Beginnings

Question 1

Which group that we discussed are not actually Greeks?

Answer 1

Minoans

Question 2

What did the Minoans achieve artistically?

Answer 2

Frescos

Question 3

Who were the earliest Greeks- Indo-Europeans culturally?

Answer 3

Mycenaean

Question 4

Which great poet wrote his masterpieces during this time period? 1600-1000BC

Answer 4

Homer

Question 5

What were Homers 2 poems called and who were the heroes?

Answer 5

Ilian- Ichilles

Odyssey- Ulysses

Question 6

What 2 virtues were emphasized in the epic poems that the Greeks embraced?

Answer 6

Honor

Courage

Question 7

What impact did the Greeks have on the surrounding areas?

Answer 7

Colonization

Question 8

What were 2 of the items the Greeks based their trading on?

Answer 8

Olive oil

Wine

Question 9

How did they improve the Phoenician alphabet after they adopted it?

Answer 9

Added vowels

Question 10

Define “polis”

Answer 10

People or citizens

Question 11

What is the Acropolis and the agora?

Answer 11

Acropolis-marketplace

Agora-hill

Question 12

Who are hoplites?

Who are helots?

Answer 12

Hoplites-soldiers

Helots-slaves

Question 13

What are tyrants?

What are 2 other forms of government the Greeks used?

Answer 13

Tyrants-people who took over by force
Democracy
Monarchy

Question 14

Which 2 city-states dominated the Greek world during this time?
Which of the 2 was organized around the idea of warfare?

Answer 14

Athens
Sparta
Sparta

Question 15

What had the greatest impact on the beginnings of Greek culture geographically? How?

Answer 15

Mountains

Isolation