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What was the terrain like in Greece?
Lots of mountains and many rocky areas.
How did the seas play a part for the Greeks?
They provided safe harbor for ships, allowed them to trade and spread ideas.
How did the geography, primarily the mountains, play a part in the development of the polis
Gave the city state isolation and made them more independent.
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)?
Loyalty was to their city-state, not all of Greece.
What civilization existed on the island of Crete?
The Minoans
What is the basic storyline of Theseus and the Minotaur?
Theseus goes to athens and kills their beast the minotaur with help from a girl named ariadne.
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 cause of the trojan war?
Queen helen was stolen by troy and the Greeks w wanted to get her back.
What was the real cause of the trojan war?
over economical rivalry.
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?
to explain Human Activities, and Natural Forces
Who was considered to be the top god of the ancient Greeks?
Zeus
where did the gods and goddesses supposedly live?
On mount olympus.
In class discussions, students cannot believe that the ancient people practiced these types of religions back in ancient days. Do you think there will come a time when people in the future will look at our religions and think the same way?
reasons, we will have more science so we know how earth was created and that stuff also we will be shocked to think we prayed to people because we will then know that we were praying to nobody.
If you were living during this time period, how do you think your life would have been affected by the belief in this type of religion?
What is another name for a city-state in ancient Greece?
Polis
Define an acropolis.
Its a protected settlement on a hill.
What is the role of an agora?
To be a market place, gathering area.
What were the requirements for someone to participate in government in the polis?
You had to be male and had to be born of the polis.
Which groups were not allowed to participate in their polis’s government?
The women, slaves, and foreigner.
What is the difference between a hoplite and a phalanx?
Hoplite is individual soldier and phalanx is the military formation/army of multiple of hoplites.
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?
Athens helping the ionian rebels
What was the marathon?
to reach athens to tell of victory after marathon a young runner called pheidippides runs 26 miles back home after reaching athens and announcing victory he dies of exhaustion
What was the battle of thermopylae
At a narrow mountain pass in Thermopylae xerxes and his army of 7,000 greeks was blocked by 300 spartans. The spartan leader Leonidas sacrificed themselves and held held off the greeks for 3 days allowing that greek city states to prepare for battle.
What was the battle at salamis
310 small greek ships went to attack a larger persian fleet. But Athens lured Sparta into the strait called salamis which was a passageway too narrow to pass through. They had a naval battle and then Athens destroyed and sank the persians ships because they had the advantage of the narrow passage way.
Who was Pheidippides and explain his importance?
He was the runner who ran to tell athens they had won the battle but he had run there and fought in the battle and then ran back to athens so he died of exhaustion
What was formed following the Persian Wars to stop future Persian invasion?
The peloponnesian league (A alliance with sparta and allies.)
Which Greek polis came to dominate Greece following the Persian Wars?
Athens
What was the conflict between Sparta and Athens called?
the peloponnesian wars
What were the causes of the Peloponnesian War?
-Athens dominates delian league
-Anti-Athens feeling were spread throughout greece
-Sparta and allies form the peloponnesian league
What were the two key events of the Peloponnesian War?
Athens catches a plagues and ⅓ of them die along with their leader (King pericles)
Also sparta alies with persia and they block the athens river and then conquer athen
What were the effects of the Peloponnesian Wars?
Athen power decreases
Overall greek power decreases
Macedonia rises in the north
