Ancient Greece Test Flashcards
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Which Ancient Greek philosopher tutored Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
What happened during the trial of Socrates?
Socrates drank poison and confessed to his crimes of “corrupting the youths minds”
How were the Athenians able to defeat the Persians at the Battle of the Marathon?
They used the phalanx method.
What sea is located directly south of Greece?
Mediterranean Sea.
Why did the FIRST Persian war start?
Athens supplied military aid to the Ionians and Persia’s king, Darious I declared war on Athens.
Why did the Peloponnesian war start?
Athens had kicked Sparta out of the Delian League.
What happened at the battle of Salamis?
The Athenians defeated the Persians.
How did Ancient Greece’s geography influence the city-states’ agriculture production?
Farming was limited because of the mountains, so they had to acquire food via maritime trade.
What was the outcome of the Battle of Thermopylae?
Sparta had held off the Persians for 7-days
What happened when Alexander the great and his forces invaded the Indus River Valley civilizations?
After that they had to retreat because once they reached India his troops refused to go on at all.
Was very militaristic in every aspect of Society.
Sparta
Located on the Peloponnesus.
Sparta
Had a representative government to lead the city.
Athens
No democracy.
Sparta
Citizens participated directly in decision-making.
Athens
Did not value things such as the arts, literature, or intellectual pursuits.
Sparta
First democracy.
Athens
All forms of individual expression were discouraged.
Sparta
Valued education - wealthy boys trained to be good citizens.
Athens
Solon made democratic reforms and outlawed debt slavery.
Athens
Valued duty strength, and discipline over freedom, individuality, and learning.
Sparta
Draco made legal code that said all citizens were equal under the law, but death was the punishment for most crimes.
Athens
Reformers like Cleisthenes increased the power of assembly by allowing all citizens to submit laws
Athens
Women had more rights than in other city-states and participated in athletics.
Sparta
Service to the state was above all else, even above the family.
Sparta
Rhetoric (the art of skillful speaking) was important to society.
Athens
Girls did not go to school-were trained to be good mothers and wives.
Athens
Men were encouraged to steal to develop good cunning.
Sparta
Encouraged trade and travel.
Athens
Valued individual expression.
Athens
Did not allow people to trade and travel.
Sparta
Boys began their military training at age 7.
Sparta
Used helots to work the land, which were very similar to slaves.
Sparta
Men expected to serve in the military until age 60.
Sparta
Military conflict around 1250 BC between Troy and the Greek City-states.
Trojan War
The epic poem about the AFTERMATH of the Trojan war.
The odyssey
Government in which a king or queen exercises power.
Monarchy
The most famous example of Greek architecture.
The Parthenon
A group of people with authority to make a decision in a legal case.
Jury
Government in which the ruling power belongs to a few people.
Oligarchy
City-State in Ancient Greece that evolved from a monarchy to a limited direct democracy.
Athens
Was a student of Socrates and wrote the Republic.
Plato
Formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another’s defense.
Alliance
The epic poem about the Trojan War.
The illiad
He was the sone of phillip II and he conquered the Persian empire, Asia minor, Palestine, Egypt, and Babylon.
Alexander the Great
Government in which the people have the ruling power.
Democracy
City the was founded in 332 BC by Alexander the Great, became one of the greatest cities of the Mediterranean world.
Alexandria
A government in which a leader took it over by force
Tyranny
He was the leader of Athens during the Golden Age of Athens.
Pericles
City-state in Ancient Greece settled by the Dorians and built as a military state.
Sparta
An Ancient city in Crete, the main center of the Minoan civilization.
Knossos
City-state in Ancient Greece.
Polis
An Ancient Greek poet who wrote a poem about the Trojan war.
Homer
Often called the “Father of History”
Herodotus
What’s Greeks geography like?
How did the geography of Ancient Greece influence this civilization?
Had a mountainous terrain. Very hilly,
The mountains gave them a limited amount of land to farm. Would have to use the Mediterranean sea in order to trade and travel
What was the Golden Age of Athens? What achievements were associated with the Golden Age of Athens?
Athens had great victory over Persia and became the leader of the Delian league. Built the Parthenon dedicated to the goddess Athena. Had advances in education and subjects of learning.
