GOVERNMENT
WHO COULD VOTE?
FREE ADULT MALE ATHENIAN CITIZENS
WERE THE ATHENS MILITARISTIC OR DEMOCRATIC
(EASIEST QUESTION)
DEMOCRATIC
WHAT DID THEY TRADE?
OLIVE OIL, GRAPES, AND BARLEY
WHAT HAPPENED TO PEOPLE WHO WERE DEEMED UNFIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE?
THEY WOULD BE KILLED OR LEFT TO DIE.
NAME 2 OF THE GREATEST GREEK PHILOSOPHERS FROM THAT TIME.
SOCRATES, PLATO, AND ARISTOTLE
DID ART PLAY A ROLE IN THEIR VIEWS AND IDEALS?
YES
Art played a significant role in promoting democratic ideals and nurturing civic consciousness
WHAT DID THE ATHENIANS VALUE, WHAT WAS THEIR GOAL?
While Spartans valued military strength, Athenians valued education and culture. Their main goal was building a democracy, and believed that the only way to build a strong democracy was to have well educated citizens.
What NATURAL RESOURCE HELPED ATHENS GAIN MASS AMOUNTS OF WEALTH?
SILVER FROM ITS MINES
WHAT WERE CITY WALLS USED FOR IN ANCIENT GREECE?
TO PROTECT CITIES FROM ENEMY ATTACKS.
What was the point of myths?
Myths were also used to explain things that were not understood
WHAT WAS THE HIGHEST ROLE TO BE IN ATHENS? WHO WAS IN THIS GROUP?
ARISTOCRATS, ADULT MALE CITIZENS
WHAT DID KIDS DO?- FEMALES
WHAT DID KIDS DO? - MALES
The boys of athens learned to read and write at an early age. They were taught math and were taught how to sing and play instruments. And at 18 years old, they became citizens of Athens.
The girls however, stayed home and were taught household duties.
WHAT AREAS OF CULTURE WAS ATHENS MOST KNOWN FOR?
VISUAL AND PREFORMING ARTS, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY AND MATHEMATICS
WHAT TYPE OF MILITARY SYSTEM DID THIS CIVILIZATION HAVE?
A CITIZEN-BASED MILITARY.
Were ATHENS highly developed culturally?
YES
WHAT HAPPENED TO ATHENS WHO NEGLECTED THEIR CIVIL DUTIES?
they risked fines or public shame if they neglected their responsibilities. Athens famously marked absentee citizens with red paint on their headgear to punish truancy.
Did women have that many rights or freedoms
NOPE
WHAT PENINSULA IS ATHENS LOCATED ON?
THE ATTIC PENINSULA
WHAT RIGHTS WERE WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE DENIED?
VOTING, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE, AND OWNING SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY.
NAME SOMETHING THEY WORE (two examples were shown in the slideshow)
THE (ELABORATE +NORMAL) CHITON AND PEPLOS
HOW DID THE NAME "DEMOCRACY" or other known as "DEMOKRATIA" COME? WHAT DO THE PARTS "DEMO" and "KRATIA/KRATOS" MEAN?
visionary statesman Cleisthenes, Athens would tear up the old system and introduced dēmokratía – “rule by the people” (from dēmos, “people,” and kratos, “power”).
How did they believe was the only way to build a strong DEMOCRACY?
They believed that the only way to build a strong democracy was to have well educated citizens.
WHAT TWO MAJOR GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES SURROUNDED THE PLAIN WHERE ATHENS WAS LOCATED?
MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA TO THE WEST.
HOW DID A STRONG MILITARY HELP A CITY-STATE DEAL WITH OTHER CITY-STATES?
IT THREATENED OTHERS AND HELPED PROTECT ITS OWN CITY-STATE.
The Greeks ate only two meals a day: what was the fairly light meal around dawn called?
ariston