Minoans and Mycenaens
We lived on the island of Crete
Bonus: Where did the other group live?
Minoans
Bonus: The Myceneans lived on the mainland
What type of government did Athens develop?
Bonus: Describe it
Democracy
Bonus: rule by the people, individual rights
Bonus: How was Greece affected by the Persian Wars?
Greece
Bonus: buildings destroyed, Athens burned, weak economy and military
the historian who witnessed the Peloponnesian War and wrote about it. He also recorded one of Pericles's famous speeches.
Thucydides
What does Hellenistic mean?
Like the Greeks
We attacked cities and pirate ships, but our civilization ended when we were conquered
Mycenaens
What type of government did Sparta have?
Bonus: What was the government of Sparta most concerned about?
Oligarchy
Bonus: having a strong army
What was was fought between Athens and Sparta?
Bonus: What was the final event of the war and what was the outcome?
Peloponnesian Wars
Bonus: Sparta blocked the Hellespont forcing Athens to surrender. Sparta won.
He helped restore Athens to its former glory after it was burned.
Pericles
Who wrote the 2 famous epic poems The Iliad and The Odessey?
Bonus: What do these poems give us a glimpse of?
Double Bonus: What do they emphasize?
Homer
Bonus: life in the dark ages
Bonus: Qualities that heroes should have
We had large palaces and a lot of money that we got from trading with other people
Minoans
Who carried out justice in Athens? (Who decided the fate of a trial?)
the jurors
How did the Peloponnesian War affect Greece?
People died, buildings and farms destroyed. Sparta took over and Athens lost their democracy
Name 3 Greek philosophers (100 pts each)
Bonus: List one contribution for each (100 pts each)
Socrates - asked thought-provoking questions to get students to think about what they believed. encouraged them to not believe in the gods.
Plato - taught that a spiritual world of mind and ideas is greater than the physical world, wrote "Dialogues"
Aristotle - believed science was most important subject, introduced the scientific method
What type of literature tells stories about the gods and goddesses or humans?
Bonus: How were the stories passed from one generation to the next and what happened as a result?
Myths
Bonus: Storytellers, they would sometimes change the story
WILD: Who went to school in ancient Greece and for how long?
Bonus: Why would they practice wrestling, javelin and discus throwing, and running in school?
wealthy boys from age 6-14
Bonus: To prepare for the Olympics
What league did Sparta form after the Persian Wars?
Bonus: What league did Athens form?
Bonus: Delian League
When Sparta beseiged Athens, what happened that caused Sparta to withdraw?
A plague broke out.
Bonus: another math guy who further developed pulleys
Pythagoras
Bonus: Archimedes
What were Greek plays mostly about?
Bonus: What were the two main types of plays?
Double Bonus: When were they usually performed?
Gods and heroes
Bonus: comedy and tragedy
Double Bonus: During religious festivals
WILD: Describe Greek religion
Believed in gods and goddesses who were like humans and just as sinful. Would worship whatever god ruled over the area that one needed assistance in. Would make sacrifices to the gods to earn their favor.
Tell all you know about Alexander the Great
From Macedonia. His father began to conquer Greece to unite it into one empire. Alexander continued and expanded Greece's borders all the way to India. He encouraged the spread of Greek culture throughout the empire. He died at age 32.
WILD: How did Greek culture affect the ancient world?
Bonus: How did this affect the spread of the gospel?
people followed Greek philosophy, used Greek inventions, learned from Greek scholars, and began speaking and writing in Greek.
Bonus: The Bible could be translated into Greek and spread throughout the world
Give 3 examples of Greek contributions that we see today
1) buildings use columns; 2) drama in theater today; 3) sculptures and poetry; 4) literature, science, math, and history today have Greek influence; 5) Greek alphabet allowed the Scriptures to be written
What type of literature was mostly about animals that talked and acted like humans?
Bonus: What did they usually contain in the closing statement?
Fables
Bonus: moral