History test - Ancient Greece

the Romans

which people copied art and the gods from the Greek?

the Olympic Games, Democracy

name two important things that were invented by the Greeks.

on mainland Greece, Greek islands, in colonies around the \`Mediterranean Coast

where did the Ancient Greeks live?

warm, dry climate

describe the climate of Ancient Greece.

farming, fishing and trade

how did people make a living in Ancient Greece?

soldiers, scholars, scientists and artists

what were other jobs in Greece?

Athens, Sparta, Corinth and Olympia

name four Greek city-states

the Minoans

what is the name of the people who lived in 3000 BC on the island Crete?

the Myceneans

when their civilisation ended there came another people. What is their name?

dark, Archaic and Classical

historians have split Greek history into three Ages. What are they called?

homer

the Iliad is a long poem dating from the 700s BC. It is a poem about a war between the Greeks and the Trojans. Who made this poem?

Paris ran away with Helen, the wife of the Spartan king. Then the Greeks went after him with ships and an army to get Helen back

explain in your own words what happened that a war broke out between the Greeks and the Trojans. In other words: what brought on the war?

they pretended to sail away, but they left a giant wooden horse behind in which they had hidden Greek soldiers. This way they could easily enter the city and win the war

explain in your own words how the Greeks finally managed to win the war

free people and slaves

which two classes of people did you have in Ancient Greece?

only rich people did

which people in Greece went to war in armour and riding horses?

a monster that looks half like a man, and half like a bull. It eats humans

what is a Minotaur?

from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, which are alpha and beta

where does our word alphabet come from?

Hellenes and Hellas

the Greeks had a different name for themselves and their country? What did the Greeks call themselves and the country they lived in?

a new city that was started overseas

colony

greek city-state

polis

the main marketplace in a polis

agora

the inner keep of a city were most of the temples were

acropolis

time historians cannot “see”, because there is no information about it

dark ages

stories are not written down, but past on from person to person by telling

oral tradition

people that were born in a different polis

metoiks

person owned by someone else

slave

slaves, lower class, middle class, upper class

name 4 groups in the social pyramid (bottom to top)

social layer of merchants and such individuals

middle class

(poor) working people with little power

lower class

ruling class of people

upper class

greek citizen-soldier, heavily armoured

hoplite

close hoplite formation

phalanx

system of government where the people (demos) are in charge

democracy

system of government where the best (aristos) or rich are in charge

aristocracy

set or rights and obligations between a country and its people

citizenship

general assembly where all citizens gathered

ecclesia

council of 500 citizens in Athens that carried out everyday governing activities

boule

jobs for which people were elected

strategoi

ship captains, generals

types of jobs (strategoi)

vote to ban someone from Athens

ostracism

a country that has a king or queen

monarchy

politcs, arts & architecture, olympic games, science & philosophy

the civilization of Ancient Greece influenced the modern world in many different ways