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HUM 2210 Instructor: Paloma Rodriguez http://hum2210.wordpress.com/ Name: ______________________________ Summer 2010 Review of the Greek world: from Minoan/ Mycenaean times to the Hellenistic period 1. Put these events in chronological order. • • • • • • • • • • _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Persian Wars Macedonian hegemony Minoan civilization Trojan war Dorian invasions Peloponnesian war Emergence of the polis and colonization Mycenaean hegemony Alexander’s empire Athenian hegemony 2. Match the following events/ civilizations with their dates: • Persian Wars • 5 century (499-400 BCE) • Macedonian hegemony • 5 century (499-400 BCE) • Minoan civilization • 4 century (399-300 BCE) • Trojan war • • 4 century (399-300 BCE) Dorian invasions • Emergence of the polis and colonization (Archaic period) • 13 century (1250 BCE) • 1100 BCE • 1500-1100 BCE • 3000-1400 BCE • 8 c - 6c (734 – 580 BCE) • Mycenaean hegemony • Alexander’s empire • Athenian hegemony and Peloponnesian war. 3. Now rewrite the events from the previous exercise in chronological order: Civilization/Event Dates 4. True or false 1. ______ Greek poleis in the Classical period were unified culturally and politically. 2. ______ There was a major rivalry between Athens and Corinth in the Classical period. 3. ______ Sparta came out of the Persian Wars as a ruling power. 4. ______ Athens flourished after the Peloponnesian war. 5. ______ The only athletic competitions held in Greece were the ones that would take place at Olympia every four years. 6. ______ The Acropolis was the center of Athens’ political life. 7. ______ The Greeks who founded Carthage were Phoenicians. 8. ______ The Erechtheion and the Propylaia stood in the Athenian agora. 9. ______ Athenian democracy was a representative democracy like ours, except that it excluded women (and foreigners) from participating in the political process. 10. ______ The Greek colonies in southern Italy (Magna Graecia) were too distant from the mainland to have any political or economic relevance. 11. ______ The Persians were militaristic people who lacked the cultural refinement, artistic accomplishments, and political organization that we find in most of the Greek poleis. 12. ______ Lysistrata was written by a woman. 13. ______ Lysistrata shows the freedom of speech that characterized Athenian democracy. 14. _____ In Classical Greece homosexuality was widespread and led to the abuse of young boys. 5. Complete the sentences: 1. ________________ was a major Panhellenic sanctuary and the most important oracle in the Ancient World. 2. Southern Italy was called Magna Graecia because _______________________________ _______________________________________in the area. 3. The decoration of the Parthenon (pediment and interior frieze) honors the goddess ________________ 4. The metopes of the Parthenon celebrate the Athenian’s __________________ over the __________________________ by representing scenes of conquest over mythological beasts and barbaric peoples (centaurs, amazons…). 5. _________________ was the leader of Athens during the classical period and the person responsible for commissioning the reconstruction of the Acropolis. 6. The Spartans excelled for their courage and sacrifice in the battle of ___________________ against the _________________________. 7. The main rivals in the Peloponnesian Wars were the __________________ and the ________________. 8. The statues of naked youths from the Archaic period are called _______________. 9. Pathos, realism, theatrical effects, exotic characters, eroticism are features of the sculpture of the ____________________ period. 10. Contrapposto, naturalism, perfect harmony of the parts, and serenity of expression are characteristics of the sculpture of the __________________ period. 11. Frontality, rigidity and Egyptian influence are characteristics of the sculpture of the _______________ period. 12. An initiation, a dogma to be learnt, and the believe in the immortality of the human soul are characteristics of ____________________________.