Section 1: early Greek Civilization
Section 2: Religion, Philosophy and Arts
Section 3: Daily life in Athens
Section 4: Sparta and Athens
Section 5: The Spread of Greek Culture
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Due to all the mountainous terrain only about ______ of Greece is good for farming
What is 1/5
100
How many gods did each city-state honor?
What is one
100
True or False, in ancient Greece the Agora was the center of the citizens religious lives
What is false
100
At what age did spartan boys begin military training AND for how many years did that training last?
Beginning at age 7 & training for 13 years
100
Alexander the Great thought of himself as________
What is greek
200
In a way all Greeks were islanders, what kinds of islands were there?
What is Islands and Land Islands
200
The main source of wealth in Athens was
What is trade and silver
200
What was at the center of Greek houses?
What is the courtyard
200
What was the sign of true character to the Spartans?
What is enduring terrible pain, without giving any sign of his distress
200
Alexander's tutor was the Greek philosopher ___________
Who is Aristotle
300
Why were aristocrats able to control city-states?
What is they owned most of the good lands, horses, chariots and the best weapons
300
Ancient Greek art portrayed _______
What is ideal, or perfect, figures
300
What fraction of the population was made up of slaves?
What is 1/3
300
What was Sparta’s one basic rule?
What is always put the city's needs above your own
300
The two things that helped Alexander the Great succeed were:
What is energy and military genius
400
Summarize the story of the Trojan Horse
What is: According to myth, Greece conquered troy using a tactic known as the Trojan Horse. The tactic had Greek soldiers build a giant wooden horse that was left at the gates of Troy as a fake gift. Once the “gift” was brought inside the walls of Troy, Greek soldiers whom had hidden inside the Trojan Horse would wait until nightfall, then sneak out, open the gates so the other Greek soldiers could come in, and catch the people of Troy with a sneak attack.
400
How did ancient Greeks feel about their gods? They __________ and ___________ them.
What is they honored and feared them
400
Which food would be part of a typical lunch in ancient Greece? Pasta, Fish, Olives, Cakes sweetened by honey
What is olives
400
Why could it be argued that Spartan women were better off than Athenian women?
What is more rights, freedom, could own a business, could own property
400
When Alexander the Great died, three main kingdoms developed. Each of them were ruled by whom?
What is a descendent from one of Alexander's commanders
500
What were the qualifications to be a citizen in ancient Athens?
What is: 1) Only men could be citizens 2) A citizen had to have two parents who came from families with citizenship. 3) Some of the people living in Athens were enslaved
500
After Socrates death, Plato, his student mistrusted democracy. He believed society should be made up of three groups. Name the three groups
What is philosophers/leaders, soldiers and workers
500
Name THREE freedoms Athenian men had that the women didn't.
What is vote, own property and take part in politics
500
Many people died from the plague, but one person's death was a great blow to Athens:
What is Pericles
500
Which was the greatest of all the Hellenistic cities AND WHY? Provide THREE things that made it the great. (Bullet points are okay for the THREE things)
What is Alexandria because they were famous for trade and business, was the capital of Egypt and the learning capital for the entire Greek empire with the world's largest library
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