Ancient Greece Flashcards

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When they started and finished the three periods

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Archaic: 8century B.C - 6century B.C.
Classical: 5century B.C - 338 B.C.
Hellenistic: 338 B.C. - 30 B.C.

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What did they do in their gods honour?

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  • Celebrations
  • Sporting Games (Olympic Games)
  • Offering
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Who took decisions in Sparta and Athens?

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Sparta: Gerousia (28 Aristoi )
Athens: Council (500)

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Name the parts of a column

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Capital
Shaft
Base
Pedestal

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Name the economic activities

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  • Agriculture (cereal,olives,vines…)
  • Artisans (textile, pottery… )
  • Livestock farming (goats,sheds)
  • traders( the most important)
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Name the things in common the poleis and the things that are independent in

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In common: religion, language, culture, Hellas, same shape

Independent in: army, laws, currency, government

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How was “Alexander the Great”?

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Intelligent and well educated

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Who had the total power in Sparta and Athens?

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Magistrates/Judges (Athens)
2 kings (Sparta)
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Who could vote in Athens and Sparta?

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Athens: male citizen over 18, son of Athenian parents
Sparta: male citizen over 30, son of Sparta father

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How was the name of the first sculpture?, of which period is? How was it?

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His name was Kourus, is from the archaic period. He was very simple. It had a simple walking pose with a almond shape eyes.

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How were the Greek gods?

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They were anthropomorphic. They lived in mount Olimpus. They were inmortals with powers.

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How did they called their territory?

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Hellas.

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13
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When they disappeared?

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In 30 B.C. . When the Romans invaded they

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How was divided the cities?

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In the lower part, Acropolis, where they the temples

In the lower part, Agora, where the people live

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What was the name of the second war of the second period? Who were in that war?

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The name was Peloponnesian war. It was between Athens and Sparta

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What did the poleis create after the Median War? Why? What did the Greek poleis give to one polys? Who was that polys?

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They created the Delian League to protect themselves for any attack. They gave money and a good float to Athens.

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What strategy did they do the Greeks for the Battle of Termopilas.

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They did a Double strategy. Middle of their troops by land and the other middle by water

18
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Name all the battle of the Median War and say who won in each one.

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First-the Battle of Marathon: Athenians(Greeks) won.
Second- the Battle of Termopilas: son of Darius (Persians) won.
Third-the Battle of Salamis:Greeks finally won

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Why ended the Median War?

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Because after the Battle of Salamis they signed the Peace of Callias that they declared the peace.

20
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To what places did the Greeks were when they needed new territory?

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To the North, Macedonia
To the South, Egypt
Most of them to the East, Turkey, were they were Persians.

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What did Alexander’s generals when he died?

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They divided their territory in the “Hellenistic Monarchies”

22
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Name the different capitals:

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In Archaic period: Doric
In Classical period: Ionic
In Hellenistic period: Corinthian

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What was the name of the second sculpture? Of which period it is? How it is?

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The Dyscobolus by Myron. It’smore complex than the other one. It from Classical period. They looked for ideals of beauty, it expressed movements. It has perfect proportions

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How is the name of the third sculpture? From which period it is? How it is?

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Laocoon and his Sons. It is from the Hellenistic period. It express feelings, better movements, great details and it’s very complex.

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Who tried to conquer Greece?
Darius I, he was a Persian king.