Greece

In the beginning

100

two bronze age cultures that contributed their ideas

Minoans and Myceneans

200

They lived on Crete

Minoans

300

they built walls so big future Greeks said they were built by Cyclopses (giants)

Myceneans  Cyclopean Walls

400

he told stories of heroes and adventures of the Trojan War... the Iliad and Odyssey

Homer

500

its why bronze age culture collapsed AND the name  given to the time after fall of the Minoans and Myceneans

volcano, trade disruption (no tin for bronze), attack from the Sea People, and we dont exactly know  and Dark Ages

Terms

100

state owned slaves

helots

200

Greek foot soldiers  AND what age did Spartans start training  

hoplites  7-8

300

great pride... a  character flaw  AND what myth is an example

hubris   Icarus

400

voting directly on an issue  AND two ways ancient Greeks did it

direct democracy and white/black rocks or scratching names on broken pottery pieces

500

Greek like... and what cultures it combined (4)

Hellenistic    Greek, Egyptian, Persian, Indian, SW Asian

Names

100

he took the first steps toward democracy by creating a Boule (council) of 400

Solon

200

philosopher that taught by asking questions.   He was sentenced to death for corrupting the youth.  he taught Plato

Socrates

300

philosopher that said use reason/logic to answer questions... Plato taught him and he taught Alexander the Great

Artistotle

400

great general and politician  he ordered the building of the Parthenon and spread democracy to other city-states

Pericles

500

a historian, considered accurate, wrote of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

the city states

100

term for it and name 3

polis   Athens Sparta, Thebes, Corinth, Delphi, Olympia, Argos...

200

the market place AND the debating and meeting place

agora and pnyx

300

a walled high area where temples and monuments were built AND the temple in Athens

acropolis and Parthenon

400

the were never more than this distance from the sea

85 miles

500

the wars when they fought together  AND the war they fought against each other

Persian  and Peloponessian

uh oh

100

inventor that made machines to make life easier... a pulley, the mechanical screw....

Archimedes

200

from Macedonia,  considered one of the greatest, he conquered Greece... AND what other places/cultures (3)

Alexander the Great and Egypt, Persia, India, SW Asia

300

amount covered by mountains,  amount fertile valleys, 

lacking these 3 things

75%/3/4   20%  and farmland, timber, metals

400

clear and ordered thinking  AND  using knowledge to make inferences  (using reason)

Reason  and Logic

500

temperature range AND the results (2 specifically)

48-80   outside  debates=democracy

competition/sports=olympics