8thGrade–WorldHistory&Cultures óνοµα __________________________________ ηµεροµηνια ___________________

Time Life's Lost Civilizations: "Greece: A Moment of Excellence" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twkQpGnQ1mo

Directions:Answereachquestion.Donotsimplyfillintheblank.Providefurtherdetailandexplanationaboutrelatedconceptsinthespacefollowingthequestions.1.Duringthefifth-centuryB.C.,manyGreekcity-statesandislandsturnedtoAthensforprotectionfromtheirmutualenemy_________________________.WhatimpactdoyouthinkthishadonAthens?2.DescribetheAcropolisinAthensandtheParthenon(whichwillbedescribedlaterinthevideo).3.WhowasPericlesandwhatdidheaccomplish?4.The5thcenturyBCEinGreecewaswitnesstomanyachievements.GreatadvancementsweremadeinAthensinthefieldsofphilosophy,rhetoric,politics,geography,andbiology.SomeofthegreatestandmostoriginalmindsthateverlivedwereapartofGreece'sClassicAge.Philosophers=Socrates,Plato,andAristotle(moretocome)Mathematicians=Pythagoras_________________________________________________________________________________Playwrights=Aeschylus___________________________________________;Sophocles,authorof_____________________________________________________________;andAristophanes,_________________________________________________FatherofHistory=Herodotus________________________________________________________________________________FatherofMedicine=Hippocrates_____________________________________________________________________________

5.AlthoughAthenswasdemocratic,onlythe30,000_____________________citizenscouldvote.Periclespresidedovertheworld’sfirstdemocracybeginninginthe5thcenturyBCE.NotesomefactsbelowabouttheAthenianformofdemocracy.6.In1928,offthecoastofaGreekisland,spongecollectorsfoundthesubmergedstatueoftheGreekgodPoseidon.NotesomeofthefactssharedabouttheancientGreeks’viewof,interactionwith,andrespectforthegods.Includeadefinitionforpantheon.7.Paradoxically,inmale-dominatedclassicalGreecethemostinfluentialvoice,theDelphicoracle,belongedtoawoman.Explaintheroleofthepriestess,calledthePythia.Whathavescientistsdiscoveredsubsequenttothemakingofthisdocumentary? 8.Greektempleswereburstingwithlife,withmuchactivity.Pilgrimswereexpectedtoofferwhatevertheycouldafford.ItwasevensaidthatKingMidasofferedhisownsolidgoldthrone.Alldramaoriginatedaspartofreligiousfestivals.Firsttherewerepoetryfestivals.Theseperformancesofpoetrylaterevolvedintotheater.Drama–tragedy,comedyandsatire–beganinAncientGreece.TheaterbecamecentraltoGreeklife.Performanceswouldlasttheentiredayandwouldbeopentoall.9.TakesomenotesabouttheOlympicfestival,thefirstint’lsportingeventintheworld.10.ListbelowexamplesofAthens’gradualdownfallanditsimpact(notedtowardtheendofthedocumentary).Viewingnotes:16min.+3min.+9min.+5min.=32min.totalBeginat1:30–Stop at 17:30. Begin at 28:00 – Stop at 30:30. Begin at 33:48 – Stop at 42:45. Begin at 43:10 – view to end if possible.