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Chapter 3 The Archaic Age of Greece Flashcards

1
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Around what time period did the Archaic Period begin

A

c. 790/700 B.C

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2
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Where did the Greeks spread out too?

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Over the Mediterranean

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3
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A positive to the Archaic would be?

A

More colonies and Expanded trade

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4
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What were Male citizens called?

A

Politai

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5
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Who were the Megara?

A

Megarians

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6
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Agora

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Gathering place where they talked about civic issues

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7
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Who plotted the stars and drew the first geographical map?

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Anaximander

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8
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Which philosophers studied math and astronomy?

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Presocratics

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9
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Name a famous lyric poet we went over in this chapter

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Archilochus

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10
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Where did lyric poets recite at?

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Drinking Parties

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11
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Which type of philosophers were more interested in structure and development?

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Archaic

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12
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What is the chief governmental position in Athens?

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Archon

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13
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What century is the beginning of the Independent city states across Mediterranean(Black Sea)?

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7th Century

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14
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What was an ancient word used to define the black sea?

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Eurine Sea

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15
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What’s the ancient island off the coast of the Eurine Sea called?

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Propontis

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16
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Which god is mentioned in the works and days used to keep unjust from happening?

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Zeus

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17
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What’s a story which showed the difference between the marriages in Hesiod?

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Pandora

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18
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What type of tone is shown in the works and days?

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Moralistic

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19
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What time period marked roughly the first serious challenge to oligarchy?

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670-500 B.C

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20
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True or False tyrants rose due to their personal achievements?

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True

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21
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What’s the average span of most tyrannies?

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1-2 Generations

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22
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Which Greece city invented “red-figure” technique?

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Athens

23
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Which philosopher had disciples, and taught the theory of the universe?

A

Pythagoras

24
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What word was known as city state to the Greece?

A

Polis

25
Q

What’s the direct translation of the word Philosophy?

A

Love of Wisdom

26
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What festivals grew and fostered a Greek identity?

A

Panhellenic Festivals

27
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What was Pankration?

A

Vicious combination of boxing & wrestling

28
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Where was the Oracle of Apollo located?

A

Delphi

29
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Who was the priestess who imported Apollos messages in a trances type of state?

A

Pythia

30
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What year marked the first quadrennial games in Zeus’ honor?

A

776 B.C

31
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Who interpreted the Pythia?

A

Prophetal

32
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Who wrote the book which taught us about farming, back then?

A

Hesiod

33
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Where was Hesiod from?

A

Ascra in Boeotia

34
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Who led the colonists?

A

Oikistes

35
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How were the colonies connected?

A

Kinship and Religion

36
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Who founded the Byzantium’s?

A

Megarians

37
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What Greek organization had people but didn’t have a polis?

A

Ethnos

38
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What were Polemarchos?

A

Military Commander’s in some poleis

39
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What word was used for the people not apart of upper class?

A

Hoi polloi

40
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What were Kouros

A

Statues of naked young men

41
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What were Kore

A

Statues of clothed young maidens

42
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Who was the only women poet of Archaiac?

A

Sappho

43
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What was it called when soldiers arranged in tight formations?

A

Phalanx

43
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What was it called when soldiers arranged in tight formations?

A

Phalanx

44
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Heavy armored foot soldiers

A

Hoplites

45
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What did the colonies call the founding polis?

A

Metropolis

45
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What did the colonies call the founding polis?

A

Metropolis

46
Q

What civilization adopted the Greek Alphabet?

A

Etruscans

47
Q

Forming a union over several places

A

Synoecism

48
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Which three major city-states were involved with the war of Peloponnesos?

A

Sparta, Corinth, Argos

49
Q

What did the shields the hoplites used called?

A

Hoplon

50
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Who were the decent middle class?

A

Hoi mesoi

51
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