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?
Put it on a mountain to die
What is an acropolis? What famous temple in Athens was constructed on their acropolis in honor of Athena?
An upper city with a temple on it
How did the Greeks finally conquer Troy in the Trojan War? Who wrote the epic poem of this war, known as The Iliad?
They made a horse called the Trojan horse and hid inside of it
Homer
What happened to Greece after the Peloponnesian Wars?
Decline in population, No economy, Lack of resources
BONUS ?
Who was the god of the sea
Identify three aspects of the Minoan culture.
Bull leaping, metal working, worshiped one god
BONUS ?
Who was the god of love
What was important to the Athenian culture? Name two.
philosophy, and arts.
Name the 3 famous philosophers from the Golden Age. Who was known as the father of philosophy and what did he believe in?
Plato, Socrates, Aristotle
Who fought in the Greco-Persian Wars and who won?
Greek states and Persia
Greeks
What leader from Macedonia conquered Greece?
King Phillip II
How did the Minoan civilization come to an end?
mystery, volcano erupted, tsunami, earthquake, evasion
Describe what Spartan boys experienced in military training. Name three.
They had no clothes and had to steal from other people and if they were caught they would get whipped
Who was the famous leader of the Golden Age of Athens? Name two goals he had to glorify Athens.
Pericles
BONUS ?
Who is the god of war
What famous battle in the Greco-Persian Wars claimed the lives of 300 Spartans? Who won this battle?
Thermopylae
Persians
Who was Alexander the Great educated by?
Aristotle
Why were the Mycenaeans known as the "first Greeks?"
The Mycenaeans are known as the first Greeks because they spoke the earliest form of the Greek language.
Athens created a form of government known as a ...?
Democracy
Bonus ?
Who was the king of the gods
Name the two types of drama in Ancient Greek theater.
Comedy and Tragedy
What struck the people of Athens inside their city walls that killed 1/3 of their population, including Pericles?
plague
What were two goals of Alexander the Great as King of Macedonia?
Create an empire combining the best of greek and Persian cultures
Identify three aspects of the Mycenaean civilization.
The Mycenaeans fought many wars.
They built small kingdoms on the hilltops called citadels.
The Mycenaeans were expert shipbuilders
Describe the difference between the life of a Spartan girl vs the life of an Athenian girl.
Spartans trained the girls while Athens made the girls teach their daughters
What was the Golden Age of Greece?
a period of growth in intelligence and artistic learning.
Why did Sparta declare war on Athens in the Peloponnesian War? Who won these wars?
Delian League, Athens forced its culture on other city-states.
Sparta won
BONUS ?
Who is the god of the underworld
Who eventually took over Greece and controlled a vast empire that spread Christianity?
Romans