Rise of Greek Civilization | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Explain what the phalanx formation consisted of.

Shoulder to shoulder the soldiers raised their shields protecting them from enemy's arrows.

What name did Greek soldiers receive?

Hoplites.

Explain the responsibilities and the requirements to have a Greek citizenship.

Greek citizens has the responsibilities of serving the government and fight for their polis as soldiers. But only polis born ,free, land-owning men can have it

Explain the rights that came with Greek citizenship.

Male citizens hold many rights like voting, hold public office, own property, and defend themselves in court.

Explain the different parts of a Greek city-state or polis.

Acropolis-Fort built on a hilltop in the center of the polis. Agora- A type of marketplace. City neighborhoods around the agora. Villages and farmland were last

What material were Green coins made of?

Silver.

Explain how the use of coins affected trade. (2 ways to win)

Trade substituted bartering, colonies' wealth increased, the demand for good grew and colonies started specializing in certain products.

What goods did the mainland send back to the Greek colonies?

Wine, olive oil and pottery. (2 to win)

What good were sent from colonies to their parent cities? (3 to win)

Fish, metal, grains and timber.

To what new territories was Greek culture spread thanks to colonies? (4 to win)

Italy, Sicily, France, Spain, North Africa and Western Asia.

What were Greek colonies and for what reason were they established?

Groups of people living in a new territory but still keeping strong ties to their homeland. They were established due to a grain scarcity.

Who were bards?

Storytellers who wrote or acted poems about heroes and their deeds.

Explain how the Greek alphabet was created. (Detailed explanation to win)

By trading with Phoenicians, the Greeks adopted an alphabet Phoenician traders used and adapted it.

Who were the Hellenes?

Descendants from the Mycenaeans who after escaping the Dorians came back to the Greek mainland. These were the first formal Greeks.

Mention the positive and negative aspects of the the Dorian invasion.

Positive: The introduction of iron weapons replacing bronze.

Why did the Mycenaeans start declining?

Fights among Mycenaean kings, earthquakes and the invasion of the Dorians to their territory.

How did the Minoan-Mycenaean relationship end?

The Mycenaeans conquered the Minoans and ended up controlling the Aegean area.

What features did the Mycenaeans adopt from the Minoans? (3 to win)

Ship building, bronze working, sun and stars navigation, Earth Mother worshipping.

What were the different Mycenaean settlements?

The king lived in a palace surrounded by walls built on a hill. Nobles lived on farm estates outside the walls. Workers and slaves lived in villages.

When and how we learned about the Mycenaeans?

1800s with a German archaeologist called Heinrich Schliemann who discovered the ruins of a palace in Mycenae.

Where did the Mycenaeans originally come from?

Central Asia.

What are the two theories historians have regarding the disappearance of the Minoans?

Huge waves caused by undersea earthquakes and the Mycenaean invasion.

How is it that we know of the existence of the Minoans?

A British archaeologist called Arthur Evans discovered the palace of Knossos.

What products did Ancient Greeks trade? (3 to win)

Wheat, barley, olives, grapes, sheep and goats.

What is a peninsula?

Land sorrounded by water on three sides.

What was different about the location in which Greece developed compared to other early civilizations?

Instead of river valleys with rich soil they settled around mountains and seas.