Geography/Religion
What were the two major geographical features of ancient Greece?
Mountains and seas.
What type of math was ancient Greece known for discovering?
Geometry.
What were two of the biggest exports (crops sold) of ancient Greece?
Grapes and olives because of the little amount of farmland.
How did the Greeks win the Persian War?
The Greek city-states won this war by uniting together.
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
What is Mount Olympus?
The mountain that the ancient Greeks believed the gods and goddesses lived on top of.
Another word for Greco-Roman culture is _________ culture.
Classical.
What is economics?
the means by which a civilization acquires needed
goods and services, trade, and money.
Why did the Greek city-states unite during the Persian War?
The Greek city-states did this during the Persian War because they knew Persia was going to conquer them one by one.
What is an oracle?
A person who predicts the future.
What is hellenistic culture?
Hellenistic culture is the mixture of Greek culture with the culture of conquered lands.
What are three ways Greek city-states grew?
Trade, conquest, colonies
After the Peloponnesian War, all of Greece was very vulnerable. Who was able to take advantage of this vulnerability?
Alexander the Great.
What is the difference between a representative democracy and a direct democracy?
Rep: vote for people to decide laws for you
Direct: everyone votes on everything
What are two ways the ancient Greeks honored the gods/godesses?
The Greeks honored their gods by building temples,
offering prayers and sacrifices, holding public
events to honor gods such as the Olympics, and
having shrines in their homes to household gods.
What is the legacy of Alexander the Great?
the spread of Greek culture to the non-Greek
people of Africa and southwest Asia.
How did being near the sea help Greek city-states grow economically?
Trade by boats.
What is the difference between a tyranny and a democracy?
In a tyranny there is one ruler, who takes power by
force, who makes all decisions. In a democracy all
citizens with voting rights make decisions or elect
others to make decisions for them.
What is mythology?
Stories/legends about Greek gods/heroes.
What is the Parthenon and who was it dedicated to?
Temple dedicated to Athena.
What was the effect of using currency in ancient Greece?
The use of currency(money) made trade more
efficient because merchants did not have to depend
on having items the others wanted in order to
trade. It is also easier to carry and with money a
merchant can set a price on an item.
What is one advantage and one disadvantage of Athenian democracy?
+ all citizens could vote, more input
- not everyone is a citizen, time consuming
What is a colony?
A settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland.