Ancient Greece Flashcards
_____________ were the major landforms in Greece
Mountains
True/False - Land wasn’t arable/farmable
True
The Greeks used what to destroy Troy.
The Trojan horse
What are two epics about the Trojan war?
Iliad and the Odyssey
How many years did the Iliad and the Odyssey both last.
10 years
True or False - Many sons mesmerized the Iliad
True
__________ was blind/poet/who wrote Iliad
Homer
Soon after what war did Greek civilization collapse?
The Trojan War
True or False in the dark ages Greeks no longer traded foods,good, and Greeks forgot about the art of writing
True
What caused the dark ages?
Nobody knows
“High city” =
Acropolis
What temple is on THE acropolis?
the Parthenon
The Acropolis is in ________
Athens
Largest Greek building built to worship the Goddess Artemis
Temple of Artemis
ruled by one
Monarchy
ruled by many
Democracy
ruled by few
Oligarchy
These are some facts about who?
Member of the aristocratic family
Supports democracy
Greatest accomplishment was the Parthenon
Pericles
Parthenon was built to…
Honor the patron
Protect Athens
Athena(Parthenon was the temple of Athena)
Who was the philosopher who was famous for “Know Thy Self” and questioning things?
Socrates
Who did Socrates teach?
Plato
Who did Plato teach?
Aristotle
Who’s school was called Lyceum - taught/tutored Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
True or False - Ancient Greece had the first playwrights
True
Olympian games were held in honor of _________.
Zeus
center of Athens public life
The Agora
center of Athens religious life
The Acropolis
Early in the mornings men would go to The
Agora
Temples and government buildings lined The
Agora
True or False - Most homes in Ancient Greece where fancy and made out of wood
False
True or False - Most Greeks ate little meet
true
True or False - People in Ancient Greece thought women needed to be protected and guided by men
True
True or False - women could vote in Ancient Greece
False
Slaves were _________ responsibility
Women’s
True or False - If kids were born into a slave family they would soon become a slave
true
True or False - most Greeks owned Greek slaves
False
Slaves can become free if they…
Buy their freedom
Owner releases them
True or False - Without slaves….
- Men wouldn’t have leisure
- No time for arts
True
True of False - Life in Sparta was free and open while Athena the opposite
False
Spartans main priority was ________
WAR ⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️
What where slaves owned by Sparta called?
Helots
True or False - Helots outnumbered Spartans
True 👍
What would happen if an unhealthy kid was born in Sparta?
They would be thrown off a cliff
Spartan boy trained to be a
Warrior
Spartan girls trained to be ______________
healthy woman for healthy babies
True or False - Women had a better life in Sparta than other city-states
True
True or False - Spartans didn’t mingle with other Greeks
True
True or False - Spartans where encouraged to travel
False
King __________ (Persian leader)wanted the Greek city-states in Asia Minor to pay him tribute/taxes
Darius
What where the Greek advantages in the Persian War?
Freedom for families
Freedom for City
Knew what would happen if they lost(City would be burned, Slaves, Dead)
Knew the land
Was the battle of marathon a sea or land battle?
Land
Who one battle of Marathon?
Greeks
Who ran to Athens from Marathon?
Phidippides
What did Pheidippides say when he finally got to Athens?
“Nike,Nike!” (Victory)
Who is King Darius’s son?
King Xerxes
Who was the Greek farmer who helped the Persians by showing them a passageway through the mountains?
Efialtes
True or False - In the battle of Thermopylae people of Thermopylae went to Athens to evacuate the people. They went to Salamis. The 300 Spartans stayed and held up the Persians for 2 days.
True
True or False - Thermopylae was a sea battle. 🌊
False 👎
Small Greek navy ships used in the battle of Salamis were called __________
Trirings
Who won the battle of Salamis?
The Greeks
True or False - The battle of Salamis was a sea battle 🌊
True
What was the last Persian War battle called?
BATTLE OF PLATAEA
Was the battle of Plataea on land or sea?
Land
Who was king of Persia in this battle?
Xerxes
After Persian war who was Athens leader?
Pericles
Money was stored in the Delian league in case of Persian attack. Who used it actually and for what?
Perculise used it to build the parthanon.
Who created a new league after Athens used the Delian leagues money and what was the new league called?
The Spartans created a league and called it the Peloponnesian League.
True or False - Athens was stronger on land in war while Sparta in sea.
False
How long did the Peloponnesian War last?
27 years
Sparta partnered with who in the Peloponnesian War?
Persia
In the Peloponnesian War, who helped Sparta with their navy and gave them money?
Persia
__________ cut off Athens food and water + more supplies
Sparta
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Who was Alexander the Greats role model? Besides his dad
Achilles
King Phillip, Alexander the Greats father, who was he the ruler of?
Macedonia
__________ built a better army than Sparta, and untied Macedonia
King Phillip
True or False - King Phillip wanted to conquer Persia but assassinated before he could
True 👍
True or False - Alexander named many cities after his cat, Ciphers
False ( He had no cat)
Where was the last battle Alexander fought
At Babylon
What is Alexander the Greats horses name? What does it mean?
Bucephalus
“Bull headed”
What was Alexander the Greats dogs name?
Peritas
True or False - Alexander the Great died in battle
False
How many years did Alexander rule for?
13
True or False - Alexander the Great hated Persian women
False - he married one
True or False - Alexander the Great aloud rulers to continue governing
True
True or False - Alexander the Great did everything with his men.
True
