Classics

Question 1

What are the main time periods?

Answer 1

Bronze Age dark age archaic age classical age hellenistic age roman empire

Question 2

How did the geography of Greece affect the way city-states developed

Answer 2

People in the coast would have more trade however people landlocked would have more animals and natural defence/resources

Question 3

What evidence do we have for ancient Greece

Answer 3

Knossos

Question 4

What are the key events of Theseus and the Minotaur

Answer 4

He goes to fight minotaur, says white flag means I’m alive black flag mean I’m dead, meets a girl who helps him, kills the minotaur makes it back out the cave, goes back, dumps the girl on an island and she cursed him making him forget to change the flag from black to white. His dad sees black and jumps of a cliff

Question 5

What were the key features of Minoan life

Answer 5

Prayed to bulls, enjoyed bull jumping, really good builders and very rich, like frescos, lived on Crete and used pithoi

Question 6

What evidence have we looked at from the Minoan world

Answer 6

Labrys symbol, frescos, bull head and pithios

Question 7

In what ways was the bull important to the Minoans

Answer 7

He was the religious figure to them

Question 8

What were the consequences of the Thera eruption

Answer 8

Island got very small, ash fell all the way to turkey, causing bad crop growth and bad breathing. It caused tsunamis

Question 9

What were the key features of Mycenaean life

Answer 9

Attacked others, prepare for an enemy attack, big citadel very rich, traded

Question 10

what evidence have we looked at from the Mycenaean world

Answer 10

Knossos-Arthur Evans Troy-Schliemann

Question 11

what kind of world did the Mycenaeans live in

Answer 11

A world that traded, attacked, rich in materials, good at building, dangerous

Question 12

Why did Sparta need a warrior society

Answer 12

They were preparing for attack by Persia

Question 13

How did they go about making their citizens warriors

Answer 13

If the baby wasn’t strong they would throw it of a cliff, at 7 you would be put in the wild for a year and you had to survive with 1 piece of clothing, you were unde3r the lead of an older boy. After they got back they did the cheese test, which is where you have to get a piece of cheese but you had lots of other boys protecting them with whips, you could be killed.

Question 14

What role did girls/women play in society

Answer 14

Were in the city and always heard and seen, treated the same as boys, more women than men, encouraged to be competitive. They could choose who they marry, could own property and could do sports, they spoke in public

Question 15

What were causes and consequences of Ionian revolt

Answer 15

Ionia revolted against the Persians who took over them, this caused in the battle of Surdis, the city was burnt and caused Persia to hate Greeks

Question 16

what were the key events of the first invasion

Answer 16

Battle of Marathon, Greeks won, a messenger ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to tell the king what happened he died instantly after.

Question 17

what were the key events of the second invasion

Answer 17

Naval battle, Persians had more ships, Greeks won using tactics and Persia retreated, Greeks had better boats.

Question 18

what happened in the years following the defat of the Persians

Answer 18

Delian League, Athens collected taxes in order to protect them

Question 19

How did democracy come about in Athens

Answer 19

Cleisthenes wanted power so he said why don’t we give the people and vote and thought they would all like him so he could have power

Question 20

how did Athens organise itself to make itself democratic

Answer 20

Did an assembly every week so every citizen could have there voice heard, they did random selection for the council and jury

Question 21

What was not democratic for some living in Athens

Answer 21

Only citizens could have there voice heard which was only 10%, you had to be pure Athenian, not a slave, over 18 and a male to class as a citizen