Ancient Greece

Ancient Sparta

100

What Greek tribe inhabited Sparta?

the Dorians

200

What is the phalanx?

A rectangular mass military formation, usually composed of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, or similar pole weapons

300

What was the name of the league led by Sparta in the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC)?

the Peloponnesian League

400

Describe education in Sparta.

• the goal of education - strong warrior
• children were allowed to play until age 7, then GIRLS had to learn domestic skills and how to fight too (at home)
• boys had to go to school - in the soldiers` barracks - cruel and brutal life, they were beaten and whipped by older children BUT they were not allowed to cry, they wore simple clothing

All male Spartan citizens between the ages of 20 and 60 served in the army

500

Describe political system in Sparta.

two kings 

five ephors -  officers controlled activities of  the kings

gerousia – council of elders (advisors to the kings)

the assembly of citizens - met every month (shout or applause for expressing agreement or disagreement with the proposals)

Ancient Athens

100

What Greek tribe inhabited Athens?

the Ionians

200

What is ostracism?

A citizen wrote the name of an unwanted politician on a piece of pottery, who got most vote went into exile for 10 years.

300

What was the name of the league led by Athens in the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC)?

the Delian League

400

Describe education in Athens.

Girls - at home, they learnt how to run a house, to be good wives and mums

Boys - age 6 or 7 at home, from 7-14 – reading, writing, math, poetry, play the lyre/flute, drama, public speaking, from 14 – 18 - high school, more about math, science, and government. At 18 - they attended military school for two years. 

500

Name 3 Athenian politicians and explain their policy.

DRACO

• the first legislator of Athens (621BC)
• cruel laws – capital punishment for stealing food

SOLON 

• bought Athenian citizens from slavery
• divided the population of Athens by property into four classes
• the richest could hold office and were the heavy-armed infantry soldiers – cavalry and hoplites
• the poorest could not be officials and were auxiliary forces in the army

CLEISTHENES

• divided the territory of Athens to 10 areas called demes (sg.deme)
• all citizens were equal and had the right to vote and hold office
• democracy was born

 PERICLES – Golden Age 

• introduced paid offices and diet – for poor men when they participate at the assembly, visiting theatre and religious celebration
• built walls between Athens and Piraeus

Famous People

100

What did Homer write?

the Iliad and the Odyssey

200

Who was the ‘Father of Medicine’?

Hippocrates

300

BONUS

LUCKY YOU!!!

400

Who said: I know nothing.

Socrates

500

Who was Aristotle? (3 information)

• was one of the greatest Greek philosophers
• was a teacher of Alexander the Great
• was a student of Plato’s school – the Academy

Famous Places

100

Where was Ancient Greece situated?

In SE Europe and on the Peloponnesian peninsula

200

What was the name of the region where Athens was situated?

Attica

300

What was the name of the region where Sparta was situated?

Laconia

400

Where was Hellenic Asia Minor situated? (today`s name of the country)

West coast of Turkey

500

What is the geography like in Greece? (3 facts)

• surrounded by water
• warm climate (moderate winters and hot summers)
• frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
• many mountains divided the fertile fields 

Miscellaneous

100

What is a POLIS?

a CITY-STATE

200

Explain the term democracy and monarchy.

DEMOCRACY – rule by the many – all the citizens of the polis

MONARCHY – rule by the king

300

What is kalokagathia?

• a perfect combination of the beauty and goodness (the beauty of a body and a soul)

400

Name four Ancient Greek gods or goddesses and their roles.

Aphrodite - Goddess of love and beauty

Apollo -god of the arts, of light and healing 

Ares - god of war

Artemis goddess of the hunt

Athena - goddess of wisdom

Demeter -goddess of the harvest

Dionysus - god of wine and vegetation

Hades - god of the underworld

Hephaestus - god of the forge, talented blacksmith 

Hera - goddess of marriage and childbirth

Hermes - a messenger of the gods

Hestia - a goddess of the hearth, guardian of the home

Poseidon - god of the sea and earthquakes

Zeus - a Sky god known as 'the thunderer,' supreme ruler of the Olympians

500

Explain the terms: Aristocracy, Oligarchy, Timocracy.

ARISTOCRACY – rule by the best – right of noble birth

OLIGARCHY – rule by the few – the rich & powerful men

TIMOCRACY – rule by the property owners (Solon)