History Greece / Roman Empires Unit 2 Flashcards

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What were the 3 main cities of Greece

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  1. Athens
  2. Sparta
  3. Mycenae
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How long did Mycenae rule over the Aegon region?

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from 1400-1200 B.C

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3
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Were did Mycenea absurd some of its culture from

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Egypt

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4
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What wrote The Iliad and Odyssey

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Homer

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5
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What city-state was known for its extreme militaristic values

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sparta

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6
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How young were soldiers enlisted in Sparta

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7 years old

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what happened to the sick in Sparta

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they were cast off to die

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What were some rules in Sparta

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travel was forbidden
self wealth was ignored
new ideas “change” was bad

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What type of ppl were Sparta

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isolationists

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What were the three fazes of govt Athens went through

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Monarchy to Aristocracy to Democracy

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Which govt did Athens power/wealth come from

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Aristocracy

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Why did Athens become a Democracy?

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Land owners took too much power, people revolted

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Whats a democracy

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Gov’t by authority of the people

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How was Athens different from our democracy

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All males were expected to vote
Juries were 400-500 members
Main legislative body – approx. 6,000

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How was the council selected in Athens

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through a vote

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16
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how long did a chairman be in office

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one day

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17
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What did solon do in Athens

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He was responsible of the democratic reform

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who were the Cleisthenes

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Aristocrat from birth/Warrior

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What religion was practiced in Greece

20
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Who was Zuez and were did he live

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God over Gods and lived on mnt elimpous

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Who were Zeus’s children

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Aphrodite – goddess of Love

Ares – god of war

Athena – goddess of wisdom

22
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Who were the lovers of wisdom

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philosopherss

23
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What did philosophers do?

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Questioned accepted values of science and society
Studied subjects to discover laws of universe

24
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Who was Socrates

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a philosopher who questioned the way of live of Greece

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what was the “Socratic Method”
Ask questions/examined implications of answers
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Who was Plato
student of Socrates Author of The Republic
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What did Plato believe in
the importance of reaon
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what was Plato's ideal society
3 classes workers soldiers philophisores
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Who was Aristotle
platos most famous student
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What form of Government did Aristotle think was best?
Dictatorship
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what battle did the Athenians win against the Persians
the battle of marathon
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what was the Peloponnesian League
a bunch of city-states joined together with Athens, even enemies
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When did alexander take the thrown
age 20
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what book did Alexander carry to battle?
The Iliad
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what was wrong with Alexander's rule?
it was chaos over rule for many years
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Empire eventually split under what 3 generals?
1) Macedonia/Greece 2) Egypt 3) Persia
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what were Hippocrates
they set standards for practice of medicine
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what were the Roman senet called
patrisions
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what were the 2 councils of Rome for?
1) supervise the business of gov’t 2) command armies
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what made up most of Rome's population?
plebeians
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what did Rome conquer
Greece