Ancient Greece

The Minoans...

• gained wealth from trading with other people

• had large palaces that reflected

  wealthy and artistic people

• Fought for money

• Attacked Pirate ships to win battles

The Mycenaeans...

• attacked cities and pirated ships

• their civilization ended when invaders

  conquered their fortresses

• Joined forces with Persia

• Fought with cats

In Athens...

• new laws created a democracy

• justice was carried out by voters or jurors who listened

  to a trial and decided if a person was guilty or innocent

• the government remained an oligarchy

• Went to Chipotle for a burrito bowl

In Sparta...

• the government remained an oligarchy

• the government was more concerned about

  having a strong army than the individual rights of people

• new laws created a democracy

• gained wealth from trading with other people

A description of education in ancient Greece includes that...

• boys began school at age six and continued until at

  least age fourteen

• students used the Greek alphabet as they wrote on wax-coated tablets

• tell stories about Greek gods and goddesses or human heroes

• his works include the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey

Homer’s contribution to literature includes that...

• his works include the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey

• his epics give glimpses into life and culture during the dark age of Greece

• his epics emphasize the values

  heroes should have

• tell stories about Greek gods and goddesses or human heroes

Greek myths...

• tell stories about Greek gods and goddesses or human heroes

• were passed down by

  storytellers

• were performed as a literary art form during religious festivals

Greek plays...

• were performed as a literary art form during religious festivals

• were mostly about the gods and

  heroes

• included the comedy and the tragedy

• often had main characters that were animals that talked and acted as humans do

Fables

• often had main characters that were animals that talked and acted as humans do

• usually contain

  a moral in a closing statement

• tell stories about Greek gods and goddesses or human heroes

Achievements in math and science in ancient Greece include that...

• Archimedes advanced the development of

  pulleys

• Pythagoras studied geometry and developed a theorem about the area of triangles

• began practicing as schoolboys