Governments
Persian Wars
Places to visit
Why I am famous
Potpourri
100
The form of government led by "the people"
What is Democracy?
100
Battle that was the last stand of the 300.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
100
The temple built for Athena in the center of Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
100
I taught the youth of Athens to question their government and was forced to drink hemlock.
Who was Socrates?
100
The sporting events held to honor the gods.
What are the Olympics?
200
The form of government led by a king.
What is a monarchy?
200
Leader of the Persian army who swore he would burn down Athens, fortunately for the Athenians he died on his way.
What is Darius?
200
The ancient Greek marketplace.
What is the agora?
200
I told the greatest stories of ancient Greek history.
Who was Homer?
200
The place where the Persians crossed into Greek territories.
What is the Hellespont?
300
Someone who takes power by force.
What is a tyrant?
300
The first Greek victory of the Persian Wars.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
300
To visit the throne of the mighty Zeus.
What is Mount Olympus?
300
This Persian successfully burned Athens to the ground.
Who was Xerxes?
300
The place where Greeks would go vote in Athens or Sparta.
What is the assembly?
400
The form of government led by a small group of wealthy men.
What is an oligarchy?
400
The final battle of the Persian Wars.
What is the Battle of Plataea?
400
The large craggy hill in the center of Athens.
What is the Acropolis?
400
I lead the Spartans against the Persians at Thermopylae.
Who was Leonidas?
400
The Greek fighting formation, the human tank.
What is the phalanx?
500
The Greek term meaning "the best".
What is aristos?
500
The Athenian naval general who scored a victory at Salamis.
Who was Themistocles?
500
The peninsula separating the Black and Mediterranean Seas..
What is Asia Minor?
500
I created a school called the Academy.
Who was Plato?
500
The large peninsula located in southern Greece, home to Sparta.
What is the Pelopennesus?
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