T2 Flash Cards

Front 1

Who fought in the war?

Back 1

A war where Greece supposedly attacked troy over a woman

Front 2

What famous story?

Back 2

Iliad is where the story of troy was told from

Front 3

Famous story?

Back 3

And Trojan horse
The Greeks used a giant wooden horse that the used to get into the city then defat troy

Front 4

What is it? (EPIC)
2 famous story’s?

Back 4

The Greeks used epic to preserve stories of their history and religion when they had no written language
- Myths passed orally from generation to generation

Front 5

Homer
What 2 story’s did he wright?

Back 5

The man who wrote the epics Iliad and odyssey

Front 6

Polis
What is a polis?
2 most famous polis?
Why did the poli devopled alliances?

Back 6

The city-States were known as polis
2 most famous were Athens and Sparta
devolved alliances when they were going to be attacked

Front 7

Democracy
What isit?
Who had one?

Back 7

A government ruled by the people instead of a king
Athens had one
Male born in Athens no slaves were the restrictions for voting

Front 8

Oligarchy
Which police was an oligarchy? What is an oligarchiy?

Back 8

This means they were led by a small group
A small Council of Elders suggested laws that had to be approved by a vote of all Spartan citizens

Front 9

Aristotle
Who was Aristotle?
What did he do?
What 2 is he famous for?
Who toucht him?

Back 9

Famous Greek philosopher
Used logical reasoning
First to classify animals
Plato

Front 10

Plato
Who was he?
What did he do?

Back 10

First to open a high school called academy

Front 11

Alexander the Great
Who was he?
What is he famous 4?

Back 11

King of Macedonia
Destroyed Thebes
He created Alexandria built a library in side that protected and preserved Greek knowledge and he created Hellenistic

Front 12

Hellenistic
What is it?

Back 12

A mixture of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian ideas

Front 13

Hippocrates

Back 13

Most famous school
Doctors take Hippocratic oath

Front 14

Pythagoras

Back 14

Math guy who knew geometry

Front 15

What effect did geography have on Greece?

Back 15

So mountains made cities become city-states
Rocky soil made for trading (not farming)
Surrounded by water more trade

Front 16

Compare Athens and Sparta in three areas:

Back 16

Government:
Sparta – oligarchy
Athens – limited democracy
Values:
Sparta – valued strength courage and bravery educated to fight read maps accounting
Athens – valued reading writing and music (Spartans thought was useless)
Legacy:
Spartans – are famous for there military, battle of 300
Athens – knowledge

Front 17

What caused the “Golden Age of Greece”?

Back 17

Won the war against Persia

Front 18

What happened to Alexander’s Empire, and why?

Back 18

died from a cold

Front 19

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

Back 19

his library

Front 20

Twelve Tables
What they were?
Why were they written and posted?

Back 20

- the laws of ancient Rome
they were written down and posted in the middle of town because the plebeians (common people) demanded it

Front 21

Hannibal
Who was he?

Back 21

a great general
- he fought for Carthage (in Africa) during the Punic Wars

Front 22

Plebeians
Who were they?

Back 22

- these were the common people in Rome

Front 23

Patricians
Who were they?
What part of the government did they control?

Back 23

- The powerful landowners
- they controlled the magistrates and the senate (2/3)

Front 24

Julius Caesar
Who was he?
Who killed him and why?

Back 24

- he started as general, then became a consul, later he was named the dictator
- he was killed by a group of centers because he took away power from the senate

Front 25

Roman Republic
How many branches?
Most powerful?

Back 25

- It had three branches; the senate, assemblies, magistrates
- The senate was the oldest and most powerful

Front 26

Roman Empire
Who cased the roman empire?
what was it?

Back 26

- what they had after Caesar
- a dictator (or Emperor) rules the government
- they still have the three branches, but the leader makes all of the decisions

Front 27

Punic Wars
Why bad for rome

Back 27

- Rome vs Carthage: Rome won
- They caused trouble for Rome because
- farmers lost their farms while fighting, had to sell their land. Had to move to the cities for jobs
- the new colonies were controlled by governors who over-taxed the people

Front 28

Slaves

Back 28

- had any job, depended on their masters
usually captives from war

Front 29

Partial Citizens
What were they?
What rights did they have?

Back 29

- people who were conquered by Rome (in places like Greece)
- they were allowed to own land and get married
NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE

Front 30

Martyrs
What are they?
Name one?

Back 30

Anyone who dies (or suffers) for their beliefs
- Jesus
- Christians who were fed to the lions

Front 31

Latin

Back 31

- the Language of the Roman Empire

Front 32

Jesus
Who was he?

Back 32

He is the founder of Christianity. He was a Jewish teacher, he was crucified for his teaching

Front 33

Christos
What does it mean?

Back 33

Means messiah in Greek
It is the name given Jesus after he died

Front 34

Constantine
Who was he?

Back 34

The first Roman emperor to allow Christianity

Front 35

Discuss the positive and negative geographical features of ancient Rome.

Back 35

- good: water is good for trade and travel, mountains protect from invaders
- bad: so much coastline is hard to protect, mountains make trade and travel in the north hard to reach

Front 36

How was the Roman Republic similar to our (US) government?

Back 36

- three branches
- consuls are similar to president
- checks and balances /vetoes
- senate

Front 37

How did the Punic War cause problems for Rome?

Back 37

- They caused trouble for Rome because
- farmers lost their farms while fighting, had to sell their land. Had to move to the cities for jobs
- the new colonies were controlled by governors who over-taxed the people
- too much land was conquered- it was hard to control

Front 38

Who killed Julius Caesar and why?

Back 38

SENATE because they lost their power

Front 39

What was the difference between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire?

Back 39

- Republic had three branches (senate was the most powerful)
- Empire had dictator/Emperor that ruled everyone

Front 40

How did Christianity change Rome?

Back 40

Rome first followed the mythology of Greece
- It tried to silence Jesus
- It killed many Christians after Jesus’ death – feed Christians to the lions
-eventually it became the official Roman Religion

Front 41

Why were good roads and bridges so important to the Roman Empire?

Back 41

Trade
Travel
WARFARE