Civilizations
Did the Minoans or the Mycenaens gain wealth from trading with other people?
Minoans
Athens:
New laws created a what?
Justice was carried out by voters or -------- who listened to a trial and decided if a person was ________ or innocent?
1. democracy
2. jurors
3. guilty
Who were the three philosophers we learned about?
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
What contributions did Thucydides make to the history of Greece?
1. Boys began school at age six.
2. Students used the Greek alphabet as they wrote on wax-coated tablets.
These are examples of what part of ancient Greece?
Education
What affected the Greek civilizations by buildings being destroyed, Athens being burned, and the economy and the military being weakened?
Persian Wars
Sparta:
The government remained an __________.
The government was more concerned about having a strong ___________ than the individual __________ of people.
2. army
3. rights
The scientific method was named by which Philosopher?
Aristotle
Who helped restore the former beauty of Athens by encouraging the rebuilding of sacred buildings and bringing in the classical age of architecture?
Pericles
2. His epics give glimpses into life and culture during the dark age
3. the epics emphasize the values heroes should have
Did the Minoans or the Mycenaens attack cities and pirate ships?
Mycenaens
_______ and other city-states formed the Peloponnesian League?
Sparta
Athletic games in ancient Greece includes that athletes what?
3 things
1. Began practicing as schoolboys
2. competed in events such as sprints, wrestling, discus throwing, and chariot races
3. who won were crowned with garlands of laurel leaves
How did Alexander the Great spread Greek culture after he succeeded to the throne in Macedonia?
He took control of the Greek army in order to pursue his dream of uniting the entire world under one empire. As he was extending his rule, people began to adopt the Greek culture.
1. Tell stories about Greek gods and goddesses or human heros
2. Were passed down by storytellers
What am I?
Myths
Did the Minoans or the Mycenaens have large palaces that reflected wealthy and artistic people.
Minoans
What are two confrontations between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War and the outcome of each one?
Sparta besieged Athens, but the siege ended when a plague broke out. Later the Spartan navy blocked the Hellespont, forcing Athens to surrender. Sparta won the war.
What were fables?
1. often had main characters that were animals that talked and acted as humans do
2. usually contain a moral in a closing statement
People adopted Greek philosophy, used Greek inventions, and learned from Greek scholars. Greek art began to appear throughout the empire, and Greek became the common language of the people, allowing the Scripture to the translated into Greek.
1. Were performed as an art form during religious festivals
2. were mostly about the gods and heroes
3. included comedy and tragedy
What am I?
Plays
How did the Peloponnesian War affect Greek civilizations?
People lost their lives, buildings were destroyed, and farmland was ravaged.
Sparta took control of Greece for about thirty years.
Athens lost its democracy.
Which has more landmass, modern-day Greece or ancient Greece?
Ancient Greece
Map
26- Peloponnesus
27- Sparta
28- Crete
29-Greece
30- Athens
Describe 3 examples of how Greek contributions are seen in modern times.
1. Buildings use columns similar to those of ancient Greece.
2. Contributions to drama are seen today.
3. People still appreciate sculpture and poetry similar to that of Greeks.
4. Greek alphabet and writing skills allowed the New Testament to give the history of the Lord Jesus Christ, who provides salvation for those who believe in Him.
Achievements in math and science include what?
Archimedes advanced the development of pulleys
Pythagoras studied geometry and developed a theorem about the area of triangles