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GRHS WH1 Greece
Ancient Greence
Question | Answer |
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Where was Ancient Greece located? | between the Aegean & Mediterranean Seas |
Greece had easy access to what 2 important regions? | Fertile Crescent and Egypt |
Greece's ?????? made it ideal for trade and culture diffusion | location |
What caused Greece to depend on sea trade and resulted in the development of city states? | Mountainous terrain |
What is the rich collection of stories about Greek gods and goddesses called? | Greek Mythlogy |
What mysteries were explained by Greek myths? | Natural phenomenas |
Who was the Chief God? | Zeus |
Who was the GOD of the Sun? | Apollo |
Who was Aphrodite? | The Goddess of Love |
Who was Hera? | The Goddess of Marriage |
Who was the goddess of the hunt and moon? | Artemis |
Who was the goddess of wisdom? | Athena |
What eased overcrowding on the mainland? | Colonies |
What did Greek city states trade for grain? | wine and olives |
Greek trade led to the spread of the ????? culture | Hellenic |
A ????? was a Greek city state that demanded intense loyalty | polis |
Free adult males that had political rights were called ????? | Citizens |
Free women and foreigners had no ????? ????? | Political rights |
Slaves with no rights were considered ?????? | Non citizens |
Citizens were expected to participate in civic matters which led to beginning of modern ????? | democracy |
Government system ruled by one person who inherited his/her power is called a ????? | Monarchy |
Government system ruled by a small group of nobles is called an ????? | Aristocracy |
Government system ruled by one person that seized power by force is called a ????? | Tyranny |
Government system ruled by an assembly in which citizens vote is called a ????? | Democracy |
What Athen's tyrant developed written laws with severe punishments | Draco |
Who expanded participation in the assembly which improved the legal system? | Solon |
Which war united Sparta and Athens against a common enemy? | Persian |
The beginning of the Golden Age of Athens was the result of the defeat of the ????? | Persians |
The Golden Age of Athens is also known as the Age of Pericles | Pericles |
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle provided ????? contributions to Greece during the Golden Age | Philosophical |
Aeschylus and Sophocles provided ????? contributions to Greece during the Golden Age | Dramatic |
Homer, a poet during the Golden Age, wrote ????? and ????? | The Iliad and The Odyssey |
Herodutus and Thucydides provided ????? contributions to Greece during the Golden Age | Historical |
Euclid and Pythagoras provided ????? contributions to Greece during the Golden Age | Mathematical |
The most ornate type of column used during Ancient Greek Era was the ????? | Corinthian |
The temple dedicated to the Athena when the Athens were at the top of their power is the ????? | Parthenon |
Who conquered the Persian Empire and areas as far east as the Indus River Valley? | Alexander the Great |
The Hellenistic Age lasted until the rise of the ????? Empire | Roman |