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36 Cards in this Set
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What is a polis (Greek word)?
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A city-state.
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Athens and Sparta are examples.
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What was the name for the high hill top where the temples to the gods and goddess were built?
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The Acropolis.
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The Parthenon and other Temples grace the one in Athens.
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Name three famous ancient Greek philosophers.
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Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
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Bill and Ted met one of these guys!
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Who was the statesman who supported democracy as the best form of government?
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Pericles - the Age of Pericles is Athens' golden age. He once said "A man who doesn't participate in govern-ment isn't harmless - he's USELESS."
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His nickname was onion head.
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What was Sparta's form of government like?
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It was made up of two kings, an advisory council, five ephors and the Assembly.
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You'll never remember the E word for the guys who really ran things.
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What is a monarchy?
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A government by hereditary ruler such as a king, queen or emperor.
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Elizabeth II is one.
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What was the aristocracy?
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The landowners and nobles (elites)
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No no - not Aristocats!! AristoCRATS!
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What were the qualifications for citizenship in Athens?
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over 30, male citizen (native born)
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No slaves, no women.
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Was was the name for the members of the Athenian Assembly who were selected by lot and ran day to day affairs?
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The Council of 500.
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They'll paint you red if you're late to Assembly meetings!
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What did Spartans do when a baby was born?
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A group examined the child's health. If it was sickly or frail, it was left out to die.
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This was a tough "survival of the fittest" Spartan strategy.
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Who said "a man who refuses to participate in government isn't harmless -- he's USELESS."
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PERICLES
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Ole Onionhead himself.
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At age 7, what was education like for Sparta boys?
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They were taken from their families to live in barracks; forced into strict discipline and exercise; and fed inadequate diets. (so they would learn stealth as they learned to sneak up and swipe food).
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It was more like basic training than education.
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What did Athenian youth study?
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Young men studied poetry, music, rhetoric (public speaking), military and physical training, philosophy, math, etc.
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Blame Aristotle for building the first Lyceum - school with many disciplines or subjects!
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What was the purpose of women in Spartan society?
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To keep in shape and be strong to bear strong male babies for the military.
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At least they got to keep those abs in shape!
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What was the duty of women in Athens?
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To stay at home, run the household, raise the children.
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Many thought women were incapable of reason or logic - they were too irrational or unstable!!
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What was an oligarchy?
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Government of the few - typically the businessmen, merchants, etc.
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In Latin America, a few elite families in some nations were very powerful and rich compared to the rest of their society.
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Was was Socrates famous for?
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The Socratic method - asking questions of the student to get him to think out the answer for himself!
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He used to annoy the citizens of Athens hanging out in the marketplace (agora) and questioning all their assumptions and values.
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What Idealist and Greek philosopher believed in the Golden Mean and in the Republic, wrote of a philosopher king and philosophers ruling over the soldiers and farmers?
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Plato
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Contrary to popular belief, he did not invent Play-Dough
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Who was the philosopher who focused on Realism and created a Lyceum, or school, that taught many different subjects and was the basis of medieval universities centuries later?
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Aristotle.
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Plato's student. Raphael's painting is a imaginative re-creation of this School, with Renaissance greats' faces painted in as famous philosophers.
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What happened to the messengers from King Darius of Persia, demanding that Athens and Sparta surrender?
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They were thrown in a pit and a well.
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They didn't go along with this idea.
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This Olympic event commemorates the 26.2 miles that an ancient Athenian ran to announce that they were victorious over the Persians?
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The Marathon.
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The Greeks one only this event in the first modern-day Olympics.
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When the Persians finally conquered the Athenians, who later conquered them all, originally from Macedonia?
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Alexander the Great.
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His father had him taught by Aristotle.
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What do we call the years that Alexander the Great spread the greatness of Athenian ideas and Greek culture all the way to Egypt, Asia Minor, Persia and India?
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The Hellenistic Age.
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Don't forget the Greek alphabet spread far and wide, too. And maybe the stories of HELEN of TROY? ? ?
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Name two groups who lived on the Appennine Peninsula (Italy) before the Roman Republic?
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Latins and Etruscans.
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What is a republic?
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It is a representative democracy - people are selected as officials to represent them.
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It means "Thing of the people"
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What was the name of the lawmaking body of the Roman Republic?
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The Senate.
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Part of our bicameral (two house) government today.
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What was the veto?
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The right to halt or stop a law.
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The tribunes could do this to protect the plebians' rights.
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What was the name for the laws of Rome?
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The Twelve (12) Tables (Tablets) of Law
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These were on display in the forum (plaza or piazza) so all knew the rules and laws.
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What Roman Rulers ended the Roman Republic and led to the Roman Empire?
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Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus.
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One crossed the Rubicon and came, saw and conquered. . .one opened the Roman Peace era.
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From what ruler to what rule is the Pax Romana (Roman Peace)?
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From Augustus to Marcus Aurelius.
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After this period of prosperity and peace, the decline was slow but inevitable.
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What did the ancient Romans borrow (cultural diffusion) from the ancient Greeks?
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The gods and goddesses; the architecture; styles of art.
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The Romans added their values of realism, pragmatism, duty, and honor to these.
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What two Roman styles of architecture continued in the Islamic, Byzantine and even Medieval World?
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The Arch and the Dome.
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Think Volkswagen Bug ads.
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What religion rose as the Roman empire fell?
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Christianity.
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Constantine finally tolerated this religion after years of other emperors persecuted these people.
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What were some problems as Rome switched to Empire?
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(1) increased use of slave labor made
Roman farmers unemployed (2) Roman unemployed rioted in the streets unless entertained by bread and circuses (3) Corruption, bribery in government/ loss of Roman patriotism and duty. |
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What empire preserved the legacy of Roman law and culture as well as served as a buffer zone until Western Europe recovered from the Dark Ages?
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The Byzantine Empire
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What Byzantine Emperor preserved Roman law in the Corpus Juris Civilis?
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Justinian.
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It's also called Justinian's Code.
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