Question | Answer |
3 facts about the landscape of Greece | No big rivers
Lots of mts.
Not good land because of mts. |
Where is greece on the balkan peninsula | Southern tip |
Which 3 seas is greece around | Agean,Ionian,&meiterranean |
What crops were grown in greece | grapes,olives,and barley |
Did all greeks practice the same religion and speak the same language | yes |
Describe the climate | Hot dry summers, rain in winter |
what is the outdoor market place called | an agora |
What statues are there | of gods and goddesses, athletes and politicians |
What do the men do | shop |
what do the women do | fill pots of water at the public fountain |
Tell me about the city of crete | 2500 B.c, island in mediterranean sea, developed written language, wove cloth, made pottery and jewlery, called Minoan civilization, King minos, traders, Eartquakes destroyed(maybe) |
Tell about Mycenae | replaced crete as center of civilization, walls around city were 20ft. thick, Plundered ships, Leads to war. |
What does plunder mean | take items/steal |
Who was the trojan war between | Greeks and people of Troy |
Where/what is Troy | a city on the Western coast of Asia minor |
What is a legend | about heros and great deeds |
What is a myth | traditional story w/ god/desses used to explain events in nature |
In the trojan war which side were the gods on | both |
Is the war a legend or myth | both |
What are the greek city states with gods/goddesses and who were they | Sparta - Helen
Athens - Athena |
How and who won the trojan war | the greeks by building a wooden horse and hidding in it. The trojans brought the horse in to the city and at night the people inside the horse opened the city gates letting all the greek army into the city. |
Who was homer | a famous greek poet |
what did homer write | the Illiad and the odysseus |
What does the illiad talk about | the war itself with the hero Odysseus |
What does the Odysseus talk about | tells of Odysseus being blown off corse in his ship by the gods he angered |
Zeus | king of gods, god of the sky, symbols = lightening bolt & eagle Wepon = lightening bolt |
Hera | Queen of gods, wife/sister of god. Goddess of marriage and children; jelous |
Kronus | ruler of the titans; father of zeus |
Poseidon | god of sea-brother of zeus-wepon= trident |
Hades | God og underworld- lord of death- bro. zeus & hera |
ares | God of war - son of Zeus - tall handsome cruel and coward. Often @ odds w/ athena whom people like more & want on their side instead of ares |
Athena | goddess of wisdom/war/arts/justice/industry - dauther of zeus - Athens is named for her - Symbols - owl/spear/olive tree |
Apollo | God of sun,light,music - son of zeus - twin of artimis |
Artemis | goddess of hunt - daughter of zeus - twin of Apollo |
Aphrodite | goddess of love and beauty - daughter of zeus |
Eros | God of love - uses bow and arrow to make people fall in love |
Hephaestus | God of fire- creates wepons for the gods - son of zeus |
Dionyous | God of wine |
Pan | god of nature - 1/2 man & 1/2 goat - protector of sheperds & flocks |
Hercules | Son of zeus - demigod - great strength |
Centaur | 1/2 man & 1/2 horse - tried to steal hercules wife |
Pegusus | winged horse |
Cerberus | 3 headed dog - gaurds the under world - pet of Hades |
The muses | daughter of zeus - make beautiful music for all of olympus |
Demeter | goddess of agriculture |
Hermes | mesenger of gods - son of zeus - prankster |
what does demos mean | greek word 4 common people |
what does kratos mean | rule |
Democracy means | common people rule |
did they beleive that they could rule themselves beter than a king | yes |
What did Athens have the first of and who was in charge of it | had 1st democracy- governed by males over 18, |
what is an assembly | a gathering of citizens |
how many citizens are selected to serve and for how long | 500 for 1 yr. |
who were made the slaves | women and workers born outside of city |
What is sparta | a city in greece |
who is sparta ruled by | the military |
what was life centered on | army |
which infants could live | only the healthy ones |
when were boys sent to military camp | 7 |
How were they expected to live | with little food or clothing and by stealing |
Tell me about the women in sparta | had personal rights, could own property, allowed to have opinions, couldn't take part in gov't |
When athens started to grow more powerfull what happened? | Persia attacked |
Where did the war happen | at marathon |
Who won | the athenians |
Who ran back 2 athens 2 anounce victory - 25mi | pheidippides |
Is this how the marathon gets its name | Yes |
Who works together to defeat the persians | Athenians and spartans |
When did the golden age of Athens start | after the defeat of the persians |
what was built during the golden age | monuments and statues |
Who extended human knowledge during the golden age | philosophers such as socrates plato and aristotle |
What were the philosophers 1st to look for | reseason to get sick and that it wasn't just the gods |
Socrates | taught people to teach by asking questions (the socratic method) |
Who invented the Socratic method | socrates |
Plato | didn't beleive in democracy and beleived applying reason that humanity could be perfect. |
Aristotle | Platos student - developed a university |
What is the parthenon, where is it, and what was in it | a temple 4 athena, on the acropolis, a statue of athena |
Who faught in the peloponnesian war | sparta and athens |
what power did athens/sparta have | athens - sea
sparta - land |
HOw does the war end | a plague breaks out in athens killing 1000's |
After the peloponnesian war what happens to greece | they fall upon hard times, have high unemployment, masedonia becomes a world power |
how, who and when was the parthenon built | not straight, by pericles and in 447 - 438 |
Who descovered that things built straight appear to be curved from far away | Pericles |
each column on the parthenon has a what in the middle | a buldge |
does the top or bottom of the columns on the parthenon have a bigger diameter | bottom |
how many levels of domed stairs are there | 3 |
Doric | simplest, crown up top, topped by a square |
what is a flute | the square that columns are topped by |
Ionic | shafts are taller, columns look slender, have flutes, capitals have scroll above the shaft, more decritive |
corinthian | have flowers and leaves |
what are the 3 types of columns | Doric, ionic, corinthian |
why doesn't the parthenon have a roof | in 1687 the parthenon stored gun powder during the war. The gun powder destroyed most of the room in the explosion |
when did alexander the great become king | 20 years old |
who was alexander the greats dad | king philip the 2 |
what was king philip the 2 king of | macedonia |
Who did alexander the great study with | aristotle |
all about alexander the great | great warrior, 2 years after being king invades Persia, didn't retreat when attacked |
what does hella mean | greece in greeke |
After alexander the great dies who takes over the land | 3 generals |