Chapter 5 Flashcards
The Bronze Age was characterized by which of the following?
Use of bronze tools and weapons
Massive palaces
Forms of writing (Linear A and Linear B) for keeping lists and palace inventories
Why was it called the “Dark Ages”?
The monumental palaces of the Mycenean period disappeared
A general poverty and loss of culture throughout the Greek World
The Linear A and Linear B writing systems disappear
Which period is the earliest period for which written evidence survives and is also the age of
the rise of the Greek city-states, colonization, and the Persian Wars?
Archaic Period
During which period did the Peloponnesian War occur?
Classical Period
Which great Greek poet wrote such epics as Iliad and Odyssey?
Homer
During the Bronze Ages, who is considered to be the first literate civilization in Europe?
Minoans
What was one positive outcome of the Dark Ages?
Emergence of the Greek alphabet
What was the name given to the cultural identity whereby all Greeks saw themselves
connected by virtue of their common language, religion, and Homeric values?
Pan-Hellenic identity
During the Archaic Period, what was the central unit of organization in the Greek world?
Polis
To be successful, the hoplite phalanx required what?
All soldiers in the line to work together as a whole.
The use of the hoplon (round shield) to protect his left side and the right side of his
comrade to the left.
Execution of the othismos (a massive shove) during battle.
In Greek religion, who was the king of the gods and god of weather?
Zeus
As lawgiver, Solon created what form of government for Athens during the Archaic Period?
Democratic constitution
What form of government was used in Sparta during the Archaic Period?
Oligarchy
In the Greek city-states’ definitions of citizenship, while they were not citizens themselves,
why were women considered important to the polis?
They produced citizens.
What was a lasting effect of the Persian Wars during the Archaic Period?
Cemented Pan-Hellenic identity.
Showed the Greek military superiority over the Persians.
Showed Athens in a new light to the rest of the Greeks.
