Today in class we watched another video of ancient Greece and we are getting ready for our test tomorrow. I don’t know how the test is going to be might be easy might be hard the world will never know unless on Wednesday than that’s we will learn it. I also am excited to start a new chapter we have been on ancient Greece for it feels like forever. 

Isagoris- he’s the last of the dictators to run Greece. He was cruel and ruled with an iron first. He was corrupted. Isagoris son was charged for rape and he admitted it and his son got away with it because of his father. For three days his people over ruled him and tried to throw him out of office and on the third day he was thrown out.

Cleisthenes- is the first guy that actually tried to develop a democracy. Without him to make the decision to let the everyday average male to have a say in things. He decided to share the power. Cleisthenes is the man to be ostracize.

Ostracize- means to cast out; to be sent out.

Xerxes- decides to come at Persia with a million men. They decided to abandon the city of Athens. So they take the women and kids to an island and just watch their city burn.

Darius- he sailed to the marathon and decide to invade.

Salamis- is a straight between the islands. The Greeks take one of their soldiers to Persia and act like he is one of them.

They decided to abandon the city of Athens. So they take the women and kids to an island and just watch their city burn.

During the darkness the Persians send their ships and not knowing the Greeks are ready for them.

Pericles- is the guy who was in charged for thirty years. Athens rises from the ashes. They established trading domince of the meditarian sea. Every is in the delan leaguer expect for Sparta. All the city states are supplying money for army and goods. Athens is one of the coolest places to live it was like modern day New York. He even died from the plague.

Hubris- means that you are so arrogant and think you’re the smartest person in the room. And think that you are always right.

So Pericles being so hubris he tries to attack Sparta just because he wants to. And everything went wrong. He tries to take over their water ways and surround them. he thought Sparta would just give up. The biggest thing that went wrong is that the ships that were bringing in supplies the ships brought in people who were sick and huge amounts of people became sick. The Greeks had a water supply and trying to go to the water supply to get water but once they get their they die in the water supply so the water is no polluted .

The oracle of Delphi- the Greeks had this belief that there were certain people who could see the future.

Today in class it was more of just a free day. Mr schick had to grade other peoples projcets so we just chillied. At the end of class we watched a video of people almost dying no one died. 

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Greece?

peninsula      b. many islands     c. mountainous                d. mostly fertile land

Approximately ___________ of Greece is covered by mountains.

2/3                  b. 3/4                         c. 1/2                          d. 1/4

Define the term barbarian as it was originally used in the ancient world.

a.     The Greeks first used this term to describe those foreigners that they could not understand, but seemed to be saying "bar bar" when speaking.

b.     A group of people that is able to quickly adapt to the new environment in which they arrive despite speaking a foreign tongue.

c.      A group of people migrating into a territory where they do not speak the native tongue.

d.     A life based upon farming, warfare, and tribal organization.

e.     The word came from the Greek "barbaros," which originally meant "Non-Greek."

4.     What defines a megalithic structure?

a.     Homes that were constructed for people during the Neolithic period

b.     Fortifications constructed for people during the Neolithic period

c.      Massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs

d.     Giant dinosaurs whose fossil remains were visible to ancient peoples

e.     Evidence of advanced technological tools

5.     What does the term tribe refer to?

a.      A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship

b.      A family-based group governed by a hereditary chieftain

c.       A clan-based group prior to the advent of city-states in the Greek world

d.      A group of warriors, related by blood, who are governed by a king or queen

e.      All of these

Tribes were governed by

Warrior kings or queens                                        d.  all of these

Chieftains                                                                  e.  none of these

Tribal leaders chosen by warriors

Who were the first European barbarians to make contact with civilization?

Greeks                                                                       d.  Phoenicians

Hittites                                                                      e.  people of Asian Minor

Celts

Which of the following modern-day countries would NOT be considered a member of “Western civilization”?

Greece                                                                        d.  Italy

England                                                                     e.  United States

China

What is the name of the sea located just west of the Greek mainland?

Mediterranean Sea                                                  d.  Ionian Sea

Aegean Sea                                                                e.  Chesapeake Bay

Atlantic Ocean

What is the name of the sea located just east of the Greek mainland?

Mediterranean Sea                                                  d.  Ionian Sea

Aegean Sea                                                                e.  Chesapeake Bay

Atlantic Ocean

What were the major crops the Aegean people lived on?

Rice, vines, and olives

Potatoes, vines, and olives

Grain, vines, and olives

Onions, wheat, and beer

Corn, wheat, and rice

Which civilization arose on the island of Crete?

Mycenaean                                                                d.  Persian

Minoan                                                                      e.  Phoenician

Spartan

Which civilization established settlements along the Greek mainland’s southern shore and on some islands?

Mycenaean                                                                d.  Persian

Minoan                                                                      e.  Phoenician

Spartan

Which civilization built massive walls to protect themselves from attack?

