ancient greece test Flashcards
an area of land that is surrounded by 3 sides of water
peninsula
greek market place
agora
greek stories of gods and heroes
mythology
people who have the right to participate in government
citizens
age of great achievement
classical
they could not travel by land what did they become
expert ship builders
what activity did not take place in the agora or greek market place
greek shelter to hide from incoming wars
hidden word
colis is the hidden word
why did the greeks become expert ship builders
because traveling in greek was difficult because of the mountanious.
the greek leaders probaly would have approved of all the greek leaders except for
drako
A lyric poem is a
poem set to music
an example how the greek strongly influenced our language is
many english words and expressions come from greek mythology.
In what way where the mycenaeans and the minoans
The mycenaeans lived on greek islands
All the following cities began as greek colonies except for
Alexandria,egypt
what does not describe democracy in athens
Aristocrats had more power than the citizens
why did many greeks visit the oracle at delphi
to ask the god apollo questions
how did greece’s land take advantage to geography and trade.
greece was surrounded by 3 sides of water and was very mountainous .So the greek people became expert ship builders and therefore it made lots of natural recourses it made them good traders since there was only a little land so it got splitted up and turned into city-states.
How was the Athenian government ruled prior to democracy?
before athens greece created democracy there was a monarchy which was ruled by a king then there was a oligarchy was ruled by a few rich people then there was a democracy created by draco with a whole new set of rules .
How have the myths created in ancient greece influenced the way we live today?
The myths have influenced our language ,phrases,olympics,sports teams,planets.
How was the form of democracy in ancient greece different than to what we have know.
Ancient greece democracy is different than they have know because they used broken pieces of pottery to vote and only men were allowed to vote,and they had direct democracy we have representative democracy.
