Macedonia
What civilization threatened the Greeks?
Persians
What persepctive did Greeks have about their enemies?
That they are courageous and deserve respect for standing up for their beliefs
What land feature dominated the landscape of Greece?
Mountains
Cultural, founded democracy
Athens
Who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey?
Homer
What happened after the Greeks freed the Egyptians from Persian rule?
They named Alexander their Pharaoh
The war between the Spartans and Athenians is known as?
Peloponnesian War
A land mass surrounded by water on 3 sides is known as a
Peninsula
Militaristic, sent boys to train at age 7
Sparta
What type of poison did Socrates drink?
Hemlock wine
What king conquered and united Greece for the first time?
Phillip II
What was the main purpose of the Peloponnesian war from the Spartans persepctive?
To stop the spread of Athenian influence and expansion
What was the furthest point of Alexander's conquest?
India
Minoa, the first major kingdom of Greece was located?
Who was the first philosopher to create a school/ academy?
Plato
What did Alexander do after Darius died?
Hunted down his betrayers and executed them out of respect for their fallen king
This city-state was used as a battle ground and destroyed as a result of the battle between Athens and Macedon?
Thebes
Name 2 seas surrounding Greece
Mediterranean, Aegean, Ionian, Candia
Not a true city-state, was the place of worship for Zues and hosted the olympics
Olympus
Which philosopher taught Alexander?
Aristotle
After the death of Alexander, the Hellenistic era came about. Define this era
The expansion of Greek knowledge and culture across the middle east and other regions
What famous site allowed the 300 Spartans to hold back the massive Persian army?
Thermopylae
The collapse of the first major kingdom forced the Greeks to spread out around Greece, creating what is now known as the?
Greek Dark Age
King Agamemnon and his kingdom were from this city-state
Mycenae
Humans are free to follow their own self interests and focus on happiness, whose philosophy was this?
Epicurus