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What was the Trojan Horse? Did it help the Greeks win?

• Trojans brought a wooden horse inside its city’s wall

• Greek soldiers hidden inside-at night opened city’s gates

• Greeks won, burned city

What were the two causes of the Trojan War?

• Economic:– Troy controlled straits (water passages) that linked the

Mediterranean and Black Seas

• Romantic:– Prince Paris:

• Troy-Fell in love with Helen, brought her back to Troy

– Mycenaeans Troy to bring her back

What were the Dark Ages?

• Period of chaos

• Step Backwards:

• Greek civilization- people forgot skills (writing)

What two Epic Poems did Homer write?

• The Iliad– Trojan War, gods, goddesses, warriors (Achilles)

• The Odyssey:– Hero (Odysseus) returned home after Trojan War to Penelope– Comes across sea monster, one-eyed giants, beautiful

sorceress

• We learn values of Ancient Greeks:– Honor, courage, heroes

Where was the Minoan civilization located?

• Crete

How did geography influence the Ancient Greeks?

• Divided Greece into many city-states

Locate Crete

Locate Athens

Locate Sparta

What is the location of letter A? What conflict occurred here?

A

What is Democracy?

• Rule by the people

What is a monarchy?

• King/queen has complete control

Which Greek city-state developed the concept of Democracy? Why was it considered a limited democracy?

• Athens

• Very few people participated in government- male citizens

What is an aristocracy?

• Rule by wealthy elite=landowners

What is an oligarchy?

• Rule by small, elite group=business class

Why was Alexander “so Great?”

• Spread of Greek culture

• Large conquest-EgyptIndia

What was one significant outcome of the Persian Wars?

• Athens Golden Age

What two groups fought in the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens

• Sparta

Physician whose oath set ethical standards was…

• Hippocrates

What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens’ greatness ended

Who was Socrates?

• Socratic Method:– Gain answers through questioning, reason, and

critical thinking

• Accused of corrupting the city’s youth forced to drink poison

Who wrote The Republic? What was The Republic?

• The Republic:– Plato’s ideal society– 3 Classes: workers, soldiers, philosophers

(rulers)– Women could be part of the elite group

Who was Aristotle?

• Favored rule by a single, strong and virtuous leader

• Influenced the fields of logic, physics, biology• Foundation for many modern intellectual

disciplines• The Lyceum (school)=First European universities

based their courses on the works of Aristotle

What does Philosophy mean?

• “Lovers of wisdom”

What are the two types of philosophers?

• Reason and observation to discover “answers.”

• Ethical and moral behavior-what is the best form of government?

Final Jeopardy

Identify at least three Greek achievements.

Final Jeopardy Answer

•Democracy•Levy and Pulley•Pythagorean Theorem•Greek Plays-Tragedy/Comedy•Alphabet