2.1 Ancient Greece: the start of European Civilisation -Q-

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AGE 2. The Time of Greeks and Romans

2.1 Ancient Greece: the start of European Civilisation

-Q-

Read: Geography of Greece

1a. What was NOT typical for the Greek landscape?

1. high mountains
2. much farmland
3. rocky ground
4. many islands

1b. How did the Greeks solve the problem of having not enough food?

1. They bought their food from the Egyptians
2. They started colonies where they could farm and trade by sea.
3. They conquered lands and took their food
4. They changed the landscape so it would be more fit for farming

Read: The Greek city states

2a. What is a polis?

1. a Greek insurance account
2. the Greek word for police
3. a group of politicians together
4. a city that is also a state

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of a Greek polis?

2b. Every polis had its own:

1. language and gods
2. government
3. money (coins)
4. army

Look at sources 2.1.6, 2.1.7 and 2.1.8

3. Which of these is / are primary source(s)?

1. 2.1.6
2. 2.1.7
3. 2.1.8
4. none of them are primary sources.

Dates:

Criteria:

Name:

4. Read "Greek History" and complete this overview.

Classical Period

Hellenistic Period

Mycenaean Period

Dark Ages

We know little about this period

Language (Linear B), art (statues looked straight ahead)

Greek empires dominated the 

Near East

architecture (big temples etc.) and long wars

323 - 146 BC

1100 - 750 BC

500 - 323 BC

1600 - 1100 BC

disuniting factors

uniting factors

5. Some historians say that Greece was disunited: it was not one country, but a collection of different countries (city-states).

Other historians say that Greece, despite the different city-states, was still one united country.

Let’s look at both views:

they spoke the same language

they lived in poleis

poleis often fought each other

they worshipped the same gods

poleis had their own armies and laws 

poleis fought together against a foreign enemy

Read: Free men and foreigners.

6. In the theory the layers of the social pyramid are discussed.

Create the social pyramid in the scheme below.

foreigners

citizens

slaves

free men

Read: Slaves

7. Which of these is NOT a way to become a slave in Ancient Greece?

1. You were taken prisoner during a war
2. You were born as a slave, because your parents were slaves
3. You had too many debts
4. You had broken the law

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