Landscape
In ancient times, there was no country called Greece, instead there were communities of Greek speakers scattered along the ___________________________ sea.
the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Greek word for city?
Polis
What is the name of the "high city" in every city state?
acropolis
what is the definition of democracy?
rule by the people
Who is the god of the sky?
Zeus
Mainland Greece is divided by two large _________________________ ________________________,
mountain ranges
Who were the two civilizations to influence the greeks the most?
Minoans and Myceneans
What were the three main types of inhabitants in a polis? (pg 226) Which ones could vote?
citizens, women/foreigners, slaves, only citizens
Who were oligarchies usually headed by?
council of leaders who belonged to the aristocracy
Who is the god of wine, parties and merrymaking?
Dionysus
What are the three surrounding seas around ancient Greece?
Aegean, Ionian and Mediterranean
Who wrote the Iliad, which recounts the Trojan war?
Homer
What is an aristocracy? (pg. 226)
a hereditary class of rulers
what is tyranny?
government ruled by a strong ruler
Who is the goddess of earth, agriculture, harvest?
Demeter
Ancient Greek societies were often engaged in___________ with one another.
war
Who won the Trojan war and how did they do it?
Greeks, they hid in a horse that was a 'gift' to the Trojans
What do you call a member of a city-state with legal rights?
citizen
Name three major reformers for democracy in ancient Athens
Cleisthenes, Solon and Pericles
Who is the god of war?
Ares
Name some crops that grow naturally in Ancient Greece
olives, grapes
Often the Iliad was recited or ___________
sung
Which god or goddess is the acropolis in Athens dedicated to?
Athena
What is the main difference between a democracy and an oligarchy or tyranny?
one gives the ruling power to the many (democracy) and one to few (tyranny/oligarchy)
Who is Zeus and Demeter's daughter? What does she do?