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CE History Exam
CE History Exam extra notes on various sections
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Security systems of Athens and Sparta: What are two similarities about Athens and Sparta? | Both surrounded by farmland, and both had large populations |
| Security systems of Athens and Sparta: What were two differences between Athens and Sparta? | Athens: trade, cargo ships Sparta: Unsure how they want to feed their solders, so they took over Messenia; Did not want to lose land gained so they created a militaristic society; Original inhabitants of Messina became slaves. |
| Security systems of Athens and Sparta: At birth a Spartan panel would decide if a baby would what | LIVE OR DIE |
| At what age would a Spartan boy enter military training? | 7 |
| From what ages was a Spartan man in the military? | 7 to 35 years old |
| The Spartan government was considered to be a | Military dictatorship |
| What army was equal to Sparta? | Athens |
| Athens started acting unfairly and forced the other city-states to pay what? | tribute for protection |
| What country posed a threat to Sparta? | Persia |
| Spartans training last for ______ years | 13 |
| The plague that struck Athens lasted ______ years | 5 |
| What army was equal to Athens? | Sparta |
| What types of people live in Sparta? | tough, silent and grim |
| What is a Greek term that originally meant all the inhabitants were enslaved by the Spartans________________ | Helot |
| The government ___________________ Spartans from birth | controlled |
| At what age did Spartan boys begin military training? | 7 |
| Life in what city was harsh and cruel________________ | Sparta |
| What did the Spartans turn the people the conquered into ________________ | Helots |
| What country had already gained control of the Greek colonies on the west coast of Asia Minor. | Persia |
| At what age did Spartan man become a solider? | 20 |
| At what age did Spartan man take his place in the assembly? | 30 |
| Only non-slave men, born in Sparta were ___________ | citizens |
| Girls trained and competed in ______________ and __________________ | wrestling (raslin') and spear throwing (spear chuckin') |
| True or False: Girls were expected to be soldiers | False |
| True or False: Spartan women had it better then most other Greek women? | True |
| ______________ were allowed to own land and took part in business in Sparta. | Women |
| What year did Persia pose a threat to Sparta? | 500 BC |
| In the fall of ____________, Persians landed in Greece | 490 BC |
| The Persians landed gathered near this Greek city | Marathon |
| The Persians outnumbered the Spartans | two-one; 2:1 |
| Peloponnesian War was started by the Allies of who? _____________________ | Athens and Sparta |
| A surprise attack by the ________________ overwhelmed the Persians. | Athenians; solders from Athens |
| Who used the defeat of the Persians to make the other city-states bow to their will? | Athens |
| In the year __________ Athens and Sparta got into a war. | 431 BC |
| The allies of Sparta and Athens started the _______________________ | Peloponnesian War |
| In the early years of the Peloponnesian War Athens was struck by a _______________ . | plague |
| Who surrounded and never dominated the Greek world again? | Athens |
| What country finally succeed in uniting the Greek city-states? | Macedonia |
| How did Athens lose it dominance in Greece? | After the Peloponnesian War it lost it ability to control other city-states and fell into decline. |
| What was the Golden age of Athens? | 479-431 BC (before the Peloponnesian War) |
| What characteristic did people in city-states throughout Greece share? | Same language, customs, culture, gods. |
| What 3 things did a chorus in a Greek drama do? | Background info, praised the gods, commented on events. |
| What areas did the ancient Greeks spend their time thinking about? | Philosophy, religion, government, and arts. |
| Who was the most important man in Athenian politics? | Pericles |
| Why did ancient Greeks think of their communities as separate countries? | Geographical features cut communities off from one another. |
| What was the role of women in ancient Greece? | Make babies, and obey their husbands |
| Early Greeks might all be considered "islanders" because they were separated from each other by water or______________? | Mountains |
| The earliest Greek myths, the Greek conquered the city of Troy in modern-day Turkey, using a trick call ______________ | Trojan Horse |
| The period between 1100 B.C. and 750 B.C. is known as the _________ of Greece because there was a great poverty and the art of writing was forgotten. | dark ages |
| As Greek city-states grew wealthier from trade, a _____________ class of merchants and artisans soon took power from rich and powerful families. | middle |
| ___________ became the leading democracy in the world around 594 B.C., when Solon helped reform debt laws and rules for debating laws | Athens |
| Men with non-citizen parents and ______________ were two groups who didn't get to participate in government of some Greek city-states. | Women and slaves |
| An area of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides | Peninsula |
| A long poem that tells a story | Epic |
| a high, rocky hill where the early Greeks built cities on top of | Acropolis |
| is a member of rich and powerful family | Aristocrat |
| a ruler who takes power with the support of the middle of working classes | Tyrant |
| a form of government in which its citizens govern themselves | Democracy |
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