Ancient Greece

Question 1

The geography of ancient greece

Answer 1

Greece is full of mountains which made it difficult to make long journeys by land. Mountains,seas and islands formed natural barriers between the Greek city-states and forced the Greeks to settle along the coast. The geography of the region helped to shape the goverment and culture of the Ancient Greeks

Question 2

How the geography influenced trade

Answer 2

Greece’s hot, dry summers and only rain in winter made them cultivate crops such as olives and grapes which they used to produce olive oil and wine. They had a lot of clay which they used to create pottery. They had access to the sea which made Them set up colonies which gave them access to resources that were not plentiful such as metals, grains and timbre. In exchange the Greeks traded the goods they had such as pottery, olive oil and wine. With new goods came the opportunity to create new jobs which led the greeks to produce more goods. With more goods the Greeks were able to trade more. With more trade the greeks

Question 3

The period of Ancient Greece came after the _____

Answer 3

Dark ages

Question 4

The period of ancient Greece was followed by the ____

Answer 4

Roman empire

Question 5

Name 4 events that occurred in the Archaic period

Answer 5

First Olympic games, Homer wrote Iliad and Odyssey, Draconian laws introduced and democracy introduced.

Question 6

What are the 3 periods of Ancient Greece

Answer 6

Archaic, classical, hellenistic

Question 7

Name 5 events that occurred in the Classical period

Answer 7

The Persian wars, theatre becomes popular, the parthenon is built, Peloponnesian wars and Alexander the Great begins his conquests.

Question 8

Name 2 events that occurred in the Hellenistic period

Answer 8

Alexander the Great dies, Rome conquers Greece

Question 9

Who was Homer?

Answer 9

Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

Question 10

Who was Herodotus?

Answer 10

Greek historian

Question 11

Who was Socrates?

Answer 11

he was a Greek philosopher and founder of what is known as the socratic method - where probing questions are used to develop understanding

Question 12

Who was Aristotle?

Answer 12

Greek philosopher, scientist and mathematician and taught Alexander the Great.

Question 13

What was the history of Athens and Sparta.

Answer 13

Athens and Sparta were the two main city states that ruled much of ancient Greece. They were often rivals and fought each other in the Peloponnesian Wars. At other times they united together in order to protect the Greek lands from invaders.
The cultures of the two cities were very different. Sparta was almost entirely focused on war and how to fight, while Athens focused on the arts and learning.

Question 14

What were the differences and similarities between Athens and Sparta?

Answer 14

Athens had the largest city, they were rich, they had democracy, they had education where they learnt to reading and write. They also learnt about music and art. They had a strong navy.

Sparta had the strongest military, they were athletic and physically fit. They trained boys to be warriors. They won the Peloponnesian wars.

They were both greek city states and they both had political power. They both had slaves and trade. They had the same religion and language.

Question 15

Why was Mount Olympus important?

Answer 15

They believed that the 12 Olympian gods lived on the mountain. And humans cld be invited to visit! It was a sacred mountain and the tallest in ancient greece.

Question 16

Why was Delphi significant to the ancient Greeks?

Answer 16

Because they built a temple there to the god Apollo. And they believed that you could go there and talk to the gods. This was known as the Oracle of Delphi.

Question 17

What is a colliny

Answer 17

An area or country under the full or partial control of another country and occu- pied by settlers from that country.

Question 18

What is an acropolis

Answer 18

The top of a hill, where city-states were charac- teristically built. The majority of the polises population lived in the city, as it was the cenre of trade, commerce, culture and politial activity.

Question 19

What are Perioikoi

Answer 19

Conquered ‘free’ people who lived in Spartan lands but were not Spartan citizens.
Helots: S

Question 20

What are helots

Answer 20

Spartan slaves who held no status.

Question 21

4 social classes of Athens:

Answer 21

slaves, freedmen, metics + citizens

Question 22

What are Spartiates/Homoioi:

Answer 22

Male citizens who were finished their military training.

Question 23

What is Oligarchy:

Answer 23

Only land- owning men were al- lowed to vote or run for office.

Question 24

What are Hoplites

Answer 24

Spartan heavily armed foot soldiers.

