Minoans and Mycenaeans
Name the island where the Minoans lived and their most famous palace.
Crete,Knoess
What did the Spartans do to a newborn baby who was weak or deformed?
If a child was not strong enough it would not live.
What is an acropolis? What famous temple in Athens was constructed on their acropolis in honor of Athena?
a building on top a hill to worship a god.
How did the Greeks finally conquer Troy in the Trojan War? Who wrote the epic poem of this war, known as The Iliad?
they gave them a wooden horse and they came out and killed everyone.
What happened to Greece after the Peloponnesian Wars?
BONUS ?
Decline in population no economy lack of resources.
What was the the famous game?
BONUS Who lived in Crete?
Bull leaping.\Minoans and Mycenaeans.
What was important to the Athenian culture? Name three.
Culture, knowledge, and arts.
Name the 3 famous philosophers from the Golden Age. Who was known as the father of philosophy and what did he believe in?
Plato Socrates Aristotle
Who fought in the Greco-Persian Wars and who won?
Greeks vs Persians and the Greeks won
What leader from Macedonia conquered Greece?
King Phillip II
Who was the main God?
Zeuns
Describe what Spartan boys experienced in military training.
No beds, but made from wood/hay, fed little food, forced to steal and fight, little clothing, no shoes, harsh conditions.
Who was the famous leader of the Golden Age of Athens? Name two goals he had to glorify Athens.
BONUS who's Plato?
strengthen democracy./ the world.
What famous battle in the Greco-Persian Wars claimed the lives of 300 Spartans? Who won this battle?
Thermopylae Persians
Who was Alexander the Great educated by?
Aristotle
Why were the Mycenaeans known as the "first Greeks?"
They where the first to speck Greek.
Athens created a form of government known as a ...?
Bonus What is the Parthenon?
Democracy./A temple built to honor Athena, Goddess of Wisdom.
Name the two types of drama in Ancient Greek theater.
comedy and tragedy
What struck the people of Athens inside their city walls that killed 1/3 of their population, including Pericles?
plague
What were two goals of Alexander the Great as King of Macedonia?
Create an empire combining the best of Greek and Persian cultures
Identify three aspects of the Mycenaean civilization.
Fighting,traveled,and traded.
Describe the difference between the life of a Spartan girl vs the life of an Athens girl.
A Spartan girl could play sports, more freedom, spartan women make strong spartan babies. A Athenian girl could do domestic chores like cleaning and sewing.
What was the Golden Age of Greece?
a period of growth.
Why did Sparta declare war on Athens in the Peloponnesian War? Who won these wars?
not happy with the Delian League
BONUS ?
Who eventually took over Greece and controlled a vast empire that spread Christianity?
Romans