The Gods
Gods and Mythology
Settling in Greece
Sparta and Athens, & Greek city states
The Persian Wars
100
The king of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus
Who is Zeus?
100
The Iliad and the Odyssey.
What two books did Homer write?
100
The first group of people who settled into Greece.
Who are the Minoans?
100
They were raised to be fighters. They were in the army by age five.
Who are the Spartans?
100
King Darius.
Who is the great king of Persia?
200
Wife of Zeus and protector of families
Who is Hera?
200
The goddess of love.
Who is Aphrodite?
200
They took over the Minoans and were known as the greatest Greek city state of that time.
Who are the Mycenaean?
200
They were educated. They went to school before joining the army.
Who are the Athenians?
200
He ran 26.2 miles to let everyone know that the Athenians had beaten the Persians.
Who is Phidippides?
300
God of the sea.
Who is Poseidon?
300
God of war.
Who is Ares?
300
The Minoans were the people they borrowed styles from.
Who did the Mycenaeans borrow there art styles, pottery designs, and writing from?
300
Majority rule.
How were all the decisions made in Athens?
300
King Xerxes led them.
Who led the Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae?
400
The god of good luck and wealth.
Who is Hermes?
400
Stories about heroes and their deeds.
What is a legend?
400
The Epics of Homer.
What is our source for most of our knowledge about the Mycenaeans?
400
Sparta, Athens, and other city states joined together to defeat them.
What city states got together to defeat Persia?
400
Leonidas led them.
Who led Sparta in the Battle of Thermopylae?
500
God of truth and intelligence.
Who is Apollo?
500
A traditional story that may include gods and goddesses and often try to explain events in nature.
What is a myth?
500
Protected from invasions by desert, mountains, and water.
How did Greece's location aid in its surviving culture?
500
They made laws.
What did Assemblies do in Greek city states?
500
Ephialtes of Trachis.
Who was the traitor that aided Persia in the battle of 300?
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