Greek Geography and the rise of Greek Civilization
Greek Religion, Philosophy, Literature
Daily life of the Greeks
Athens and Sparta
The Spread of Greek Culture
100
Greece is a _________, it is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
100
Zues, Hera, Apollo, Ares, Poseidon, Aphrodite are all examples of what?
What are the Olympians or Greek Gods?
100
Who was responsible for keeping the home in order in Greek society?
Who are women?
100
This city state valued the arts and academics
What is Athens?
100
Who ruled over Macedonia after King Philip was assassinated?
Alexander the Great
200
What is democracy?
A system of government where the people govern themselves.
200
Who is Socrates and why is he important?
Father of Philosophy, used logic and reason to look at the world, taught Plato, used question and answer to help people look at the world also known as the Socratic Method (example: what is justice?)
200
Public market and meeting place in Greek city-states was called the ________.
What is the Agora?
200
This city-state valued strength and military might
What is Sparta?
200
What group of people were seen as barbarians by the Greeks?
Macedonians
300
Greece's landscape helped influence the formation of these cities. They were independent from one another and governed themselves.
What is a city-state?
300
The Golden Age in Greece was a time of great prosperity, how did Greece acquire wealth and power from other city-states?
What is Tribute?
300
Who was an important leader in Athens during the Golden Age?
Who is Pericles?
300
Women in this city-state were expected to be strong and able to fight
What is Sparta?
300
What was considered to be one of the greatest hellenistic cities? *has a really famous library
What is Alexandria in Egypt?
400
Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, what are these forms of writing called?
What is an Epic?
400
Architecture and sculptures were an imoprtant part of the arts in Greece. What did sculptors focus or try to achieve with their sculptures?
What is the perfect human form and very lifelike?
400
This group of people was in charge of politics, making money, buying and selling goods, farming, and warfare.
Who are Greek men?
400
What empire did both Athens and Sparta have wars with?
What is the Persian Empire?
400
When Alexander the Great died his empire was split into three kingdoms. These kingdoms imitated Greek culture and government. What kind of kingdoms were these?
What are Hellenistic Kingdoms?
500
What are the three types of government that were used in Athens? (in the correct order)
rule by aristocrats, then rule by tyrants, then democracy
500
In what ways did Philosophers influence the world around them?
challenged the idea that the gods made everything happen, modern day science can be traced back to them, used logic and reasoning to explain the world around them
500
The groups of people that were unable to vote in Athens were....
women, slaves, children, and foreigners
500
When Athens and Sparta fought during the Peleponnesian War who came out victorious? What events helped them win?
Sparta won the Peleponnesian War, they were aided by plague in Athens and the ability to build a blockade that cut off the harbor and Athens ability to get food in and out of the city-state
500
Alexander the Great traveled throughout which continent, gaining more and more land and defeating the Persian Empire