Minoans and Mycenaeans
Name the island where the Minoans lived and their most famous palace.
crete,knossos
What did the Spartans do to a newborn baby who was weak or deformed?
thrown of clif
What is an acropolis? What famous temple in Athens was constructed on their acropolis in honor of Athena?
a building on top of a hill worship god, parthenan
How did the Greeks finally conquer Troy in the Trojan War? Who wrote the epic poem of this war, known as The Iliad?
they gave them a wooden horse and jumped out of it
homer
What happened to Greece after the Peloponnesian Wars?
population declined recesses none no economy
who ruled macodona
Identify three aspects of the Minoan culture.
bull leaping fresco polytheistic
bonus!
who is the half bull half human
What was important to the Athenian culture? Name two.
learning
and demcreacy art pihophisy
Name the 3 famous philosophers from the Golden Age. Who was known as the father of philosophy and what did he believe in?
plato
aristotle
socertoes
Who fought in the Greco-Persian Wars and who won?
persia and Greece city staes and Greek city states won
What leader from Macedonia conquered Greece?
king Philip the ll
How did the Minoan civilization come to an end?
volcino or invasion
Describe what Spartan boys experienced in military training. Name three.
Who was the famous leader of the Golden Age of Athens? Name two goals he had to glorify Athens.
Pericles
democracy glorify Athens
who made the ilaid
What famous battle in the Greco-Persian Wars claimed the lives of 300 Spartans? Who won this battle?
thermoplye
persians
Who was Alexander the Great educated by?
airistole
Why were the Mycenaeans known as the "first Greeks?"
they were the first to speak greek
Athens created a form of government known as a ...?
democracy
who was the main god of ancient greece
Name the two types of drama in Ancient Greek theater.
comedy and tradey
What struck the people of Athens inside their city walls that killed 1/3 of their population, including Pericles?
a plauge
What were two goals of Alexander the Great as King of Macedonia?
create empire and coming persia and Greek culture
Identify three aspects of the Mycenaean civilization.
loved fighting coqueing chariotss as wepons
Describe the difference between the life of a Spartan girl vs the life of an Athenian girl.
spartan woman can own land athenen woman can not
What was the Golden Age of Greece?
when greece was floorisshing period of growth and learning
Why did Sparta declare war on Athens in the Peloponnesian War? Who won these wars?
Athens was getting to strong and Athens won
god of under world
Who eventually took over Greece and controlled a vast empire that spread Christianity?