2. In what ways do the Ancient Greece Civilization differs from other Ancient Civilizations in Asia?

3. Greece I. Ancient Civilizations
a. People living in river valleys depended on the rivers flooding for fertile land.
II. Greece
a. Did not depend on flooding.
b. Had no rivers.
c. Had mountainous land and deep valleys with rugged highlands (hills).
d. Mountains divided the people.
e. Greece is located in Southeastern Europe.

4. Looking on the map, Greece is an example of.. What kind of landform?

5. Greek Civilization From tribes called “Achaeans”
Known as Hellenes or Greek

6. Where can we find the 3 important seas surrounding Greece
Where can we find the 3 important seas surrounding Greece? (Give the relative location based from the Greece) - Ionian Sea - Aegean Sea - Mediterranean Sea

8. Why are those seas important during the Greek Civilization?

9. Trade These seas made Greece a crossroads for trade.
Greece had long coastlines with many bays which were good for trading.

10. True or False: Geography played an important part in the settlement of the Greeks. -explain your answer

11. Structure
of the
City-States
Acropolis
Polis
Agora

12. What is a Polis?

13. A city-state in ancient Greece
Polis
A city-state in ancient Greece

14. Polis A nation of its own
developed because land was isolated by mountains or water
common language
depend on one another to survive.

15. What is an Agora?

16. Agora
A central area in Greek cities used both as a marketplace and as a meeting place.

17. What is an Acropolis?

18. ACROPOLIS
a large hill in ancient Greece where city residents sought shelter and safety in times of war and met to discuss community affairs

19. Greek City-States Shared a language & letters
Remained independent of each other
Each region had a Polis
Each region was built around an acropolis

20. What are the two city-states that became powerful during Ancient Greece?

21. Describe a Spartan

22. Sparta a. Located in Pelonnesus; Sparta was a strict military state.
b. Spartans were raised to be warriors.
c. Age 7, healthy boys were sent to barracks
c. There were three classes of people: Citizens, non-citizens, and helots

23. What tribe invaded Sparta during the dark ages?
-Dorian

24. Sparta What is the role of an Ephor to the state?
a. Government: Monarchy, 2 Kings, 28 elders as advisers and an assembly (men age 30).
What is the role of an Ephor to the state?

25. “Come back with your shield or on it”

26. Describe an Athenian

27. Athens
Located in Attica
World’s first democracy around 508 B.C.
Who were the great men contributed to the growth of democracy in Athens?

28. Draco
Draco’s Code
Solon
Land Reforms
Cleisthenes
Election

29. Why is Pericles time called the Golden Age of Athens?

30. Pericles Leader of creating democracy in Athens.
Pericles had the Parthenon and the Acropolis built.
A healthy mind, and a well trained body.
Curiosity and free discussion.

31. Parthenon and Acropolis

32. What made Persian war different from the other wars Sparta & Athens had?

33. The Greeks Clash with the Persians
a. At the time Athens was growing more powerful, Persia was the strongest military power in the world.
b. Persians invaded Greece at a plain northeast of Athens called Marathon.
c. After that, Athens and Sparta put aside their differences and worked together to destroy the Persian army.
d. Battle at Salamis/ Thermopylae: Sea battle which Athenian ships trapped and destroyed the Persian fleet of ships and were victorious.

35. Peloponnesian Wars 27 yrs
Delian League VS Peloponnesian League

37. Governments
of the
city-states
Democracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy

38. Describe a type of government called Monarchy

39. Some city-states had a single ruler
Monarchy
Some city-states had a single ruler

40. Describe a type of government called Oligarchy

41. Oligarchy
In some city-states, a small group of the richest and most powerful citizens controlled decision-making

42. Describe a type of government called Democracy

43. Democracy Rule by the citizens

44. Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Phoenicians
The three cultures
that influenced the
development of
Greek civilization

45. What are the two civilizations flourished in ancient Greece?

46. Where did the Minoan Civilization flourished?
- Crete

47. Who is this leader in Minoan Civilization, who thought to be the basis for the civilization’s name?
- King Minos

48. Minoans Started on 2,000 B.C. Trading culture
Pottery, metal work, wine, and olive oil
Written language

49. The Mycenaeans
1600 B.C.
Traded metals from the Greek mainland for the beautiful Minoan exports
Conquered Crete in 1450 B.C. and took over Minoa’s valuable trade
This civilization disappeared by 1100 B.C.

50. Reasons why Mycenaean Civilization declined
- Earthquakes & Fighting among kingdoms

51. Myths and Legends
TRUE OR FALSE : Greeks created many myths to help explain the mysteries of nature and life.

52. Trojan War
Sparta (Greeks) won by hiding in the Trojan Horse and making a surprise attack.
Poet, Homer ,wrote two poems about the war: The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Trojan horse

53. Earliest picture of the Trojan Horse, on a vase ca. 670 BC.

54. Mount Olympus Greeks believed that the gods and goddesses lived here.
In Ancient Greece daily life focused on keeping their many gods and goddesses happy.

55. Name A Greek God or Goddesses

57. Every how many interval years do Olympics usually happen?
Held to honor Zeus, king of all the gods. Held in Olympia.
Long jumping chariot racing
Every how many interval years do Olympics usually happen?

58. Philosophers Socrates Leader in revolution in thinking
Examine all issues rationally through dialogue
Search for universal truths
Group of youthful followers – Plato, Xenophon
Socratic method

59. Writer of philosophical dialogues - Socrates' point of view
Plato (427–347 BC)
Writer of philosophical dialogues - Socrates' point of view
Founder of the Academy in Athens
Lectured on politics (The Republic) , ethics, metaphysics, & epistemology
Themes in dialogues:
best possible form of government
role of heredity & the environment on human intelligence & personality
distinction between knowledge and true belief

60. Philosophers Aristotle (384 BC –322 BC)
Student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great
Wrote books on physics, poetry, zoology, logic, rhetoric, politics, government and biology
One of the few figures in history who studied almost every subject possible at the time

61. Decline of the Greek City-States
a. War caused all of Greece to become weak. b. Macedonia (in the north) was growing in power and became a threat to Greece.

62. That’s all folks!!