Drama & Philosophy
The Unique
Legacy & the Aegean World
An Outdoor Life & the Heroic Age
Minoan Civilization & Civil War
The Coming of Athens
100
False.
True or false: Greeks never questioned the world.
100
Greek
_______ is the basis of our American-English tongue
100
spend it out-doors
What did the Greeks do with nearly all their waking ours?
100
Minos
What is the name of one legendary monarch from Crete?
100
By the early sixth century BC
By what time did the Athens and Sparta become the leading city-states?
200
True
True or false: Great Greek philosiphers stimulated young minds to put faith in reason
200
Hellenes
What did the Greeks call themselves?
200
a fresh-air life style
What most likely helped open up the Greek mind to generate many original ideas?
200
with the advanced society of the island of Crete
Where do most historians begin Hellenic history?
200
the road to democracy
What would take athens years of reforms before the Golden Age was realized?
300
Philosopher
What is the name for a Greek lover of wisdom?
300
The Sea
What were the Greeks drawn to soon after living on infertile, mountainous land?
300
Mycenae
What was the leading city of the Bronze Age Greeks?
300
from about 2500-1500 BC
When did crete become a flourishing sea power?
300
Solon
Who did aristocrats support to prevent war in Athens?
400
Athenians
Greeks may have made drama as we know it, but who nearly perfected it?
400
reason and think
Greeks taught the Western man how to _____________________.
400
mostly common citizens
What were the Bronze Age Greeks known as?
400
leisurely dangerously leaping over bulls in a spectacular fashion
What did the happy lot of cretans do with their time?
400
Cleisthenes
Who is Pisistratus' succesor?
500
civic pride and tribute for Greek gods and goddesses
What did the Athenians' dramatic plays express?
500
Indo-European Caucasians
What is the combination of backgrounds that makes the Greeks?
500
war
What in the Heroic Age seemed too noble an undertaking for the average Greek?
500
Thucydides
Who recorded the history of war?
500
selecting random leaders in all aspects of Athenian life.
What is the method for selecting members of the Council?
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