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Describe the terrain (land) of Greece?
Covered by many mountains that isolated it.
How did the seas play a part for the Greeks?
They were vital links to the world outside which also united the Greek people.
How did the geography, primarily the mountains, play a part in the development of the polis (city-state)?
Mountains were barriers of communication, transportation and interaction, so residents of city-states were loyal to their particular city-state, NOT to overall Greece.
How did the ancient Greeks view themselves in regards to their polis - meaning did they have loyalty to Greece or to their polis (city-state)?
Residents of city-states were loyal to their particular city-state, not to all of Greece.
What civilization existed on the island of Crete?
The Minoans
What is the basic storyline of Theseus and the Minotaur?
Theseus was chosen along with other men and women to fight a big bad monster called the Minotaur which is like half bull half human. Theseus being cool anyway killed the Minotaur and went back home to see his father (his father died uh). Oh yeah also Theseus finds a woman, but doesn’t like her so he abandoned her.
Which civilization developed on the Greek mainland after the Minoans that supposedly conquered the Minoans?
The Mycenaeans
What conflict during the Mycenaean time saw the Greeks battle another city-state across the Aegean Sea?
The Trojan War
What was the legendary and real cause of the Trojan War?
Both sides competed for the vital straits or narrow water passages that connected the Mediterranean from the Black Sea.
Which blind Greek poet is responsible for writing the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Why did the ancient Greeks believe in a polytheistic faith, just like all the ancient civilizations we studied this year?
They believed every natural force and human activities were controlled by a God.
Who was considered to be the top god of the ancient Greeks?
Zeus
Where did the gods and goddesses supposedly live?
On Mt. Olympus which was the highest mountain in Greece,
What is another name for a city-state in ancient Greece?
Polis
Define an acropolis
Raised center area of a polis that contained governmental and religious buildings.
What is the role of an agora?
The marketplace of the polis - “The Hub” - center for trade, culture, and politics.
What were the requirements for someone to participate in government in the polis?
Male and birthplace (of that particular polis).
Which groups were not allowed to participate in their polis’s government?
Womans, slaves and foreigners.
Discuss the differences between Athens and Sparta – education, lifestyle, women’s rights, key characteristics, military, government. (um is this even a question? I’ll just put it in)
Athens gave no rights to women while Spartans gave some rights. Athens have luxurious lives while Spartans had plain boring lives. Athens had a strong Navy since they were near water while Spartans had a strong Military since they didn’t have access to big bodies of waters and only had mountains. Athens went to the military when they were 18 and stayed there for two years. Spartans were taken at age 7 and at the age of 30 got to get married but still in the barracks. Spartans focused on war and fought to the death.
What is the difference between a hoplite and a phalanx?
A hoplite is the armor on the soldier while Phalanx’s are a battle formation.
Which empire stretched from the outskirts of Greece down through Egypt all the way to India that threatened Greece after the Ionian city-states revolted?
The Persian Empire
What was the conflict between the Greek city-states and Persia called?
The Persian Wars
What were the causes of the Persian Wars?
The Persian Empire tried to take over the mainland of Greece.
Explain the key events of the the Persian Wars – Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis.
The Athens and Persians fought and more Persians died than Athens. But Persians were on their way to the Athens home place thingy so someone had to go back and warn literally everyone and say that the Persians were super bad and got demolished so the people would just surrender. Some guy without clothes did it, like 28 miles and stuff. Then back, then again, then another few miles (just like my morning workouts fr). Thermopylae is just Persians outnumbering Spartans being smart with geography and the sky defying the laws of nature by raining Persian blood (eeeww). Salamis is just Persian ships getting trapped and Greek ships eating them all (AHHHH).
