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Ancient Greece Test 1 Flashcards

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Why did Greek city-states have to set colonies up?

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to cope with the growing population and demand for resources

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What is a city-state?

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isolated areas that were run by the citizens of that place

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What is an acropolis and where is it located?

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citizens could refuge when attacked; honor gods (by building temples; edge of the city

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What is an agora and where is it located?

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a gathering place; center of athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life of the city; beneath acropolis

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Who could be a citizen of a city-states?

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only native-born Greek men who owned land and were not slaves

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What is a phalanx?

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a technique when to go to war; rows of hoplites; marched together, shoulder to shoulder; used shields and spears to protect

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What is another term for a city-state?

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polis

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What continent is Greece on?

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Europe

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What is a land mass with water on 3 sides called?

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peninsula

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How did the terrain of Greece affect the sharing of ideas of trading?

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the land is mountainous and its hard to farm for crops

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What crops were grown?

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people with a lot of land oats, wheat, barley; not a lot of land olives and grapes

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Neighbors & Surrounding Water

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Today: Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy
Water: east - Aegean Sea, south - Mediterranean Sea, west - Ionian Sea

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What is the land like?

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mountainous; peninsula

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Islands

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lots of tiny islands (3,000)

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Animals

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sheep and goats as they did not require a lot of land

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Terrace Farming

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sloped plane, or stairs; effective farming

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Trade

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traded olive oil, honey, cheese, figs, pottery, wine for wood, tools, perfume, grains

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Monarchy

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one person or family has all the power

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Oligarchy

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ruling power in the hands of a few people

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Tyrant

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1 person took control by taking control.

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Democracy

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the people share the talent

22
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Which city-state had the first democracy?

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Athens

23
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Which city-state was most famous for their oligarchy?

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Sparta

24
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What started the Trojan War?

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Prince Paris stole Helen from Menelaus and Agamemnon saw opportunity for war

25
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Where does the Trojan War take place?

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first 9 years in Troy and other neighboring countries

26
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Who is fighting in the Trojan War?

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Mycenaeans and Troy

27
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Who is Paris?

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most handsome prince in Troy; chosen to give the chosen apple to one of the gods

28
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Which goddess was chosen the fairest and said she would bring the most beautiful woman?

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Aphrodite

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Who is the most beautiful woman?

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Helen

30
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What idea was created to get through the Trojan walls? Whose idea was it?

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Trojan Horse; the idea was from Odysseus

31
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How long did the Trojan War last?

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10 years

32
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In what book is the Trojan War written?

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The Iliad; Homer most famous writer

33
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Where did the Minoan civilization start?

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Island of Crete

34
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What kind of government did the Minoans have?

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monarchy

35
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What are 3 achievements of the Minoan civilization?

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running water; frescos (art on walls); gold and silver on statues, bronze for weaponry

36
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What are a couple of theories of how the Minoan civilization ended?

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earthquake on land; Mycenaeans invade

37
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Where did the Mycenaeans civilization start?

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Central Asia; Peloponnesus Peninsula

38
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What were the Mycenaeans know for?

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very educated, very war-like, steal inventions

39
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List a theory of how the Mycenaeans civilization ended.

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earthquake; invading people and wars led to economic strain

40
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Where did the Dorian civilization start?

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north then came to mainland Greece

41
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What was the Dark Age that the Dorians went through? How did this impact the economy?

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lights were out, complete darkness; no written record found

42
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Where did the Hellenes civilization start?

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city-state on mainland Greece

43
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What were the Hellenes know for?

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alphabet (24 letters); oral stories passed

44
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What is a theory of how the Hellenes civilization ended?

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inability to unify; Macedonia conquer; conflict with Persia

45
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What is a theory of how the Dorian civilization ended?

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return of Hellenes; constant fighting

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