a league formed in Athens to prevent another Persian invasion
What is Delian League
100
Who was the famous Greek philosopher that taught his students to ask questions and was later put to death
Who is Socrates
100
what is the name of the games started by the men of Athens
What is the olympics
200
another name for Greek city-states
What is polis
200
where did early Greek civilizations first rise up?
What is in the mountains
200
a form of government that is ruled by many, and the common people. Term still used today
What is democracy
200
who is considered to be the father of history
What is Herodotus, who wrote about the Greek-Persian wars
200
the Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer
300
a large group of foot soldiers trained to charge the enemy as a group
What is a phalanx
300
what are the main crops of Greece
What is grapes and olives
300
Sparta formed this league to increase military strength in their battle against Sparta that lasted 27 years
What is Peloponnesian League
300
what did Philip of Macedonia do
What is unite the city-states under his rule
300
Name the two early Greek civilizations (Hint=M&M)
What is the Minoans and the Mycenaeans
400
when an area is ruled by few
What is oligarchy
400
Name the battle "300" that took place at a small, narrow mountain pass. The Persians won this war but allowed the Greeks to fall back and prepare for a larger battle that they ultimately won.
What is the battle at Thermopylae
400
Name the 6 time periods in Ancient Greece
What is The Minoans, the Mycenaean, the dark ages, the golden ages, the empire of Alexander the great, the Hellenistic age
400
During the plague in Athens, the city lost one of its greatest leaders in the death of
Who is Pericles
400
those in Sparta who did not belong to the ruling class
What is Helots
500
ruled by one
What is monarchy
500
Name the sea that separated the Greeks from the Persian Empire
What is the Aegean Sea
500
wrote a book about the flaws of government still read today.
Name the book and the writer
What is the Republic by Plato
500
A leader who set out to build an empire that would unite the Greeks and the Persians