List several ways the geography of Ancient Greece affected the Ancient Greeks.
The mountains kept them isolated and made farming difficult. The ocean made it easy to trade with other countries
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What is a Helot?
A Spartan slave
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What was one reason Persia attacked Greece?
They wanted to have more land. They thought Greece would be easy to beat since they were always fighting against each other and the land was small.
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.How was Greek sculpture from Athens’ Golden Age different from earlier styles of Greek sculpture?
It was very realistic – especially the faces and muscles
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What is the difference between a king and a tyrant?
Kings are legal and tyrants are illegal. King’s son inherits and becomes king
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What is the type of landform where Greece is located?
What is Peninsula
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What features made it possible for the Athenian economy to be based on trade?
there were good ports. It was close to the sea.
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How did the Greeks win the battle of Marathon?
They divided into 3 groups and attacked from the sides and front at teh same time.
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What are 3 ways that theaters today are like theaters from Ancient Greece?
1. they use Scenery
2. semi-circle stage
3. raised rows of seats
4. similar stories
5. costumes
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How is the Athenian direct democracy different from the American representative democracy?
In Direct democracy - everyone votes DIRECTLY on each law.
In Representative Democracy - we elect someone to REPRESENT us and they vote on the laws.
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What crops grew especially well in the mountains of Greece?
What is Olive – use the oil for many things
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What happened after Sparta conquered a territory?
The people stayed in their own land and houses, but now they worked for Sparta. Some were forced to become soldiers or slaves called helots.
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What was one important result of the Persian Wars?
The Greeks were united and they were able to work together. After teh war - they had 40 years of no fighting.
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What was Hippocrates philosophy about healing?
Disease was not brought by Gods – had a cause
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Why were Greek tyrants usually popular in Ancient Greece?
They promised to make things better for the poor.
They would take power from the oligarchs who only cared about themselves. Sometimes they did help the poor, but other times not.
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Why did the Greeks have to trade for food and other goods?
What is They were not able to grow their own food.
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What were two reasons that Sparta used iron bars as money?
1. They didn't want people to travel and trade with outher city-states. The heavy iron helped.
2. They were afraid of being robbed. The large iron bars were difficult to hide and steal.
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Why did Alexander choose to invade Persia?
He wanted land and he wanted to unite the Greeks by having a common enemy
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Pythagoras and Euclid are still influential today in what field?
Math - Geometry
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Who could speak in the Athenian Assembly?
All Citizens -this includes on the free men who were born in Athens
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What is the name of the area where Sparta is located? The ___________________ plain.
The Peloponnesian plain
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What is the Oracle of Delphi?
Priestess who would tell the future by talking for Apollo
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What happened at the battle of Salamis?
The Athenian ships build battering rams onto their ships. They sailed away and the Persians chased them. Tehn they suddenly turn, slammed into the ships, and destroyed the Persian boat.
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What are some 3 Greek contributions to Literature?