What is the fortified, or strengthened, hill of an ancient Greek city.
100
What is an oracle?
What is a sacred site where a god or goddess was consulted; any priest of priestess who spoke for the gods.
100
What an agora?
A public market and meeting place
100
What is a helot?
A member of a certain class of servant in ancient Sparta
100
A wild and uncivilized person is...
What is Barbarian
200
How would you describe what Greece looks likes?
"As if the sea had smashed into pieces."
200
How did ancient Greece gain wealth?
What is by tributes
200
What did men do most of the day?
Went to the agora talked about politics and gossip. They also shopped in the market.
200
What kind of community was Sparta known for?
WAR
200
What did Alexander do that made his so great?
He conquered Persia and Egypt and invaded part of India. Was the King of Macedonia.
300
What did the Greek communities lack?
Lack of communication.
300
What is someone who believed that people could use the powers of the mind and reason to understand natural events?
What is philosophers.
300
What did Athenian women do?
They stayed home, tended to the slaves, was a nurse, did the finances, and weaved.
300
What was it like to be a man in Sparta?
At age 7 you would leave the home to train (for the next 13 years). They would fight in wars.
300
What was so important about the Alexandria?
It had the largest library and was the learning capital of the Greek world.
400
What is an aristocrat?
What is a member of rich and powerful families.
400
How many gods/goddess did the Greeks worship (the main ones)? Who was their leader?
12 gods/goddess. Zues
400
Describe the various slave roles in ancient Greece?
Enslaved people worked on farms, in the mines, alongside artisans, and in wealthy households.
400
What was it like to live in Sparta as a woman
Woman would also train (by wrestling and spear throwing). They did not have to fight in the war, but they were expected to have healthy strong babies.
400
Why did Alexander enjoy the Greek culture?
He had a Greek tutor and was raised to speak Greek.
500
Who over took leadership after the aristocrats? After them what did the people create for government?
What is Tyrant and Democracy.
500
What was the golden age of Athens?
a period between 479 bc and 431 bc when Athenians made achievements in the arts, philosophies, and literature. Also democracy reached its peak.
500
How many people were citizens? And WHY?
1/5th. Women, slaves, and foreigners were not citizens.
500
Why did Sparta and Athens go to war?
Athens were using the tribute money on selfish things, such as the Parthenon. And therefore made other city-states mad. They then looked to Sparta to take them down.
500
What was the Hellenistic age?
A time period that describe the Greek history and culture after the death of Alexander the Great.