Minoans and Mycenaeans
Name the island where the Minoans lived and their most famous palace.
create Knossos
What did the Spartans do to a newborn baby who was weak or deformed?
would get, give me threed off a cliff 🏀
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?
they Greek soldiers went in a trasion horse and killed them all
What happened to Greece after the Peloponnesian Wars?
population declined food denllie
BONUS
where is the Macedonia
Identify three aspects of the Minoan culture.
polytheistic,bull leaping fresco liner a metal work
BONUS ? the main Greece g0d
What was important to the Athenian culture? Name two.
school,culture
Name the 3 famous philosophers from the Golden Age. Who was known as the father of philosophy and what did he believe in?
Plato Socrates Aristotle
Who fought in the Greco-Persian Wars and who won?
Persians,Greeks and Greeks won
What leader from Macedonia conquered Greece?
king Phiip II
How did the Minoan civilization come to an end?
natural disaster
Describe what Spartan boys experienced in military training. Name three.
they Trained all their lives, known for military skills and bravery, driven to conquer new lands.
Who was the famous leader of the Golden Age of Athens? Name two goals he had to glorify Athens.
Pericles
BONUS?
why did socris die
What famous battle in the Greco-Persian Wars claimed the lives of 300 Spartans? Who won this battle?
persions won and Thermopolay is the war
Who was Alexander the Great educated by?
aristodle
Why were the Mycenaeans known as the "first Greeks?"
they spoke the earliest from of the Greek language
Athens created a form of government known as a ...?
Democracy
Bonus ? what kind of government do we have today
Name the two types of drama in Ancient Greek theater.
comedy an tragedy
What struck the people of Athens inside their city walls that killed 1/3 of their population, including Pericles?
What were two goals of Alexander the Great as King of Macedonia?
to create and empire combining the best of Greek and Persian cutlers
Identify three aspects of the Mycenaean civilization.
loved fighting, conquering, first to use chariots
Describe the difference between the life of a Spartan girl vs the life of an Athenian girl.
Athenian girls:Domestic chores like cleaning and spartan take care of farm and house
What was the Golden Age of Greece?
a period of growth
Why did Sparta declare war on Athens in the Peloponnesian War? Who won these wars?
Athenian control of the Delian League,
Who eventually took over Greece and controlled a vast empire that spread Christianity?
Romans