Ancient Greece

Question 1

What were the two main peoples of Ancient Greece?

Answer 1

The Dorians and the Ionians

Question 2

Who were the Dorians

Answer 2

Spartan, military focus, invaded from the North

Question 3

Who were the Ionians

Answer 3

mercantile and trading focused, invaded from the East

Question 4

True or False: the Hellenes were all city-states?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or False: the Hellenes all had different cultures, religions, languages, myths, and beliefs

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Why did the depiction of bodies change in the classical age? (2 reasons)

Answer 6

1. Physicians performing anatomical investigations
2. Philosophers developing conceptions of movement and physics

Question 7

What can be compared of the actions of archaic kouroi vs classical kouroi?

Answer 7

Archaic: only standing
Classical: activity, holding, throwing

Question 8

What did the Greek “Temenos” mark?

Answer 8

the sacred threshold/boundaries of a religious sanctuary or its altar

Question 9

What was the transitional aspect of entering a temple?

Answer 9

Going from a chaotic world to a controlled environment with balance and harmony

Question 10

What are Metopes?

Answer 10

reliefs on the blocks above columns

Question 11

What were some representations of extremes in the Hellenistic period?

Answer 11

mortality, disapointment, despair, suffering, old age, pain