Minoans and Mycenaeans
Name the island where the Minoans lived and their most famous palace.
Crete, Knossos
What did the Spartans do to a newborn baby who was weak or deformed?
If a child was not strong or deformed it would be left on a mountain to die
What is an acropolis? What famous temple in Athens was constructed on their acropolis in honor of Athena?
An upper city with a temple on it
How did the Greeks finally conquer Troy in the Trojan War? Who wrote the epic poem of this war, known as The Iliad?
Trojan Horse/soldiers, Homer
What happened to Greece after the Peloponnesian Wars?
Decline in population, no economy, lack of resources
Bonus: Who is the god of all God's?
Identify three aspects of the Minoan culture.
Bull leaping, frescoes, metalwork
Bonus: When did the Minoans settle?
What was important to the Athenian culture? Name two.
Knowledge, art
Name the 3 famous philosophers from the Golden Age. Who was known as the father of philosophy and what did he believe in?
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Who fought in the Greco-Persian Wars and who won?
Greeks vs Persians, Greeks won
What leader from Macedonia conquered Greece?
King Phillip II
How did the Minoan civilization come to an end?
Evidence suggests a volcano killed them off
Describe what Spartan boys experienced in military training. Name three.
No beds, fed barely any food, forced to steal and fight
Who was the famous leader of the Golden Age of Athens? Name two goals he had to glorify Athens.
Pericles, strengthen democracy, art/architecture, make an empire of Athens.
Bonus: Who is the goddess of Athens?
What famous battle in the Greco-Persian Wars claimed the lives of 300 Spartans? Who won this battle?
The battle of Thermopylae, Persians
Who was Alexander the Great educated by?
Aristotle
Why were the Mycenaeans known as the "first Greeks?"
They spoke the earliest form of Greek language
Athens created a form of government known as a ...?
Democracy
Bonus: What government did Sparta have?
Name the two types of drama in Ancient Greek theater.
Comedy, Tragedy
What struck the people of Athens inside their city walls that killed 1/3 of their population, including Pericles?
A plague
What were two goals of Alexander the Great as King of Macedonia?
Create an empire combining the best of Greek and Persian cultures
Identify three aspects of the Mycenaean civilization.
Artwork, trade, polytheism
Describe the difference between the life of a Spartan girl vs the life of an Athenian girl.
Spartan girls worked on the farms while men were at training/war and Athenian girls did domestic chores like sewing and cleaning
What was the Golden Age of Greece?
A period of growth in intelligence and artistic learning
Why did Sparta declare war on Athens in the Peloponnesian War? Who won these wars?
Delian League, Athens forced its culture on other city states, Sparta won
Bonus: What started the Greco-persian war?
Who eventually took over Greece and controlled a vast empire that spread Christianity?
Romans