BELLRINGERS
SECOND
QUARTER
2013-2014
2nd Quarter Bellringers Due TBD
To earn full credit on this assessment you must…
• Write down each and every bellringer with the
proper heading (Bellringer # then the date).
• Write down the question as it is written on the
board.
• Write down your answer.
• If your answer is wrong then it should be corrected
because we went over it in class.
• On the following slides you will find the latest bellringers. There will be more…
Not all the pictures, sounds, and video will carry over to this post because it would
take up too much space. In some cases the answer is on the slide in others I put the
answers on the white board in the classroom. It is the student’s responsibility to make
sure that they are writing the answers down and correcting their work. If you are
missing answers I suggest talking to a seat partner or a study buddy.
Bellringer #1
November 5th, 2013
On an Island-
Near MountainsAlong a river-
How would
each of the
following
geographic
features be
beneficial to a
civilization?
Bellringer #2 November 6th, 2013
How did living on the
island of Crete affect
the Minoans?
Get out your
Ancient
Greece
packets!
•Protection
•Isolation
•Seafaring
Bellringer #3
November 7th, 2013

No written records were kept in the Dark
Ages, but poetry was passed on by word of
mouth. Professional poets, like Homer,
BARDS .
were known as __________
Who wants
to hear a
story?
Bellringer#4 11/21/13
What is a city-state?
independent
SIT CLOSEST
state consisting
TO of
a
self-governing
city
and
its
WHERE YOU NORMALY
surrounding territory
SIT! Pick up paper!
Bellringer #5 11/18/13
Why do city-states
sign peace treaties?
Bellringer #5 11/28/13
A city-state is looking out for it’s
own interests. A City-state will
make alliances not necessarily to
help the other city-states but to
help itself. If an alliance does
not help the city-state it won’t
make that alliance.
Bellringer #6 November 19th, 2013
GET OUT PAGE 2-3
OF YOUR PACKET!
Complete the following statements.
I like Sparta because...
I Don’t like Sparta because…
Bellringer #7 November 20th 2013
Write these down they are important! Yes you need to write
all of this down!
Democracy- A rule by the people
1. Direct Democracy- The state is ruled by
the citizens. Majority rule decides the vote.
2. Pure Democracy- All people (men and
women) living in the state are allowed to
vote on the issues
3. Limited Democracy- In Athens only free
men can be citizens. Only citizens may
vote.
4. Democratic Republic- You vote for
someone who will represent you. Then that
representative votes on the issues for you.
Bellringer # 8 11/22/13
Label the Map!
5.
2.
4.
1.
3.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sparta
Athens
Peloponnesus
Ionian Sea
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean
Sea
Bellringer #9 11/25/13
Solon, a Greek politician
from the city state of
Athens, helped to make
many changes to the laws
which helped the people of
Athens. These changes are
Reforms
called ___________.
Bellringer #10
th
December 4 , 2013
How did the
Greeks gain an
advantage over
their enemies in
warfare?
Get out your
packet page 4!
• Using the landscape to
one’s advantage.
• “Home field advantage”
• The Element of Surprise!
Bellringer #11 12/6/13
Paragraph #1 Prequel to the Persian
War. Complete the following…
KING
__________
DARIUS the leader of Persia
conquered the Greek towns of
_______located
on the West coast of
IONIA
Asia Minor. The Ionians ask the cityAthens from the country of
state _________
Revolted
_______
Greece for help. The Ionians______
Greeks Darius
with support of the_________.
crushes the rebellion and then looks for
revenge against Athens.
revolted / Greece / Ionia / Greeks/ Athens / Darius
The Battle of Marathon (page 2-3) Nike /
Athens / Marathon / Pheidippides /
Persians / Greeks/ phalanx
The Persians
________fought the__________at
the
Greeks
Marathon
battle of_____________.
The Greeks
phalanx to defeat
(Athens) used the __________
Pheidippides
the unorganized Persian army.__________
marathon _________and
runs the first__________to
Athens
Nike which means victory .
shouts__________
Shortly thereafter he dies.
3rd paragraph- Battle at Thermopylae pass (page
4)burned / Athens / Thermopylae / Xerxes / Sparta
Xerxes
___________the
son of King Darius
attacks Greece at the battle
Thermopylae pass
of_____________________.
___________the
leader of the
Sparta
Greek army fought the Persians
and lost. After the battle the
Athens
Persians marched to_________
burned to the ground.
and _________it
The third battle occurred in the
strait
Salamis .The
_______of
________
Athenians won the battle
because they had new
triremes
warships called__________.
4th paragraph- Battle of Salamis and the
conclusion of the war (page 5 and 6)
Trireme / strait / Salamis
Bellringer #12 December 12th, 2013
Name three geographic features that
would be essential if you had to start a
Greek city-state from scratch.
PICK UP A
TEXTBOOK!
1. Using the geography to their advantage:
built on a hill (Athens and most other Greek
city-states), built into the mountains
(Mycenae), etc.
2. Near the seas- most Greeks were seafaring
3. Near a freshwater source.
Bellringer #13 December 13th , 2013
Why do you think people from different
countries are interested in saving the
Parthenon?
• Many people from Western cultures
view Greek culture as a part of their
own heritage.
• It is history and is important.
• It is an excellent example of classical
architecture.
Bellringer #14 December 16th,2013
Doric
Undecorated
Ionic
Swirls
Corinthian
Decorated
What are the differences between Doric,
Ionic, and Corinthian columns?
Bellringer #15 1/2/14
What is a legend?
a story that has
been passed
down for
generations,
especially one that
is presented as
DO
THIS
history but is
unlikely
to be true
QUIETLY!
Bellringers due on Monday!