1. Ancient Greece B.C

2. Ancient Greece 101

3. Geography Very mountainous with few natural resources.
Surrounded by seas.
Did not unify under a single government, but developed city-states.
Polis- Greek city-state.

4. Geography
Acropolis- hill in the middle of a Greek city.

5. Geography

6. LABEL- Page. 124 Macedonia Aegean Sea Hellespont Ionia Rhodes Crete
Mediterranean Sea
Peloponnesus

7. Reflect
How did the geography of Ancient Greece make it difficult for city-states to unite?

8. Forms of Government Oligarchy- rule by a few, usually wealthy.
Democracy- rule by the people.
Monarchy- rule by a king or queen.
Aristocracy- rule by the nobility
Nobility- the upper class, usually land-owners.

9. Greek military Economic growth changed Greek politics.
Kings lost power to landholding aristocrats.
Farmers borrowed money they couldn’t pay back to support farms. Lost farms and became members of military.
Hoplite- Greek soldier.

10. Greek military
Phalanx- a military formation of Greek soldiers,

11. Athens Government: Democracy Men expected to hold public office.
No woman participation.

12. athens The Assembly- the ruling body of Athens.
Ostracize- to ban someone from the polis.

13. athens
Education:
Men- writing, mathematics, music, poetry, drama, athletics.
Main textbooks- Illiad and Th Odyssey.

14. Athens
Education
Women- sing, dance, spin, weave, run a household, manage slaves.

15. Athens
Military- men join at 18 and serve for 2 years.

16. athens
Marriage
Men- 20+
Women

17. Athens
As its population increased, Athens established colonies in other areas.

19. Athens The colonies led to conflict with Persia.
The first Persian invasion of Greece was stopped at the battle of Marathon.

20. THink-Pair-Share
Read the section Greek Colonies and Trade on page 112 in the textbook on your own.
Copy question: What kind of relationship existed between a Greek colony and its metropolis on the Greek land?
Find a partner, discuss answers, record answers in notes.

21. Sparta Government Oligarchy Two kings ruled jointly. Had little power.
Like Athens, had an Assembly.

22. Sparta
Education
Men: boys entered the camps at the age of 7 to learn how to be soldiers.

23. Sparta Education Women: Brought up to be like men: strong and healthy.
Trained in gymnastics, wrestling and boxing.
Sparta gave women more personal rights, but could not participate in government.

24. Sparta
Military
Men entered at 20, got out at 60.

25. Sparta
Marriage
Men- 30+
Women- 19+

26. Compare the ancient Greek city-states of Athens and sparta
List two differences, evidence of those differences and why the differences occurred.
List two similarities, evidence of those similarities and why the similarities occurred.
Use your notes and the textbook pages to help support your responses.

27. Greek Contributions to Western Civilization
Drama
Geometry
Science
History
Philosophy
Political Science
Logic
Medicine
Sculpture
Architecture

28. Drama Aeschylus- 1st of the tragic writers.
Sophocles- believed human suffering was unavoidable.
Euripides- believes humans bring disaster upon themselves.

30. geometry
Pythagoras- Pythagorean theorem.

31. Science
Archimedes- compound pulley.

32. history
Herodotus- Wrote the “Historia”

33. Philosophy
Socrates- believed in absolute truth. Ask questions and seek to understand life.

34. Political science
Plato- Disliked Athenian democracy. Placed more importance on state than individual.

35. Characteristics of the ideal state
The state is more important than the individual.
The goals of the state are more important than the goals of the individual.
Too much freedom leads to social disorder.
Only the most intelligent and educated should rule.

36. logic
Aristotle- Believed in determining if conclusions are logical.

37. medicine
Hippocrates- Believed our bodies could heal themselves. Laid foundation for today’s HIPPA laws.

38. architecture
The Parthenon

43. Think-pair-share
Which Greek contribution to Western Civilization is the most important and why?

44. Peloponnesian War War between Athens and Sparta
Sparta won the war with the help of Persia
The weakened Greek city-states were conquered by Macedonia.

46. REVIEW GAME

47. TRUE OR FALSE- Greece is very flat with many natural resources

48. What is the term that means “Greek city-state’?

49. Which type of government involves rule by the people?
Oligarchy
Democracy
Monarchy
Aristocracy

50. Which type of government involves a king or a queen?
Oligarchy
Democracy
Monarchy
Aristocracy

51. Which type of government involves rule by the nobility?
Oligarchy
Democracy
Monarchy
Aristocracy

52. Which type of government involves rule by few, usually the wealthy?
Oligarchy
Democracy
Monarchy
Aristocracy

53. What is the term for a Greek soldier?

54. Men were expected to hold public office.
Athens, Sparta or both?
Men were expected to hold public office.

55. Had an Assembly as their governing body.
Athens, Sparta or both?
Had an Assembly as their governing body.

56. Was considered a military society.

57. Had an Acropolis

58. Men joined the military at age 20 and served until they were 60.

59. Their main textbooks were The Illiad and The Odyssey.

60. Established colonies as population increased.

61. The government in this city- state is called a Democracy.

62. Women here had some personal freedoms like voicing their political opinions and owning property.

63. Two kings ruled jointly in this city-state, but they did not have much power.

64. What field did Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides contribute to?

65. Which field did Pythagoras contribute to?

66. Which field did Archimedes contribute to?

67. Which field did Herodotus contribute to?

68. Which field did Socrates contribute to?

69. Which field did Plato contribute to?

70. Which field did Aristotle contribute to?

71. Which field did Hippocrates contribute to?

72. Who won the Peloponnesian War? Athens or Sparta?

73. Who created the Pythagorean Theorem?

74. Who invented the compound pulley?

75. Who wrote the “Historia”?

76. Who disliked Athenian democracy and placed more importance on the state rather than the individual?

77. Who believed our bodies are capable of healing themselves and laid the foundation for today’s HIPPA laws?

78. What is the name of the oldest standing Greek building in which many Western government buildings base their architecture on?