ANCIENT GREECE REVIEW

What continent is Greece located on?

Europe

Name two seas that border Greece

The Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea

What was the landscape like that the Ancient Greek civilization was rooted in?

A rocky landscape surrounded by the sea. Also made up of over 400 islands

What is the biggest of the islands?

Crete

Workers hauled 20,000 tons of marbel and took 15 years to build

this

The Parthenon

What is a harbor?

A sheltered place along a coast

What is the name of the peninsula we learned about shaped like a giant hand

reaching towards Crete?

Peloponnesus

Greek merchants competed with traders from…

Phoenicia

What were the names of the two earliest civilizations in Ancient Greece…

Minoans and Mycenaeans

Name at least three crops Greek farmers grew

• Wheat• Barley• Olives• grapes

Why did sailing become such an important part of life in Greece?

Because farmers could not produce big grain surpluses and land was hard to travel on

What is a Polis?

The Greek word for communities that revolve around one city

Name the two major cities we learned about in this chapter and give me two

facts about each of them.

Athens and SpartaAthens was ruled by a type of government called an Democracy. They also had a strong Navy. They became very wealthy during the “Golden Age” Colonies paid their navy for protection. Sparta had a strong military and once joined with Athens to defeat the Persians but eventually became jealous of Athens’ power and defeated them as well.

What is a democracy?

A Greek word meaning “Ruled by the people”

What did the Mycenaeans learn from the Minoans ?

Pottery Making

What is the name of the Mountain in Northern Greece where the most powerful Gods were said to live?

Mount Olympus

What was the Acropolis?

The religious center of Athens located high above the city

At what age did Spartan men enter the army?

20

What is an Agora?

Served both as a market place and meeting place

Spartan men could return to their homes when they were?

30

What do you call a person who has certain rights and responsibilities in his

or her country or community?

Citizen

Early Greeks made their living by doing what types of jobs?

Trading, fishing, raising goats and sheep

What is an Oligarchy?

When a small group of the richest, most powerful citizens controlled decision making.

The acropolis was built around the original one of these.

Fort

The Dark ages in Ancient Greece were a time when people forgot how to...

Read and Write. They forgot their language because they only had time for survival.

Could not leave home without a male relative.

Athenian Women

The ancient Greek Alphabet came from?.

Phoenician Alphabet

What is a tyrant?

Ruled with total authority and usually by force

This city-state focused on the military

Sparta

True or false: Sparta was Greece’s largest city-state and was a strong

military power.

True

Mycenaeans could pay their taxes in

Wheat, Livestock, or honey

What is a democracy?

Citizens vote to make decisions

True or False? The Olympic games were first held nearly 3,000 years ago

in Ancient Greece

True

What was the Acropolis?

The religious center for Athens located high above the city

Who fought in the Peloponnesian war?

Sparta and Athens along with allies

The Parthenon sits on the highest point of the Acropolis and was

built as a temple for…

Athena

Who could be citizens of Greek city-states?

Free ~ native born ~ land-owning ~ men

In a democracy, who makes the decisions?

All the people

The End

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What do you call a lawmaking body of government?

assembly

Who was Homer?

A Greek poet who wrote stories describing Greece’s past

Who was Pericles?

An Athenian leader who thought poor as well as rich should be able to take part in government.

What do you call a group of citizens that are chosen to hear evidence and

make decisions in a court of law?

Jury

What did Socrates teach his students?

PhilosophyPhilosophy is the search for wisdom and

the right way to live

Who was Plato?

A famous philosopher

Provide two facts about Alexander the Great

• He was a student of Aristotle• He spread Greek language and tradition• He was king of Macedonia and set out to conquer

Persia• City of Alexandria was created and named after him

The statue of Zeus t Olympia, Temple of Artemis, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus at Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Pyramids of Giza, and

Hanging Gardens of Babylon are all part of…

The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World