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