Ancient Greek Politics
Ancient Greek City-States
Ancient Greek Potpurri
Ancient Greek Miscellaneous
100
Which ruler do you picture was most responsible for uniting Greece and building an empire?
Alexander the Great. His father King Philip helped too, but Alexander continued the work after his father died.
100
Which group of ancient Greek women do you picture had the most freedom: Athenian women or Spartan women?
Spartan women! They were able to own property and participate in society more than Athenian women.
100
Do you picture the Parthenon is considered the finest example of ancient Greek architecture because of its balance & harmony of parts, its strange & imaginative proportions, OR its enormous size?
Its balance and harmony of its parts!
100
The Athenian democracy was made up of 3 parts, which were the ...
Assembly, council, and courts.
200
Why do you picture that products, ideas, and technologies were exchanged in Alexandria?
It was the center of trade for Europe, Africa, AND Asia!
200
What evidence do you picture there is to point to the fact that Sparta had elements of democracy?
Ephors! They could take kings out of power (so there wasn't absolute rule).
200
What do you picture was the primary reason that the Olympic games were held in ancient Greece?
They held the games to honor the Greek god Zeus.
200
What do you picture was the most important effect of the Peloponnesian War?
Other nations saw Greece's lack of unification as weak.
300
Why do you picture that direct democracy worked in ancient Athens?
The city-state's population of citizens was small, so having everyone vote directly was doable.
300
What was life like for children in Sparta?
Young boys were trained as soldiers from a young age and expected to obey orders. Girls were also exercised regularly to make them "as fit as their brothers", even if they weren't going to be soldiers.
300
Why do you picture that we still use fables from ancient Greek times today?
They teach important moral lessons.
300
Why do you picture Hippocrates developed the Hippocratic oath?
To encourage doctors to use ethical practices like not harming patients and not spreading word of their gross ailments to the public.
400
What do you picture is the most important lesson that was learned from the Persian Wars: That the Greek city-states should have stayed independent, OR that a unified Greece was more powerful?
A unified Greece was more powerful and could beat a larger army like Persia's!
400
How do you picture that geography affected the development of independent city-states in ancient Greece?
The mountains and seas isolated the city-states from one another.
400
The ancient Greeks used conquest, colonization, and trade in order to get the resources they needed to survive. Why do you picture they had to do this?
They didn't have much fertile land to produce their own resources.
400
How do you picture Sparta and Athens were different in terms of societal values?
Sparta was conservative and resistant to change/sharing ideas, whereas Athens was open to change and new opinions.
500
How do you picture Athenian direct democracy was different than American representative democracy?
Women can participate in American democracy, but not in Athenian democracy.
We elect representatives in American democracy to deal with laws for us, but Athenians participated directly in their lawmaking.
et cetera...
500
What do you picture the main export of Athens was to other city states and regions?
OLIVE OIL BLARRRGH