Mycenaean                                                                d.  Persian

Minoan                                                                      e.  Phoenician

Spartan

A period of Greek history in which the population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use, is called the

First Persian War                                                    d.  Dark Ages

Megalithic Destruction                                          e.  none of these

Collapse of Crete

Following this time period, the Greeks joined which group as the leading commercial and seafaring nation of the Mediterranean?

Etruscans                                                                  d.  Persians

Egyptians                                                                   e.  Phoenicians

Hittites

In historical writing, the letter “c” might appear before a date, as in “c. 1500 BC.”  What does this “c” mean?

around                                                                       d.  all of these

about                                                                          e.  none of these

circa

By 600 BC, Greek city-states dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea.  These were called

colonies                                                                     d.  hoplites

demos                                                                                    e.  megaliths

Starbucks

Although they varied in size, ancient Greek city-states most closely resembled what modern-day geographical feature?

cities                                                                           d.  nations

counties                                                                     e.  continents

states

 This is a form of government in which a small group of citizens dominated, and the power of the majority was limited in various ways.

democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy

monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny

This is a form of government in which decisions were made by the majority of adult male citizens.

democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy

monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny

This is a form of government in which a self-proclaimed dictator held power.

democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy

monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny

This is a form of government in which power is held by a single ruler, and is often passed along from father to son.

democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy

monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny

Spartans used this government system.

democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy

monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny

At what age did Spartan males begin their military training?

seven                                                                          d.  eighteen

twelve                                                                                    e.  twenty-one

fifteen

What was the wealthiest city-state in the ancient Greek world?

Athens                                                                       d.  Sparta

Thebes                                                                       e.  Argos

Corinth

This was the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town.

Parthenon                                                                 d.  helos

Pantheon                                                                  e.  polites

acropolis

This was the name of the southern peninsula where Sparta was located.

Anatolia                                                                     d.  Stonehenge

Mt. Olympus                                                             e.  Peloponnesus

Crete

These were massive fighting ships with three banks of oars, used to ram or board enemy ships.

phalanxes                                                                  d.  biremes

hoplites                                                                      e.  triremes

tyrants

This was a heavily armed and armored citizen-soldier of ancient Greece.

phalanx                                                                      d.  bireme

hoplite                                                                       e.  trireme

tyrant

 

Short answer.   

You recall the time period when the Greek population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use.  What years did this period begin and end?

The dark ages lasted about 1150 B.C. to 800 B.C. it lasted four centuries.

During the time period when writing fell out of use, the poet Homer is said to have told stories of the Trojan War, and of a war hero attempting to return to his home.  What are the titles of these two stories?

The two stories were The Odyssey and the Iliad. They were sang instead of being just said. People memorized them like songs.

The word “Mediterranean” originally meant _____________________ .

Center of the earth. The greeks beleieved the sea was the center of the earth because the basically lived off it.

What were prominent and long-established Athenian land-owners called?

They were called Aristocrats and they ruled the city states. THEY TCB ( taking care of business) 

Today in class we used a quizlet Mr. Schick found from a student three years ago. The quizlet goes over everything we have been studying. I think that the quizlit will be very helpful for the test we have coming up. The test is on ancient Greece and early civilization in the Greek area and how the Greeks lived. 

Today in class we had a sub. We stared the new video about Athens and Persia fighting. We filled out the rest of our paper and have mostly all the answers done. We watched about how the Persians would not stop invading Athens and that Athens just kept fighting and did not have a weak bone in their body. They might have had not as many people as the Persians but they kept fighting with all their might. And they kept winning with all their might. 

Today in class we talked about the paper that we started filling out about the movie of Athens. We went over the questions and the answers. We just one by one down the line asking the questions and finding the answers. That basically what we did for the whole class. 

Greeks had two types of plays comedy and tragedy

One of the more famous plays are Oedipus rex, who is the king who had a sage tell him that he was going to marry his own mother and that you’re going to murder your own father. So than he goes to wander. And gets in to an accident and kills the man and the man is his father. So than he meets an older woman and marries her. Later to released that he married his mother. So to become king he takes daggers and plunges his own eyes to blind himself so that no one can look at him. 

today in class we watched the videos of the people who chose either Athens or Sparta. I personally thought the best video was ours. We had solid facts and we also had some solid pictures. There was some great narrating by my mans Matt and great music chosen by yours truly.
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Today in class we worked on our video for acient Athens. My group is taking a more movie look on the video. We are going with the same way Martin  Scorsese did with the Wolf of Wall Street. Which is a great movie go see it if you haven’t. we are going to take a roll which really grabs the viewers eye for ancient Athens. 

Today in class we watched more of the ancient Athens video. I find the video very interesting because of most Liam nesson helps with his voice. But the way the video puts everything together and their candid shots of the people is just great. It really helps me understand the concept of ancient Athens a lot better.

Today in class we started watching the video about Ancient Greece. The video so far is good, and should be because it is narrated by Liam Nesson. The video also has history scholars in them that went to very well known schools and they all talk the same. We also got a worksheet to fill out during the movie.