Greece Test
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- Who began the building of the Parthonan?
- Pericles
- How could you become an Athenian citizen?
- You couldn't, you had to have 2 Athenian citizens as parents.
- Name the 12 chief Greek gods and goddesses:
- Zeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo, Poseidon, Artemis, Hestia, Hephaestus, Demeter, Hermes, Ares, Aphrodite
- What was Ares the patron of ?
- God of great and terrible war
- Name three ways Athens expanded Democracy after the Persian War?
- Any male could hold office, circuit judges, pay for jury service, every decision was decided by popular assembly
- What is Tyranny?
- A dictatorship but it was not always a bad reign.
- What does polis mean?
- City-State
- Why did the Greeks have mythology?
- To explain phenomena and other natural events
- What League did Sparta form?
- Peloponnesian League
- Where did the Minoans settle?
- The island of Crete
- What style of Government dominated Athens?
- Democracy
- What was the religion of Greece?
- Polytheistic
- What was Hephaestus the patron of ?
- God of fire/blacksmiths
- What was the Spartan strategy during the Great Pelopeniason War?
- Destroy Athens crops and cities
- What was Hera the patron of ?
- Goddess of Women and Female Animals
- What was Artemis the patron of ?
- Goddess of hunt and wild things
- What was a helot?
- A slave to Sparta
- What resulted in the Mycenaean collapse?
- Greek peoples spread eastward, Trade ended on the Aegean, Greeks created their own unique style of life.
- Where was the Parthonan located?
- On top of the Acropolis
- What categories did Theognis of Megara divide everyone into?
- Nobles & Base (They should never intermarry)
- What was Poseidon the patron of ?
- God of Ocean and Earthquakes
- What did Tyrants do once in power?
- Reward their supporters and then knock off their enemies one by one.
- What did the Gods still stay subordinate to?
- The Fates
- Why did the polis exist?
- To provide law and Justice?
- What were the main exports of Greece?
- Grapes & Olives
- What was a hoplite phalanx?
- Athenian foot soldiers who formed in rows
- What age did Spartan men leave for military training?
- Age 7
- What style predominated Greek Poetry?
- Lyric Style
- Why did the Mycenian empire collapse?
- Most likely invasion
- What was Aphrodite the patron of ?
- Goddess of love/beauty, born of tears and son shoots arrows to make people fall in love
- Name one writer of Greek Tragedies?
- Aeschyles or Sophocles or Euripides
- What were the 2 big works done by Homer?
- The Illiad and The Odyssey
- Who is the founder of Democracy?
- Clisthenes
- Why was Thucydides so concerned with getting the facts?
- History should be learned so that mistakes aren't repeated
- What was the difference between Herodotus work and Thucydides work in history?
- Thucydides wanted only facts while Herodotus incorporated Legends and other myths
- Why did the Spartans prevail in the Great Pelopeniason War?
- Athens supplies ran out
- What was the geography of Greece?
- There were many mountains/islands
- Name three words that are derived from the polis?
- Police, Policy, Politics, Metropolis
- Why was it worse to be a free laborer than a slave in Homer's day?
- Free laborers were landless and had no one to take care of them (slaves were taken care of by the family that owned them)
- What was Apollo the patron of ?
- God of poetry, music, medicine, sun
- In Athens or Sparta did women have more say?
- Athens
- What was Hermes the patron of ?
- God of science and invention, Messenger God
- What was a Hoplite?
- A Greek foot soldier (middle class) that provided their own equipment.
- What is the tholos?
- The tholos was a bee-hive-like burial where the buried important people
- Why did Tyranny fall out of power
- It was the complete opposite of the polis and people began to get sick of the Tyrant.
- Where did the Mycenaeans settle?
- The mainland of Greece
- Gods behaved like mortals besides for their _______ & ______?
- Immortality & Strength
- What 2 ideals did the Cult of Apollo at Delphi stress?
- "Know Thyself" and "Nothing in Moderation"
- Why did the Persians first attack Athens?
- For their involvement in the Ionian Rebellion
- What was Hestia the patron of ?
- Goddess of home and hearth
- What was the Athenian strategy during the Great Pelopeniason War?
- Let Sparta destroy our crops and cities while we attack their allies along the coast
- What was Zeus the patron of ?
- Chief of Sky, Storms, Weather, All Gods
- Who was Sappho and where was he/she from?
- She was a female poet (one of the few) and was from the Island of Lesbos
- What was Demeter the patron of ?
- Goddess of grain & agriculture, she brings the seasons
- In Theory what did all members of the polis share?
- A common Ancestor
- What was Athena the patron of ?
- Goddess of cities, wars, wisdom and protector of skilled workers
- Name a Greek Poet other than Homer?
- Sapho
- What style of Government dominated Sparta?
- Ogliarchy
- What League did Athens form?
- The Delian League
- What did Homer tell us about Greek life?
- Greeks valued manliness (through competition), power, and family. He also told us Greece was divided between Nobles, Free Laborers (had it the worst), and Slaves.
- Why did the Greek alphabet catch on so quickly?
- It was easier than the past alphabets and everyone could learn it.