Ancient Greece

Question 1

When they started and finished the three periods

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What did they do in their gods honour?

Answer 2

• Celebrations
• Sporting Games (Olympic Games)
• Offering

Question 3

Who took decisions in Sparta and Athens?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Name the parts of a column

Answer 4

Capital
Shaft
Base
Pedestal

Question 5

Name the economic activities

Answer 5

• Agriculture (cereal,olives,vines…)
• Artisans (textile, pottery… )
• Livestock farming (goats,sheds)
• traders( the most important)

Question 6

Name the things in common the poleis and the things that are independent in

Answer 6

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

Independent in: army, laws, currency, government

Question 7

How was “Alexander the Great”?

Answer 7

Intelligent and well educated

Question 8

Who had the total power in Sparta and Athens?

Answer 8

Magistrates/Judges (Athens)
2 kings (Sparta)

Question 9

Who could vote in Athens and Sparta?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

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

Answer 10

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

Question 11

How were the Greek gods?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

How did they called their territory?

Answer 12

Hellas.

Question 13

When they disappeared?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

How was divided the cities?

Answer 14

In the lower part, Acropolis, where they the temples

In the lower part, Agora, where the people live

Question 15

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

Answer 15

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

Question 16

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

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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

Answer 17

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

Question 18

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

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Why ended the Median War?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What did Alexander’s generals when he died?

Answer 21

They divided their territory in the “Hellenistic Monarchies”

Question 22

Name the different capitals:

Answer 22

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

Question 23

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Who tried to conquer Greece?

Answer 25

Darius I, he was a Persian king.