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Greece Flashcards

1
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What was the timespan of the ancient age?

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3,000 BC to 476 AD

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2
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What does BC/E stand for?

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Before Common Era

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3
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What does AD stand for?

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Anno Domini

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4
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What was the first year of the olympic games?

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776BCE

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5
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What are a couple important aspects of Greek life?

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Aesthetics and beauty

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6
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What years was the Archaic period?

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700 - 500 BCE

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7
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What years was the Classical period?

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479 - 323 BCE

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What years was the Hellenistic period?

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323 - 31 BCE

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9
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What was the construction technique in Greek architecture?

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Trabeated (post and lintel)

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10
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Where were the Minoan people?

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present day island Crete, Greece

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11
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Who was the first European civilization?

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The Minoans

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12
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The Minoans were what kind of empire?

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Maritime

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13
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The Minoans people consisted of what professions?

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Farmers, voyagers, merchants and traders

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14
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What was the palace in Crete called?

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Palace of Knossos

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15
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What was the building material of the palace of Knossos called?

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Ashlar

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16
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What did Ashlar look like?

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Finely dressed/shaped clean cut stone edges.

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17
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What word was the Palace of Knossos described as?

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Labyrinth

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18
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What material was the walls framed out of in the Palace of Knossos

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Wood

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19
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What fictional character was believed to be in the labyrinth of the palace of Knossos?

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Minotaur

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20
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What were stairs constructed with to get air into lower levels of the Knossos palace?

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open shafts

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21
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What were the Minoan Frescoes?

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Paintings done on wet, plastered walls, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and dry with it.

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22
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Where did the Mycenaeans live?

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Mainland Greece

23
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What was the time of the Mycenaeans?

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1600 BCE

24
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Where the Mycenaean city states fighting a lot?

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Yes the towns were heavily fortified suggesting so.

25
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What was Cyclopean masonry?

A

Massive limestone boulders roughly fitted together, gaps filled with small pieces of limestone. Used for fortification.

26
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What kind of arch was the Lions Gate?

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corbelled

27
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Year for treasury of Atreus

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1330 BCE

28
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Whats a Tholos?

A

Beehive tomb

29
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Whats a Dromos?

A

A passage

30
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What is a Polis

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A self-governed city-state with an urban nucleus.

31
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Agora

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City center and common marketplace. Hub of all public economic, political and social activities.

32
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Polis was the birth of _________.

A

Democracy

33
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A polis focused on improving private or public spaces?

A

Public

34
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What is a Acropolis?

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Sites located atop the highest terrain as strategic defensible spaces.

35
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What is a Acropolis used for?

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Usually functions as a religious sanctuary situated away from the City center.

36
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What was a Stoa?

A

A covered walkway or a portico, commonly for public use.

37
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Miletus Greece was built on how many terraces?

A

4

38
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What was the Bouleterion at Miletus used for?

A

Citizens would come to discuss policy and concerns for city.

39
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What is the Opisthodomos in a Greek temple?

A

rear room

40
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What is the Cella/naos in a greek temple?

A

Main chamber that houses the statue.

41
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What is the Pronaos in a greek temple?

A

front porch

42
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What is the Stylobate in a greek temple?

A

platform that the columns stand on

43
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What are the Anti columns in a greek temple?

A

columns of the front and rear walls between the antae

44
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Antae?

A

wall thickenings

45
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What was the development of orders for the Greek column?

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Doric, Ionic, Corinthian

46
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What was the Partheneon?

A

Doric temple that uses some ionic attributes

47
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How many columns wide and deep is the partheneon?

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8 wide 17 deep

48
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What material was the partheneon made out of?

A

marble

49
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How many years did the Parthenon survive

A

over 2000

50
Q

Human perception is flawed, and it needed ____________ adjustments in order to create a visual impression of ____________.

A

Architectural, perfection

51
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What is entasis

A

the swelling of columns to correct influence of curving inwards.

52
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What was the Propylaea

A

Monumental entrance to the acropolis

53
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What was the porch of maide

A

LAND2520E (7 decks)

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