Mr. Haskell
E-Core History
9-23-02
Period 3
Study Guide
1. The people that built Minoan are unknown to but British archaeologists call them the Minoans. The location was good because it was a good port for trading and they learned many technological advances from travelers passing through on the river.
2. Sparta�s location was important because it isolated them for outside civilizations which allowed them to make advances in there skills and army. Sparta was isolated because it was surrounded by mountains and was virtually at the farthest end of Peloponnesus.
3. The Trojan War was fought in the ancient city of Troy. It was believed for many year that the war was just a myth but in the 1870�s a rich German man named Heinrich Schilemann visited the site and discovered that the city had been rebuilt many times and had ware and tare form war and fire.
4. Greece�s was created by its geography because in the begging farmers and settlers steeled down in remote places creating city states. These city states were separated by large mountains and water this isolation made tension between the city states and often led to battles.
5. The Peloponnesian started in 431 B.C. The war was between Athens and Sparta. The Spartans won the war and ended Athens great government and economy.
6. Greek theater first started out in religious festivals. Greek plays were based on different myths and legends. Greek plays first started out as dramas but then they formed into tragedies and comedies.
7. Alexander�s greatest achievement was spreading the Greek culture. He discovered many new cities. He concurred land from Egypt all the way to India. Allot of the cities he founded were named after him.
8. Alexandria in Egypt was the center of the Hellenistic world. Do to its location on the sea lanes between Europe and Asia it was a boasting place for trade.
9. Greece is a mountainous terrain. With very little rivers. Greece jets out into the Mediterranean Sea. Ancient Greece was broken up into many islands. Do to the separation by water or land it was probably hard to relay messages back and forth.
10. Oligarchy is were the power is in the hands of small, powerful elite, usually from the business class. The oligarchy started in Greece when the merchants, farmers, and artisans started to challenge the authority of the wealthy landowners.
11. A democracy is a government for the people. Athens was probably the first city use democracy efficiently and maybe even the first to use it.
12. Life for Spartan children was full of hard work. Both boys and girls were expected to exercise. Boys were expected to steal for their food to help them to become cunning and to supplement their diet. Girls were encouraged to exercise to help them produce health sons for the Spartan army. Boys were also enlisted into the army at the age of 7.
13. Athens golden age started in 460 B.C. and ended in 429 B.C. During the golden age Athens was being ruled by Pericles. Pericles brought upon an age of thriving economy and government.
14. A meritocracy is a system in which advancement is based on individual ability or achievement. Aristotle studied the different type of governments and found different attributes to each one.
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