Mr kaplan Greece Flashcards
(33 cards)
Peninsula
Land surrounded by water on 3 sides (Mainland Greece is a Peninsula)
Acropolis
A raised, fortified city like the ancient Acropolis in Athens.
Democracy
Government by the people created in Athens Greece
Heritage
Your traits that can be inherited from your parents and family
minoans
Peaceful people from the island of Crete. The first known civilization of Greece
mycenaeans
More warlike than the Minoans, another early City-state of Greece
trojan horse
A hollow wooden horse given as a “gift” to the city of Troy that allowed the Mycenaeans to sneak into the city of Troy to finally win the Trojan War after 10 years
Homer
The Blind Poet who wrote the Epic Poems (The Iliad and the Odyssey)
The Iliad
Epic written by Homer that tells of the Hero Achilles and the Trojan War
oddesy
Epic written by Homer about the trip home from Troy after the war.
The dark ages
After the Trojan War ends and Greece falls into a period of depression
Hero
Someone who goes on a quest in Greek Mythology. They have powers given to them by the gods and are usually Demi-gods (half human, half god)
Myth
Stories used to teach morals and proper behavior or to explain the unexplainable
Fortified
strengthened
Citizen
A person who can vote or is born in a specific place
Oracle
People who can talk to the gods or interpret the gods intentions
city state
An independent city that has its own king and laws
Describe the Geography of Greece
¾ mountains, lots of islands and surrounded by seas. Mainland is a peninsula
How did mountains both help and hurt Ancient Greece?
The mountains isolated and protected the people of Greece
What 2 continents could you find “ancient Greece”?
Europe and Asia
What were the 3 things that made people “Greek”?
Language
Religion
Geography (where they are located)
Who were the Minoans? Describe them and their civilization?
Peaceful people on the island of Crete. No record of any war
Briefly be able to describe the myth of King Minos and the Minotaur
The Minotaur was in a labyrinth under the castle in Knossos, Crete. It was fed Athenians every year. Theseus defeated the Minotaur with a dagger given to him and a spool of thread that he used to get out of the labyrinth
Who were the Mycenaeans? Describe their civilization.
Mainland early Greeks who were more warlike than the Minoans