Question 25

What is an Agoge

Answer 25

A military academy where Spartan boys went for training.

Question 26

concepts

Answer 26

Abstract ideas that help historians to organise their thoughts and to

make sense of the past.

Question 27

Evidence

Answer 27

Evidence

Question 28

Reliability

Answer 28

Whether a source is trustworthy or not.

Question 29

Chronology

Answer 29

The order in which events happen in history.

Question 30

Change

Answer 30

How things change over time.

Question 31

Continuity

Answer 31

How things stay the same over time.

Question 32

Continuity

Answer 32

How things stay the same over time.

Question 33

Significance

Answer 33

The process used to evaluate what events are important/more

important than others.

Question 34

Anachronism

Answer 34

A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which

it exists.

Question 35

Bias

Answer 35

Where an individual experiencing or writing about an event only takes

into account their point of view.

Question 36

A primary source:

Answer 36

A type of source that comes from the
time that the historian is studying,
created maybe by someone who
witnessed the event being studied.
Eg. Archaeological remains,
photographs, personal journal

Question 37

A secondary source:

Answer 37

A type of source that is written long
after the event by someone who
relied on the accounts of those who
witnessed the event or were alive at
the time.A type of source that is written long
after the event by someone who
relied on the accounts of those who
witnessed the event or were alive at
the time.

Question 38

History is a study of the past which differs …

Answer 38

depending on one’s perspective

Question 39

name 5 key feuters of the greek religion

Answer 39

The greek religion was polytheistic with may gods actively involved in daily life - but not always benevolent

like people, the gods were fallible and gave into temptation.

There was a hierarchical structure, some gods were more important than others and more powerful

gods were assigned a role that they fulfilled in daily life

the greek gods were known as the olympians led by zeus

Question 40

The Greek gods were portrayed as

Answer 40

powerful with an excellent physique – this symbolized how significant they were to the people.

Question 41

What is Greek methology

Answer 41

Greek methology consists of all stories and tales about greek gods, goddessesand heroes.

Question 42

ostracism

Answer 42

the process where any citizen , including political leaders could be expelled from the city state for 10 years. once a year Athenian citizens would nominate people.

Question 43

social networking

Answer 43

social networking was were ancient Greeks shared ideas with one another which let to innovation.

Question 44

plato

Answer 44

student of Socrates 
came up with the idea of the cave
founded the worlds first university ''the academy'' 
 Alexander the Great attended 
this Academy!

Question 45

social media plato cave reason

Answer 45

there are many people in the world that belive everything they read and they refuse to belive anything besides their created truth. They are too scared to look at any other possibilities

Question 46

Olympic games

Answer 46

they began in ancient Greece
dedicated to the Greek gods
first compettitons included - charriot racing, running and boxing. later on marethon running was included

Question 47

marethon

Answer 47

when the Athenians
learned that the Persians had landed at Marathon on the way to
attack Athens, a messenger was sent running to Sparta with a
request for help. This original “marathon runner” covered 260 km
of rugged terrain in less than two days! The Persians landed at the bay of Marathon. The army of the Athenians defeated the Persian army. after the batte the athenain army ranback to Athens in order to prevent the persians from attacking the city. this is the origin of the marethon running race

Question 48

The battle of Thermopylae

Answer 48

The Greeks put together a small force
They met at a narrow pass in the mountains
The Persians found a way around the Greeks.
The king told most of his troops to flee but he stayed behind with a small force in order to let the rest escape.
The spartans fought to the death, killing as many persians as they could

Question 49

battle of Salamis

Answer 49

The Persians arrived at Athens and all the Athenians had fled and they were all waiting by the coast.

the Persians attacked the small Athenian ships. They were sure of victory but the small ships were called triremes and they were fast and maneuverable. They rammed into the sides of the large Persian ships and sunk them. They soundly defeated the Persians.

Question 50

Alexander the great

Answer 50

he was a Macedonian king
he was a expert horseman
he united the Greek city-states
He defeated the Persian armies and conquered their empire
he created a massive empire
His conquests included Syria, Phoenicia, Judea, Gaza, Egypt,
Mesopotamia, Persia and he extended the boundaries of his
empire as far as India