Classical Greece Flashcards
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Greek’s system of government went from ____ to _____?
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Tyranny to democracy
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What was another name for a greek city state?
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Polis
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Who made the Greek government?
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Aristocracy (wealthy)
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How many city states were there?
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700
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What were Monarchs?
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Kings
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Who did the monarchy take over?
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Aristocratic Oligarchies
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What was Homer?
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A blind poet
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What 2 big poems did Homer write?
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Odyssey and Iliad
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What was religion for the Greeks?
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Polytheistic
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Who are Zeus and Hera?
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King of gods
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Who was Poseidon?
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God of sea
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Who was Ares?
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God of war
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Who was Apollo?
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God of sun
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Who was Aphrodite?
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God of love
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Who was Hades?
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God of the underworld
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When was the age of the tyrants established?
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7th century
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How did people seize power?
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Harsh force
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What popular government eventually replaced the tyrannies?
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Democracy
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Who were the Spartans started by?
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Dorians
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Where are the Dorians from?
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Laconia
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How many classes were there in Sparta?
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2
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What was a Spartan?
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A warrior
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What were Helots?
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Slaves
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What was Sparta’s form of government?
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Gerousia
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What was the Gerousia?
Council of elders of 60 or older
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How many members were in the Gerousia?
30 members
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What did Ephors do?
Acted as a check
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How many Ephors were there?
5
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Citizens in Sparta were checked at birth for what?
To see if they were fit
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When would training start in Sparta?
Age 7
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Boys would be put into what after Spartan training?
Groups of ages 14-20
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Who supervised the groups of 14-20 year olds?
An older boy
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From age 20-60 your life belonged where?
The military
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Could you marry if you are a Spartan?
Yes but wife must be fit
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Athens developed into what government?
Democracy
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What was the net upon Acropilis?
The walled-city
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Who ruled the walled city?
Ionian kings
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What was an archon?
Law maker
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How long was an archons term?
1 year
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What is a hemlock?
Way of execution
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What did Socrates (469-399 B.C.) study?
Philosophy
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What else was Socrates?
Stonemason and sophist
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What is a sophist?
Teacher of wisdom
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Socrates fought in what War?
2nd Peloponnesian war
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What was Socrates accused for?
Corrupting the youth of Athens
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How did Socrates die?
He was hemlock in 399 B.C.
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Plato was a disciple of who?
Socrates
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What did Plato do after Socrate's death?
He left Athens
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Where did Plato go when he left Athens?
Western Mediterranean
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What did Plato establish?
The Acedemy
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When did Plato establish the Academy?
387 B.C.
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When was The Academy shut down? Why shut it down?
529 A.D. by Justinian
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What was Thomas More's Utopia?
Republic
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How old was Plato when he died?
80
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Who studied under Plato at the Academy?
Aristotle
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What were the two ideas he's associated with?
Logic and Metaphysics
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What did Aristotle found?
Lyceum
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Aristotle's writings were lost after what?
The Fall of Rome
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What had taken control of the Greek city-states in Asia minor?
Persia
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Who did the Persians join in revolt?
Athens and Eretria
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Who put down the Persian Revolt?
Uariaus
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What did Uariaus capture?
Macedon and thrace
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When was the Battle of Marathon?
490 B.C.
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Who won the Battle of Marathon and who was their leader?
Athens; Mictiades
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Who was planning mother attack but died before in 486 B.C.?
Darius
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Who was Darius' son?
Xerxes
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Where did Xerxes launch his major attack?
Thermopoly
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Who was Thermopoly led by?
Spartan army lead by Leonidas
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Persian fleet was destroyed where?
Salamis
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Persians marched in after their fleet was destroyed and took what?
Athens
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What did the Persian navy face in 479 B.C.?
Another defeat from MyCale
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What happened to the Persian power?
It declined
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What was the Dealian League?
League of Greek city-states
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When was the Dealian League started?
478 B.C.
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What was the site of treasury in the Dealian League?
Delose
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Athens dominated under the leadership of whom?
Perciles
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When was the Peloponnesian War?
431-404 B.C.
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Who was the Peloponnesian war fought against?
Sparta and Athens
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Athens had a stronger what?
Navy
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Sparta had a stronger what?
Army
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When did Pericles die?
429 B.C.
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When was the Peace of Nicias?
421 B.C.
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Where was Athens Navy lost?
Syracuse
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Where were the last 8 years of the Peloponnesian War fought?
At sea
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Who did Sparta receive help from?
Persia
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Where were the Greek city-states?
Asia minor
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What happened when Athens' fleet was destroyed?
Athens was unable to fuel its people
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Who did Athens have problems from?
Delian League
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Delian League was broken up into what?
30 tyrants
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Philip II was king of what?
Macedon
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When did Philip II rule?
359-336 B.C.
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Where did Philip conquer?
Thrace
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Who opposed conquering Thrace?
Alliance of Thebes and Athens
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What was the Big Battle Philip II fought?
Battle of Charonea
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What did Philip II want to do in the battle of Charonea?
Conquer Greek city-states under Persian rule
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What happened before Philip II attacked?
He was assassinated in 336
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When did Alexander the Great rule?
336-323 B.C.
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When did Alexander the Great take over?
20
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What did Alexander the Great become?
On of the greatest military leaders of all time
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Where did Alexander the Great put down revolts?
Thebes and Thrace
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What was Alexander's first greatest victory?
Granicus (334 BC)
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What was Alexander's second greatest victory?
Issus (333 BC)
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What was Alexander's third greatest victory?
Guagamela (331 BC)
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Where did Alexander take an enterprise from?
Africa and Asia
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Who did Alexander marry?
A woman from Asia named Roxanne
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How and when did Alexander Die?
From a fever in 323 BC
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Where did Alexander die?
Babylon
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What happened to Alexander's son?
He was murdered
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Where did Ptolemy rule?
Egypt
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Where did Antigous rule?
Macedon
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Where did Selecus rule?
Syria and Mesopotamia
