Transcript World History/Geography

World History/Geography
Greece
Chapter 5 Sections 3-5
Quiz
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What is the name of the first people to civilize the mainland Greeks?
What is ARETE?
Who were the first people to settle on mainland Greece?
What is the name of the war that was fought between Mycenae and Troy?
Why were there no written records for 400 years?
How did people know of the Trojan War?
What kinds of human qualities did the gods have?
What is the Greek name for a city state?
What type of government does Sparta have?
What type of government does Athens have?
What is the name of the war where Athens and Sparta fight against
Persia?
12. What is the name of the man who ran from marathon to Athens?
13. What city state emerges after this war to be the most powerful and the
center of Greek life?
BCE
• Grab an Athens/Sparta packet from the table and
fill out the Venn diagram on the back page
comparing Athens and Sparta.
• You may use any information in your notes as
well as the packet.
• This needs to be complete with as many items as
possible in each circle.
• When you are finished, write your name on it and
turn it into the bin.
BCE
1. What is a phalanx?
2. What is the Greek name for a City-State?
Persian Wars
• Revolt
• Greeks Vs. Persians
• Battle at Marathon
– Stalemate
– Phiedippidies
• Battle at Thermopylae
• Victory at Sea
Outcomes of Persian War
• City states gain sense of
confidence and freedom
• Sparta is depleted
• Athens becomes leading
city
Pericles
• Age of Pericles
– Skillful
politician/general
– Golden age of Greece
• Three goals:
1. To strengthen
Athenian democracy
2. To hold and strengthen
the empire
3. To glorify Athens
Stronger Democracy
• Democracy: Rule by the
people
– Citizens vote
• Athens: most democratic
governments in history
– Demos : people
– Kratos : power
• Democratic System
– Assembly
– Generals
– Magistrates
• American Government
– comes from Greek model
Pericles Expands Democracy
• Political power exercised
by citizens
• Three branches of
government
• Legislative branch passes
laws
• Executive branch carries
out laws
• Judicial branch conducts
trials with paid jurors
Athenian Empire
• Delian League
– Created to push out
Persia
– Collected a tax
• Strongest navy in
Mediterranean
– Increased safety of
empire
– Overseas trade to obtain
supplies of grain/raw
materials
Glorify Athens
• Bought gold, ivory,
and marble
• Artisans/architects
• Parthenon
– Built to honor
Athena
– Housed Greek art
(sculptures)
Greek Drama
• Theatrical production
– Expression of civic
pride
– Tribute to the Gods
• Tragedy
– Serious drama
– Love, hate, war…
• Comedy
– Slapstick situations
– Crude humor
Spartans and Athenians go to
War
• Athens grows to
mighty empire
• Sparta declares war
– Peloponnesian War
• Pericles’ orders army
to stay in Athens
Sparta:
Gains the Edge
• Plague killed 2/3rds of
Athenians (Pericles)
• Athens severely crippled
• Spartans defeat Athenian
navy
– Hellespont
• 29yrs. of war: Athens
loses its empire
War brings change
• Philosophers-lovers of
wisdom
– Universe controlled by
unchanging laws
– Understood through
logic and reason
• Power of thought
– Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Age of Philosophers
• Socrates
– Examine beliefs
– Question and answer approach
– “There is only one good,
knowledge, and one evil,
ignorance”
• Plato
– Student of Socrates
– The Academy
• Aristotle
– Attended the academy
– Considered to be the ultimate
authority on issues
Empire is Created in Classical
Greece
• King of Macedonia seeks more
land
– Philip II
• Alexander the Great
– Conquers most of known world
• Antigonid (Greece/Macedon)
• Ptolemaic (Egypt)
• Seleucid (Turkey to India)
• Fall of Empire
– Defeat in India
– No heirs left behind
– Split into 3 parts
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1. What are Pericles’ three goals and how did he and
Athens achieve them?
Hellenistic Culture
• Result of Alexander’s policies
• Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and
Indian cultures mix
• Alexandria
– Commerce & Trade
• Science & Technology
– Astronomy
– Physics (Euclid, Archimedes)
– Philosophy (Stoicism,
Epicureanism)
– Art (Colossus of Rhodes)
CE
• Who was Alexander the Great and why is
he famous?
BCE
• Turn to page 140-141 in your book.
• Look at the pictures and read about each
one.
• Answer the 2 questions on the bottom right
hand corner of the page.
1. How does the Parthenon display the Greek
preferences for symmetry and balance?
2. On what does our culture today base its
standards of beauty? Give examples.
CE
• What are Pericles’ three goals and how did he
and Athens achieve them?