Geography
This geographic feature caused city-states to live fiercely independent from one another.
Mountains
This early kingdom settled on the island of Crete.
Minoans
This philosopher is famously known for his method of teaching, still used today by many instructors. His views on free speech were viewed as a threat, which led to his arrest and execution.
Socrates
This term is defined as a pattern of thinking that leads to a pattern of behavior.
Philosophy
This city-state sent their young boys off to training camps to become elite soldiers.
Sparta
Geography affects history: especially economy. Since is a peninsula surrounded by the sea, what was a major source of economy in Greece?
Fishing
Archaeologists discovered this buried city, which revealed their society was very advanced.
Knossos
This philosopher followed in his mentor's footsteps and started a school called "The Academy." His writings on government went on to influence the United States Constitution 1000's of years later.
Plato
Thucydides was given this title for his work which would go on to inspire the entire profession of news reporting.
The Father of History.
This city-state 's boys lived at home and went to school until they were 18. They learned math, science, philosophy, language, politics, and developed skills in the arts.
Athens
Because of their position on the Mediterranean Sea, which connected them to many other civilizations, this form of economy also became very important to Greece.
Trade
This early kingdom settled in the mainland peninsula, either in valleys or along the shoreline.
Myceneans
Aristotle famously taught this principle, which explains that most situations in life call for a position in the middle rather than taking things to an extreme. This philosophy has influenced people's thinking ever since.
The Golden Mean
Geometry
Sparta was ruled by a government that spread power among a small group of leaders.
Oligarchy
Geography affects innovation. Because the Mediterranean was so central to their lives (military, trade, fishing), they became very efficient and advanced in building these.
Boats or ships
The 300-year time period that followed the fall of the early kingdoms, so named because Greeks entered "survival mode" and ceased trade, art, invention, education, etc. and left very little recorded history.
The Dark Age
This philosopher taught that the goal of life was to pursue personal happiness, and that avoiding pain or discomfort was of utmost importance to achieving happiness. His philosophy has been followed by people in varying forms ever since.
Epicurus
This scientist created the entire branch of study known as physics. Among many things, he is responsible for explaining the lever, the pulley, buoyancy, and the most precise calculation of pi every recorded.
Archimedes
Athens was run by a government that gave power to all adult male citizens.
Democracy.
Every civilization on earth has to deal with some form of natural disaster. Because of their location, what natural disasters were Greeks prone to experience?
Seismic Activity: earthquakes, tsunamis, & volcanoes.
The mainland Greeks built a strong civilization that relied heavily on a strong military and this form of economy.
Trade
Zeno, a philosopher, taught that emotions are misleading and unreliable. He taught that only rational thought and logic could be trusted which created this philosophy.
Stoicism.
Eratosthenes observed the stars and planets in the sky with such care that he made this shocking discovery. At first, his ideas were rejected until they were later proven correct.
The earth is round and it rotated around the sun.
In a famous battle against Persia, Athens and Sparta teamed up to defeat an army that vastly outnumbered them. Briefly describe the roles played by each city-state in that famous battle.
Sparta - left 300 men behind to be ambushed. Using a formation known as a phalanx, they held off 1000's of Persians for long enough for the Athenians to attack.
Athens - using their navy, they trapped 1000's of Persian ships and soldiers in a small waterway and destroyed their entire fleet.