History Test Chap 5

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Trojan War

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According to ancient legend, Mycenaean’s had a long war with the people of troy, a city in Anatolia (Turkey)
- the story of this war was in the Iliad and the odyssey by Homer

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Epic

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A long poem that tells a story eg. the Iliad and odyssey are epics by homer.
The Greeks did keep alive stories of their history through epic poems and myths passed orally from generation to generation.

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Homer

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Wrote the Iliad and the odyssey.

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Polis

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Greek word for city state.
The most famous and powerful poli were Athens and Sparta

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Democracy

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System of government in Athens.
A government ruled by the people instead of a king

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Oligarchy

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Sparta’s system of government, they were led by a small group/council of elders suggests laws that have to be approved by a vote of all Sparta.

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Aristotle

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Greek philosopher
Study of nature
Created the animal kingdoms system of classification

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Socrates

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Ancient Athenian philosopher
Taught that all statements must be proven by evidence- the beginning of debate and scientific reasoning.
Sentenced to death for rejecting the Greek gods.

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Plato

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Teacher to Aristotle
The philosopher who started the first academy (school)
Wrote the republic.

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Alexander the Great

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- student of Aristotle
- took over the Persian and Greek empires and combined them to create Hellenistic culture
- built the library of Alexandria- preserved the Greek ideas.

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Hellenistic

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Is a blend of Greek Persian, Egyptian, and India ideas.

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Hippocrates

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Invented the Hippocratic oath taken by all doctors, even today
Created the first medical school in the western world.

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Pythagoras

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Euclid and Pythagoras provided the basic ideas of geometry today

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1. What effect did geography have on Greece?

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Due to Greece being so mountainous they had city-states instead of one big central government

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2. Compare Athens and Sparta in three areas

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Government: The Spartans had a government called an oligarchy and they created laws that every Spartan voted on and the Athenians had a government but when creating laws only male citizens that have completed a training camp could vote.

Values: Sparta was dedicated to their army/war and Athenians didn’t have much of an army that was very successful and practiced allot and Athens valued learning art and philosophy.
Legacy: Sparta was for their military battle of thermopile / Athens was famous for democracy art learning and architecture

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3. What caused the “Golden Age of Greece” ?

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Winning the war with Persia.

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4. What ended the Golden Age?

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After the wars the Greeks felt proud of them selves especially in Athens the artist poets and sculptures and architects developed a culture that was unique to Greece

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5. What happened to Alexander’s Empire, and why?

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5. What happened to Alexander’s Empire, and why?

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6. What was the long-lasting effect of Alexander’s empire?

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Library of Alexandria and mixing of cultures and ideas.