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Classical Greece
Module 5 Ancient Greece
Question | Answer |
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Why do you think the Dorian period was called Dark Age? | The period declined during the time period. |
How were the Mycenaeans influenced by the Minoans? | There writing system had high levels of art/artistic designs. |
What did the Athens value culture wise? | Arts, literature, or other artistic and intellectual pursuits. |
What were two of Pericles' main goals for Athens? | Make Athens more democratic and stronger. |
What themes were common in the Greek tragedy? | Love, hate, war, betrayol, and hubris. |
Where is Maceonia located? | In the north of Greece. |
When did the lives of women had a big change? | During the Hellenistic period. |
What was in Alexandria's museum? | Alexandria’s museum had a small observatory in which astronomers could study the planets and stars. |
How did Homer keep Greek Culture alive under the Dorians? | Making poems and making epics. |
What types of government existed in the city-states? | Monarchy, aristocracy, and oligachy. |
What was the outcome of the Persian War? | Greece won the war. |
Why was the sea trade important for the Greeks? | Greece had few natural resources which they needed. |
Why was Athens not a full democracy? | Only free adult males were citizens. |
How did Sparta treat the Messenians? | Sparta made them helots, peasents forced to stay o the land they worked on and turn over half their crops. |
What type of society did Sparta create in response to the revolt? | Introduced timely reforms. |
How did Athenians avoid major political upheavels? | Strong, highly disaplined millitary state. |
What economic and political reforms did Solon initiate? | Outlawed debt slavery, allowed all citizens to particapate in Athenian assembly. |
What advantages did the Greek soldiers have over the Persians? | Disipline, training, heavy armor, and the phalanz formation. |
What were were the consequences of the Persian Wars? | End of Persian threat and emergence of golden age of Athens. |
What are epics? | Heroic story told in the form of a long poem. |
What kind of leader was Pericles? | Was honest and fair, dominated life in Athens, and brought Greek culture to new heights. |
How did Pericles strengthen democracy? | He increased the number of paid public officials and introduced direct democracy, in which citizens rule directly. |
How do Athens and Sparta compare in power? | Both were heads of leagues of city-states. Athens had a stronger navy, but Sparta had a stronger army. |
How did Pericles strengthen the empire? | Built a strong navy and expanded overseas trade. |
What do the themes of Greek comedies suggest about the men and women of Athens? | Discussed and accepted criticism of their ideas, behavior, customs, and politics. |
What themes were common in Greek tragedy? | Love, hate, war, betrayal, and hubris. |
What ideas were important to classical artisits? | Order, balence, and proportion;art thatprotrayed ideal human beings. |
What is the philosophic legacy of Artistole? | Scientific method. |