First Greek Civilization
Greece is about the size of what USA state?
Lousiana
Polis is another word for what?
City-State
The Greco - Persian wars occurred between which two sides? Who won?
Persian empire and Greek city-states. Greece won.
Was the Greek religion polytheistic or monotheistic?
Polytheistic
Which part of Greece was Alexander from?
Macedonia
What did the mountains and seas cause Greece to form? What was the unification?
It caused Greece to form small, independent city-states. Same language and religion were shared.
What military formation did the Greeks develop in 700 BCE? Whom was it based on?
The Phalanx. The formation was based on the hoplites - infantry with sword, shield and spear.
What was the name of the defense alliance that was formed by Sparta?
Peloponnesian League
What were the two types of plays in Ancient Greece?
Comedies and tragedies.
In how many years did Alexander conquer Egypt and Persia?
13 years
Which 2 famous stories did Homer write?
Odyssey and Iliad
What was the area below the acropolis called? What did the area serve as?
Agora. It was an open area and market for people to assemble in.
Pericles was the leader in the Age of Pericles.
Which kind of method is Socrates famous for?
Socratic Method - Leading through Questioning
What kind of world did Alexander envision?
What civilization was the setting for the Trojan War?
Mycenae
What type of government did Sparta follow? What kind did Athens follow?
Sparta followed oligarchy - rule of the few, and Athens followed democracy - rule of the many.
What is a direct democracy? Which city-state was it followed it?
A direct democracy is a form of government in which the people vote directly on government policy. It was followed in Athens.
What was interesting about the Ancient Greek religion, considering human behavior?
Humans weren't moral and it was not in the gods interest to show them the moral way of living.
Why did Alexander encourage soldiers to marry Asian wives?
He figured that having mixed families was a great way to have one strong and united area.
How long did the Greek dark ages last?
350 years
Which social cast was allowed to argue and vote in the general assembly of Athens?
Citizens with political rights - Adult Males
Athens developed Ostracism. What was this?
It was a tool against overly ambitious leader who will take away the Athenian Democracy. Athenians would vote on people outside greece. They needed 6,000 votes to ostracize a person, and when someone was they were banned from city-state for 10 years.
Plato was whose student? Aristotle was whose student? Whom did Aristotle teach famously?
Socrates; Plato; Alexander the Great
How many parts did the generals divide the empire in after Alexander's death? Can you name them?
4 kingdoms; Syria, Egypt, Macedonia, and Pergamum.