Ancient Greece Review
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- On which continent will you find Greece?
- Europe
- What landform would you call Greece?
- It is a peninsula
- What body of water does Greece border?
- Greece borders the Mediterranean Sea.
- How does Ancient Greece compare in size to present day Greece?
- Ancient Greece was much larger than present day Greece.
- By what year was a common Greek culture and language shared across the peninsula of Greece?
- By 700 B.C.
- What was Greece separated into?
- city-states
- About how many people were in each city-state?
- No more than 100,000
- Were the city states dependent on eachother?
- No, they remained independent and had different governments.
- What were 2 things that could be found in each city-state?
- A polis, which was the main city, and an acropolis, which is a walled hill where people would go for protection.
- Were the city-states always in harmony with eachother?
- Although similar, the small city-states often found themselves fighting with one another.
- What were the Greeks known for?
- The Greeks were good fighters and would be hired by other countries to fight.
- What happened when city-states were at war with one another?
- They often formed alliances against each other.
- What year was the Trojan War?
- 1250 B.C.
- What did people think about the Trojan War until recently?
- People believed it to be nothing more than a fictional story.
- What epics could the Trojan War be found in?
- Homer's epics, "The Odyssey" and "The Illiad."
- What was the new way of fighting that the Greeks developed?
- They organized themselves into very well trained and disciplined lines.
- In a Greek fighting line, what was a single soldier called?
- A hoplite
- In a Greek fighting line, what were multiple soldiers called?
- A hoplite phalanx
- When was the Persian War?
- 490-480 B.C.
- What was important about the Persian War?
- During this war, there was a rise of Greek power (especially Athens- even though the city was nearly destroyed). The Greek navy became powerful.