exist?
gods
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He criticized Athenian Democracy
Plato
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The 3 well known philosophers
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (SPA)
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He relies on reason, not emotions
Socrates
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He emphasized the importance of able leaders and respect for the law
Aristotle
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Socrates' great student
Plato
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What was the name of the school that Plato built?
The Academy
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He believed hat democracy is a good type of government
Socrates
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What leader does Plato believe as the best one?
Philosopher kings
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Plato's greatest student
Aristotle
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Aristotle was the father of what?
Father of Biology
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What is the type of the government that Aristotle think as the best one?
Constitutional Government
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What does Philosophy mean?
Love of wisdom
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King of Sparta
Leonidas
