Early Greece
First civilization to develop in Greece
What is the Minoans?
Young men would most likely to be doing this in ancient (a) Athens and (b) Sparta
What is (a) going to school and (b) training in the military?
Person that the Trojan war was fought over
Area of land almost completely surrounded by water
Number of soldiers for the Persians and the Greeks in the Battle of Thermopylae
What is 200,000 Persians and 7,000 Greeks
Location of the Minoan civilization and its capital
What is Knossos, Crete?
Define an oligarchy and the city-state that had one
What is a type of government that gave power to a few people; Sparta
Reason that the Mycenaeans had trouble fighting the Trojans
What is the walls of Troy?
Define a city-state
What is an independent city with its own government, culture, etc.?
Soldier that ran from Marathon to Athens to bring news of victory
Who is Phidippides?
First early civilization to speak the Greek language
What is the Mycenaeans?
Goods used for trade in Athens
What are olive oil and wine?
King of the Mycenaeans that invaded Troy
Who is King Agamemnon?
A mountain in northern Greece that was believed to be the home of the gods
What is Mt. Olympus?
Strategy used by the Greeks in the Battle of Thermopylae
What is fighting in a narrow mountain pass?
The main focus of the Mycenaeans.
What is war and conquest?
Spartan money was made from this to prevent trade
Iron bars
Who is Homer?
*Illiad and the Odessey*
Effects of having thin, rocky soil.
What is non-fertile soil?
What is unable to grow food?
What is trade to get goods?
What is an ambush?
Theories for the sudden end of the Minoan civilization.
What is a natural disaster (tsunami/earthquake) and conquered by the Mycenaeans?
Difference in the lives of women in Athens and Sparta.
What is ability to own property?
What is ability to travel?
What is limited freedom?
What is the Trojan horse?
Small city-states in ancient Greece
What is polis?
Reason for a Greek loss in the battle of Thermopylae
What is a traitor from the Greek army?