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Greek Geography
A Spartan Existence
This is what Democracy Looks Like!
Greeks at War
Life in these Athenian Times
100
Name two seas that surround Greece
What is the Aegean, Ionian, Mediterranean, Sea of Crete
100
At age _____, Spartan boys left home to go to "boot camp"
What is age 7
100
This literally translates to "people power"
What is "demokratia"
100
This rectangular formation was the basic military unit of Greek warfare
What is the phalanx
100
Athenian society was a ______________, which means a social and political order dominated by men.
What is a patriarchy
200
What is the name of the part of southern Greece where Sparta is located?
What is the Peloponnese
200
Name two groups/individuals who have been influenced by the ancient Spartans
What is Plato, French Revolutionaries, Hitler, American Pioneers
200
Name 3 groups of people that were excluded from full Athenian citizenship.
Who are women, slaves, anyone under 18, men who couldn't trace their parents' birth in Athens, and foreigners (metics)
200
This is the name of the Greek soldier
What is a hoplite
200
The __________ was known as the "beating heart" of Athens
What is the agora
300
What are two products that Greece is famous for?
What is wine, olive oil, grapes, grain
300
A group of 300 Spartans were defeated at the battle of Thermopylae by warriors from this empire:
What is Persia
300
The Assembly, or ______________, was open to all male citizens.
What is the Ekklasia
300
In ancient Sparta, one was on active military duty from ______ to _____
What is 20 to 60.
300
one famous theater is named after him, the god of wine
Who is Dionysus
400
What is the name of the mountain range in southern Greece that Spartans had to cross?
What is Tygetos Mts.
400
These groups of people were honored with headstones in Spartan society
What is mothers who died during childbirth and warriors who died during battle
400
This group (you need both names for it) consisted of a smaller amount of men who prepared the agenda for the larger legislative body, and was responsible for the day-to-day administration of the state's affairs.
What is the Boule AKA "Council of 500"
400
List two of the "rules" that the ancient Greeks abided by while at war?
What is 1) immunity for diplomats and messengers and 2) preservation of temples and other religious monuments/buildings, and 3) exchange of the dead for proper burial purposes
400
The fundamental building block of Athenian life, this term refers to not only the actual house, but the household and family
What is the oikos
500
Minoan civ. began on this island, and they are famous, among other things, for creating a system of writing which historians refer to as ____________
What is A) Crete and B) Linear A
500
The Spartans conquered and enslaved them after two protracted wars.
Who are the Messenians
500
Name the two Athenians who made democratic reforms prior to Pericles, in effect "paving the way" for democracy in Athens:
Who are Solon and Cleisthenes
500
At one point during the Peloponnesian Wars, Athenians said this to the people of Melos when they refused to ally themselves with Athens:
What is "The Strong do what they can, and the weak will suffer what they must."
500
List 3 things that Pericles boasts about in his famous funeral oration:
What is 1) that all men respect the laws of the land, 2) that all citizens are equal before the law, and 3) that Athens is experiencing a flourishing of art,culture, and philosophy.