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The Greek World Flashcards

1
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c. 2000 - 1200 B.C.

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Aegean Age

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2
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[Prominent] People groups in the Aegean Age

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Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Dorians

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3
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Greek “Dark Ages” (Date)

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c. 1150 - 750 B.C.

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4
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Hellenic Age (Date)

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750 - 323 B.C.

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5
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In which age did Greek city-states emerge

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Hellenic Age (750 - 323 B.C.)

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6
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Encompasses the Greek “Golden Age”

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Hellenic Age

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7
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Demagoguery

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Selfish, unprincipled appeals to popular passions and prejudices

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8
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Location of the Parthenon

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Athens

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9
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Rule by the “best”

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Aristocracy

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10
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Rule by a monarch (king/queen); may involve a royal family

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Monarchy

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11
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Rule by a few

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Oligarchy

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12
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Rule by elected leaders

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Republic

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13
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The Important contribution of the Greeks

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Ideas

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14
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Greece’ area is about the same size as…

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England; Alabama

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15
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Geographical features that influenced Greece

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Mountains
Sea

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16
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True or False: Greece had many natural resources

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False

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17
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True or False: Greece’s lack of natural resources led them to colonize

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True

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18
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Polis

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A major town with its surrounding territory

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19
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Aspects of Minoan civilization

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On the island of Crete
Commercialized agriculture
Prosperous trade

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20
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Where was Mycenaean civlization located?

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Mycenae (on the Greek mainland)

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21
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Cause of the Greek Dark Ages

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Destruction caused by a Dorian invasion

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22
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What happened at Marathon?

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Greeks defeated an invading Persian army in the Persian Wars

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23
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True or False: Athens was not a commercial and sea-faring community

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False

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24
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Greek city that practiced direct democracy at times

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Athens

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25
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Athenian direct democracy

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Involved participation by all citizens (who made 10-20% of the population, comprised of men with 2 Athenian parents)

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26
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Ostracism

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Process [in Athens] by which dangerous politicians (after a vote) could be exiled/banished

27
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Greek city-state similar to modern totalitarian states

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Sparta

27
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Who in Sparta performed agriculture, crafts, and domestic work? (Citizens or Slaves)

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Slaves

27
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Outnumbered Spartan citizens 10 to 1

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Spartan slaves

28
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Spartan name for slaves

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helots

29
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Who comprised the Spartan warriors? (Citizens or Slaves)

A

Citizens

30
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True or False: Sparta was isolated and agricultural

A

True

31
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The Combatants in the Peloponnesian War

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Athens and Sparta

32
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Winner of the Peloponnesian War

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Sparta

33
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True or False: During wars, the Greeks did not call for truces in the Olympic Games

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False

34
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True or False: The Olympic Games were originally for men only

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True

35
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King of Macedonia (& Father of Alexander the Great)

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Philip II

36
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During which age did Greek culture spread eastward?

A

Hellenistic Age

37
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Under whom did the Hellenistic Age begin?

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Alexander the Great

38
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For roughly how many years did the Hellenistic Age endure?

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300 years

39
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Who defeated Ptolemaic Greece?

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Octavian/Augustus

40
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At what event did the Hellenistic Age end?

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The defeat of Ptolemaic Greece at Actium

41
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Where Augustus defeated Ptolemaic Greece

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Actium

42
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To how many generals was Alexander’s empire divided upon his death

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4 Generals

43
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The divisions of Alexander’s Empire

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  1. Ptolemaic Kingdom - Egypt
  2. Seleucid Kingdom - Persian Empire
  3. Antigonid Kingdom - Macedonia
    [4. Pergamene Kingdom - Asia Minor]
44
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Greek beliefs/traditions shifted from mythology to…

A

philosophy

45
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Dominant philosophers who (contrary to their culture at the time) argued that truth is real and discoverable

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Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

46
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Dominant schools of Hellenistic philosophy

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Epicureanism and Stoicism

47
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Epicureanism

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Belief that the finest pleasures are intellectual
[free the body from pain & the mind from fear
(particularly of death); avoid bodily excess; annihilationists;
retreat from worldly responsibility; founder: Epicurus 342-271 BC]

48
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Stoicism

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Belief that the universe is controlled by “something”
[deterministic; goal: conform your will to the “world will” & accept your fate; urged participation in worldly responsibilities]

49
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Founder of Athenian Democracy

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Cleisthenes

50
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Statesman who dominated Athens in its Golden Age

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Pericles

51
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Most famous Sophist

A

Protagoras

52
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Famous quote of Protagoras

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“Man is the measure of all things”

53
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Sentenced to death by drinking hemlock (poison)

A

Socrates

54
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Counseled to “know yourself”; said, “the unexamined life is not worth living”

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Socrates

55
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Socrates’ method of teaching
[Socratic pedagogy]

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By asking probing and penetrating questions

56
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Which school did Plato found?

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The Academy

57
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Purpose of the Academy

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To train the ruling class of Athens

58
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Student of Plato

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Aristotle

59
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Tutor of Alexander the Great

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Aristotle

60
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Methods of reasoning associated with Aristotle

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Deductive and inductive reasoning

61
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Made rules for syllogisms

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Aristotle

62
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True or False: Syllogisms are inductive

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False; they’re deductive

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