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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
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