History cards

Question 1

Mycenaean Culture

Answer 1

c. 1450 BC- 1200 BC
Warlike
Defended their cities from Citadels

Question 2

Minoan Culture

Answer 2

c. 2200 BC – 1450 BC
Named after King Minos
Capitol city- Knossos
Hedonistic- “pleasure- seeking”

Question 3

Trojan War

Answer 3

c. 1250 BC
The story is written in THE ILLIAD
The Greeks defeated the Trojans by hiding in a large wooden horse and ambushing the Trojans when they brought it into their city

Question 4

Phoenician Civilization and the Alphabet

Answer 4

c. 1200 BC- 1000 BC
Phoenician is another name for Canaanite
Called Phoenicians because of the red-purple dye they used on cloth
Known as the greatest seafarers of the Ancient World
Their alphabet is the basis for our English Alphabet
Founded Carthage

Question 5

Israel Divides into Two Kingdoms

Answer 5

I Kings 12, II Chronicles 10
c. 931 BC
Because Solomon worshiped other gods, God told him the kingdom would be split

Question 6

Homer and Greek Mythology

Answer 6

c. 900 BC
Homer was a bard (professional poet)
Homer wrote THE ILLIAD and THE ODYSSEY
Zeus was the greatest of the Greek gods
Athena- goddess of wisdom
Ares- god of war

Question 7

The Olympics

Answer 7

c. 776 BC

week-long festival with athletic games

Question 8

Founding of Rome

Answer 8

c. 753 BC
Legend: founded by twin brother Romulus and Remus
Actually founded by the Etruscans and Latins

Question 9

Greece Colonized, Democracy Begins

Answer 9

c. 750 BC- 508 BC

Question 10

Israel and Judah Fall

Answer 10

11 Kings 17, 25
c. 722 BC / 586 BC
Neither Israel nor Judah were faithful to God
Israel fell to the Assyrians
Judah fell to the Babylonians

Question 11

Prophets of God

Answer 11

c. 740 BC- 433 BC
Prophets warned the people of God of the consequences of their sins
Hosea, Amos, Micah, Isaiah, Joel, Nahum, Zephaniah, Jonah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk

Question 12

Roman Republic Developed

Answer 12

c. 509 BC- 366 BC
Republic- people voted who would be their leaders (consuls)
Two classes of people: Patricians (nobility) and Plebeians (common people)
The Senate ruled

Question 13

Persian Wars

Answer 13

c. 500 BC- 480 BC

Athens and Sparta joined forces to defeat the Persians at the Battle of Marathon

Question 14

Pericles and the Peloponnesian War

Answer 14

c. 461 BC- 404 BC
The “Golden Age” of The “Classical Period”
Pericles is the most famous politician
Time of Civil War

Question 15

Greek Philosophers

Answer 15

c. 450 BC- 322 BC
"the ones who loved knowledge"
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Stoics- simple life without luxuries
Epicureans- life is meant to be enjoyed

Question 16

Nehemiah and the Jewish Return

Answer 16

The Book of Nehemiah
c. 444 BC
King Artaxerxes’ cupbearer and advisor
Got permission and support from the king to return and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem