Ancient Greece

Question 1

Main Idea-Greece

Answer 1

Physical geography caused separate groups of Greek speaking people to develop isolated societies.

Question 2

What was the difference between Ancient and modern Greece?

Answer 2

ancient-a collection of separate lands where Greek speaking people lived vs modern-a united country

Question 3

What is the geography of Greece? (two parts)

Answer 3

1) a mountainous peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean sea and 2) a collection of islands in the Aegean and Ionian sea

Question 4

Who were the Mycenaeans?

Answer 4

settlers of Greek mainland, first bronze age society in Europe

Question 5

Where was Mycenae?

Answer 5

a steep rocky ridge surrounded by a thick wall

Question 6

How long did the wealthy warrior kings rule for in Greece?

Answer 6

1600 BCE to 1200 BCE

Question 7

Why did Mycenae flourish?

Answer 7

Ideally situated for trade by both sea and land

Question 8

What was the symbol of Mycenaean power?

Answer 8

The Lions’ Gate

Question 9

Mycenae lay unappreciated until what was discovered?

Answer 9

A treasure trove of gold

Question 10

One way to judge a society’s architectural finesse is by ___?

Answer 10

the distance it can span w/o internal supports

Question 11

In the Story of Troy, what was the king’s baby’s name?

Answer 11

Paris

Question 12

What did the king’s daughter tell him? What was her name?

Answer 12

His daughter Cassandra told him Paris would one day destroy his city

Question 13

How did the king react to Cassandra’s prediction?

Answer 13

He doubted her at first but then believed him.

Question 14

What did the king do upon hearing Cassandra’s prediction?

Answer 14

Ordered soldiers to kill the baby

Question 15

What was the Trojan war?

Answer 15

Conflict between Mycenae/Greece and Troy

Question 16

What was the legend surrounding the Trojan war?

Answer 16

The story of Troy

Question 17

What happened while soldiers were taking baby Paris to be killed?

Answer 17

Shepards saw the baby, ambushed the soldiers and took the baby.

Question 18

How did the king feel at first about Paris?

Answer 18

He loved him.

Question 19

What happened to Paris as a teenager?

Answer 19

The goddesses Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera asked to be judged on their beauty.

Question 20

Which goddess did Paris pick?

Answer 20

Aphrodite

Question 21

What happened after Paris chose the goddess?

Answer 21

He went to Sparta and took Helen, the queen, angering the king.

Question 22

What did the king do after Paris took Helen?

Answer 22

He got 1000 Greek soldiers to go to Troy and retrieve Helen

Question 23

What happened when the Greek soldiers stormed Troy for Helen?

Answer 23

Troy vs Greek for 9 years. No winner.

Question 24

Who was Achilles?

Answer 24

An invincible Greek soldier.

Question 25

How was Achilles invincible?

Answer 25

His mother dipped him in a magical river-the Styx-as a child, except for his heel.

Question 26

What happened to Achilles' heel?

Answer 26

Paris shot it with an arrow, making him lose his invincibility.

Question 27

What did the Greeks use to win the war?

Answer 27

Not valor or strength, but deception.

Question 28

What happened when the Greeks realized they couldn't break through to Troy?

Answer 28

They took a huge wooden horse and hid their soldiers inside, and sent it as a surrendering gift to Troy.

Question 29

What happened when Troy took the horse into the city?

Answer 29

That night, the Greek left the horse and signalled the soldiers hiding to come out. They destroyed Troy.

Question 30

Where in the Story of Troy do we see the same Greek value identified in the story of the Minotaur?

Answer 30

Value of beauty. In the story of the Minotaur, Ariadne was obsessed with her beauty, as were the three goddesses of Troy.

Question 31

What else can we learn from the story of Troy about Greek values?

Answer 31

Most of the stories are about fighting over a beautiful woman.

Question 32

What does historical archaeological evidence say about the story of Troy?

Answer 32

There was probably an actual war, but it was just a Mycenaean raid against rival trading city Troy. Turned to legend over time.

Question 33

When did Mycenaean society collapse?

Answer 33

After Trojan war.

Question 34

Who were the Dorians?

Answer 34

Hellenic people that invaded Greece around 1100 BCE.

Question 35

What was the name of Helen's original husband?

Answer 35

Menelaus.

Question 36

What were Homer's writings?

Answer 36

The Odyssey and the Iliad.

Question 37

What happened during the Dorian age?

Answer 37

Writing was temporarily forgotten.

Question 38

What did a phalanx lead to?

Answer 38

A stronger polis