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Greece Flashcards

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Origin of what?

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Western civilization

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What sea is associated with Greece?

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Mediterranean Sea

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First……

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Democracy

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What kind of climate did they have?

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Moderate/temperate

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Land was very…

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Mountainous, hard to move

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Crete 1200B.C.

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Origin of Greece, culture died off, oldest known facts of civilization

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Agora

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Marketplace, where people would go and talk about politics and the government

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Bronze Age

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Easier to make tools and weapons

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Trojan War 1200 B.C.

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Not a lot of proof, Helen started the war when the Trojans kidnapped her, then they went to war.

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Trojan horse

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Where the soldiers were hiding so they could take down the Trojans

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Greek dark ages 1150-750 B.C.

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Needed a change in democracy, tell stories of the “golden age” (Trojan war)

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Who was the greatest story teller of all time

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Homer- his famous story was about the Trojan war. Created epics: values (described Greeks as brave, cunning, tricky, clever, and amazing)

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Stories about the Trojan war were written in the….

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Iliad (about the war) and the Odyssey (about a hero: Odysseus)

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Olympics 776 B.C.

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First Olympics ever. Was every 10 years (now every 4) competitors were recognized as heroes. Took place in Olympia at base of mount Olympus

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Myth

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12 gods/goddesses who supposedly live at the base of mount Olympus

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Polis

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Greek name for city state 750 B.C. Sparta and Athens=two largest. If you were born in one you were an official citizen

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Acropolis

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Fortified hilltop most significant place in a polis in Ancient Greece. Talk about politics

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Aristocracy

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Noble families

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Hoplite

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Fighter in Greece (soldier)

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What was developed in the Iron Age

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Phalanx: weapon that stretched to 16x. Eight men would line up and once one person would die they would step over them and keep going

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What was a tyrant

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A person in charge of the fighters

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What did Sparta and Athens use the polis’ for?

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Protection

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Sparta: at age 7 what would a man do?

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Go to boarding school, learn how to fight, and were encouraged to steal food

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Sparta: age 20?

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Can marry, active military member of Sparta

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Sparta: 30?

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Get out of military but would have to stay in it for 30 more years. Basically in military for life

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What did women do?

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Stayed home and ran the economy of Sparta, opened businesses

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Sparta was all about…..

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Power. They had helots (slaves), they created an uproar.

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What was the Code of Lycurgus

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What it means to be a spartan cost vs. power

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Athen was all about….

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Democracy, uprising of peasants and farmers, they wanted government to take care of them.

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What was the Solon reform?

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All about democracy (complete opposite of Sparta)

30
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Where was the first invasion of the Persian wars?

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Ionia (present day turkey)

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Who was the Persian king?

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Darius

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Why was the first invasion on Ionia?

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They wanted to associate with Greece not Persia

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In 520 B.C. Who attacked?

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Athens, they were defeated and Persia won

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In 490 B.C. What city was attacked in Greece by Persia?

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Marathon

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Out of the 25,000 Persian fighters, how many casualties were there?

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6,000

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Out of the 10,000 Athenian soldiers how many casualties?

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192

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Who was victorious at marathon?

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Athens

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Who was the little kid that ran 26 miles to Athens to tell the Athenian people they were victorious at the battle of marathon while being naked?

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Pheidippides, he then died right when he reached the gates. That’s were the 26 mile marathon comes from today

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2nd invasion: 480 what happens?

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Darius dies, some Xerxes takes over as new king

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What is he seeking for his father?

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Revenge

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How many troops go to battle for Persia?

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50,000

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Where was the second battle located?

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Thermopylae

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How many Greek troops are at Thermopylae?

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15,000

44
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Where was the battle located geographically?

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In a canyon

45
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700 Greeks and 300 Spartans retreated because….

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Of this battle

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How many days did it last and why?

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3 days until every Spartan was dead which slowed the advance

47
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Persia loaded their armies on…..

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Ships

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How many Greek ships were posted at sea?

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310

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How many Persian ships were there?

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1000

50
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What did the Greeks do to the Persian ships?

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They put a pole under their ship because their ships were lighter and then the Persian ships hit the bottom of the sea

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What did the poles do to the Persian ships

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Smashes holes in the sides

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Who was defeated?

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Persia/Xerxes

53
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The Athens navy felt

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Pride

54
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The spartan navy felt…

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Strength

55
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480-430 B.C. Was the……

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Golden age of Greece/Athens

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