Greece/Empires

Question 0

Odysseus

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Guy in The Odyssey (story is about him)

Question 1

Homer

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A poet in 750 BC he wrote about the Trojan war, the Iliad and The Odyssey

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Draco

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Author of Greek law code

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Cleisthones

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Created the first legislature

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What was the first legislature called?

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Council of 500

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Pericles

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King of Athens Greece during greece’s “golden age”

Believed everyone should take part in government regardless of wealth and social class

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Socrates

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Teacher of Plato

Question everything

Critic of sophists, sentenced to death bc “corruption of youth and failed to respect gods”

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Plato

Answer 7

Teacher of Aristotle

Wrote “The Republic”

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Aristotle

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Logic and reason, evidence

Alexander the Great’s tutor as a kid

Question 9

Name 3 Greek play writers

Answer 9

Euripides
Aeschylus
Sophocles

Question 10

Euripides
Aeschylus
Sophocles

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Greek play writers

“Tragedians” created new form of literature (dramatic/tragic play)

Question 11

Philip II oh Macedonia

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Conquered Greece, wanted to control Persian empire

Father of Alexander the Great

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Alexander the Great

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Took over Persian empire, advanced into India, died at young age, very powerful

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Herodotus

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“Father of history”

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Euclid

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Inventor of geometry

Wrote “the elements”

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Pythagoras

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Mathematician

Related sides of right triangle

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Hippocrates

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Father of medicine

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Archimedes

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Mechanical engineering

Invented pulley and levers

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What replaced Greece after a while?

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Rome

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Solon

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Chief official (archon)

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3 historical periods of Greece

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Archaic (1650-700bc)

Classical (700-324bc)

Hellenistic (324-100bc)

Question 21

Where did Greek influence spread out during Hellenistic period?

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Greece Persia and Egypt cultures

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Where the Greeks monotheistic or polytheistic?

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Polytheistic

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Trojan war

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Troy (modern turkey) vs Greeks

Economic rivalry between Mycenae and Troy

Question 24

Persian wars

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Persia invades Athens and Sparta Athens = most powerful afterwards Greeks won (lead to golden age)

Question 25

Peloponnesian wars

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``` Athens vs Sparta Greece vs Greece End of golden age End of Athens Fought of control of Aegean Sea ``` Sparta=on land so Athens can't use navy, Pericles allowed citizens to move inside city walls, crowded conditions=plague and many deaths (including Pericles)

Question 26

What goods were traded in Greek empire?

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Olive oil Wine Marble

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Cynics

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They lived a simple and humble life

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Epicureans

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Avoided pain and seeked pleasure | Believed life's point was to have fun (no god / no afterlife)

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Polis

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City state

Question 30

Where was Minoan civilization located?

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Island of Crete

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What was Minoan civilization based on?

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Trade

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What culture thrived after Minoans?

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Mycenaeans

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What happened to Mycenaean civilization?

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Invaded by Dorians

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How did greece's geography prevent unity?

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Lots of islands, mountainous

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Athens lifestyle vs sparta's

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Athens - knowledge Sparta - military

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Purpose of Sparta dress code?

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Toughen then up for harsh weather or terrains

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Spartan women rights?

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Could inherit property When men were at war, would run family

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Accomplishment of Solon

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Outlawed debt slavery Opened high offices to more citizens Granted citizenship to foreigners Encouraged export of oil and wine Gave the Athenian assembly more say in important decisions

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Sovereignty

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Independent city state

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Fresco

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Water color paintings done in wet plaster

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Knossos

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Where the rulers of the Minoan empire lived

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Shrines

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Areas dedicated to gods or goddesses

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Acropolis

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High city state with great marble temples and shrines

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Citizen

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Free resident

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Aristocracy

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Rule by a hereditary landholding elite

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Oligarchy

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Form of government | Power in hands of a few elite

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Helot

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State-owned slaves

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Democracy

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Government by people

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Tyrant

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People who gained power by force

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Legislature

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Law making body Debate law before approve or reject

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Phalanx

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A massive tactile formation of heavily armed foot soldiers

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Archon

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Chief official

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Straits

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Narrow water passages

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Greece government evolution (order)

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Monarchy Aristocracy Oligarchy

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Monarchy

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Government which a hereditary ruler exercises central power

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Sparta (location) vs Athens

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Sparta - southern part of Peloponnesus Athens - north of the Peloponnesus

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Alliance

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Formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defense

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Direct democracy

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Citizens take part directly in day to day affairs

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Stipend

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Fixed salary

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Jury

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A panel of citizens who have the authority to make the final judgment in a trial

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Ostracism

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Banishing or sending away someone who is seen as a threat

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Philosophers

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"Lovers of wisdom"

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Logic

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Rational thinking

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Rhetoric

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The art of skillful speaking

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Parthenon

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A temple dedicated to the goddess Athena

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Tragedies

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Plays the tragedians wrote about human suffering and often ended in disaster

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Greek comedies

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Playwrights mostly written by Aristophanes

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Assassination

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Murder of a public figure

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Assimilated

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Absorbed

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Alexandria

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Cultural capital Located in Egypt

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Greek goddess of wisdom

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Athena

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Where did Hittite empire begin?

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Asia Minor

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What did the Hittites introduce?

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Iron

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3 great empires that dominated Middle East in 1200 bc

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Hittites Egyptians Assyrians

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Oldest known peace treaty

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The treaty of kadesh Hittites and Egypt

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What did the Phoenicians introduce?

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Phonics, sound based alphabet

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What innovation gave Assyrians a military advantage

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Mountain warfare

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Earliest known monotheistic culture

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Hebrews (Israelites)

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Who is the father of the Hebrews?

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Abraham

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Who received 10 commandments from God?

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Moses

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Who was greatest Hebrew king?

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David (12 tribes = 1 nation)

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David's son

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Solomon (Jerusalem into capital)

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Where is Asia Minor?

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Modern turkey

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What do we call Persia today?

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Modern Iran

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Yahweh

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Hebrew God (Jewish)

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Metallurgy

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A Domain of materials science And engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements

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Persian king

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Darius