Ancient Greek recap

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Ancient Greek recap

Ancient Greeks

Goals and planning

• This class is a recap for the test next week!
• Walk through of all classes about the ancient Greeks
• At the end of this class you should have prepared for the test

 

• Slide about each class and exercises
• Two reading exercises at the end to practise giving answers on the test

Greek geography

• Greek peninsula
  
• Mountainous terrain
  
• Relationship to the sea
  

1. Colonies
2. Fishing
3. Trade

What is a city-state?

Greek city-states

• What is a city state?
  
• Social pyramid
  
• Cultural unity
  

Why was Greece infertile?

1. The Greek peninsula had no rivers that could fertilize the land
2. There was little rainfall to fertilize the land
3. Moutainous terrain with little land for agriculture
4. The Greeks didn't have good farming methods

What does a cultural unity mean?

1. Everybody shares a similar culture
2. Greece was united with a shared culture
3. Greece was one country with a central government
4. All Greek city-states had different cultures

Greek politics

• The three government types
• Athens vs. Sparta
  
• Political unity
  

Combine the right desctiptons and words

A form of government where a group of wealthy citizens have the power

Citizens vote for representatives who rule the country and make all the decisions

Everything to do with governing a country or city-state

Politics

Aristocracy

Indirect- democracy

Why was ancient Greece not a political unity?

Greek relgion

• Polytheism
• Greek pantheon
• Greek mythology

Combine the right word with its definition

Polytheism

Greek pantheon

Mount Olympus

Religion

Belief and worship of a controlling force, usually a god.

The belief that there are multiple gods.

The mountain on which the Greeks believed their gods lived

The collective name for all the Greek gods.

Olympic games

• Origins
• End of the classical games
• Start of the modern games

What Sports were played at the ancient Olympic games?

1. Running, basketball, soccer and hockey
2. Running, weight lifting, chariot racing and football
3. Street fighting, rugby, chariot racing and swimming
4. Running, boxing, spear throwing and chariot racing

What was the reason the Olympic games got stopped in ancient times?

Reading exercises

• Two texts with questions
• Practising how to give good answers for the test
• Read the text and answer the questions in silence
• 10 minutes for each text after which we'll discuss

If you and your neighbour are done, discuss the answers quietly

Questions for text 1

1. What was Athens famous for?
2. What is democracy?
3. Name a famous building from Athens and who was it for?
4. What was the outcome of the Pelopponesian war?
5. Why is Athens still important today?

10 minutes, in silence

Questions for text 2

1. What were some geographical features of ancient Greece?
   
2. Why did the Greeks establish colonies?
3. What was Sparta known for?
   
4. What is it called that all of Greece shared similar customs?

10 minutes, in silence

End of class
Next week test!!