Geography/Early Greeks
Culture
Government
Wars
Alexander the Great
100
The Greeks lived in independent city-states because of...
What are mountains?
100
The Greek religion was...
What is Polytheistic?
100
Form of government led by a king or queen.
What is Monarchy?
100
This war was fought between the Greeks and the Persians.
What are the Persian Wars?
100
This Macedonian king conquered Greece.
Who is Philip II?
200
Due to overpopulation and the lack of farmland, the Greeks had to create...
What are colonies?
200
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were all...
What are Philosophers?
200
Form of government led by the people.
What is Democracy?
200
This war was a civil conflict between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
200
Phillip II's main goal was to...
What is to conquer the Persians?
300
This civilization focused mostly on trade and worshiped bulls as their sacred animal.
What are the Minoans?
300
The Father of History was...
Who is Herodotus?
300
A form of government where power is taken forcefully.
What is Tyranny?
300
This was the winner of the Peloponnesian War.
Who is Sparta?
300
Alexander the Great was taught by this famous philosopher...
Who is Aristotle?
400
These people were considered the first Greeks, and were the winners of the Trojan War.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
400
Greek mythology was used by the Greeks to...
What is to explain the world?
400
A form of government led by a small group of wealthy, educated individuals.
What is Oligarchy?
400
After the Persian Wars, Athens entered a...
What is a Golden Age?
400
Alexander became king of Macedonian, king of the Persian, and...
What is Pharaoh of Egypt?
500
These people, who spoke Greek, invaded the Mycenaeans, thus launching Greece into a Dark Age.
Who are the Dorians?
500
Greek playwrights wrote these two types of plays:
What are Comedies and Tragedies?
500
Life in Sparta was different from life in Athens, because they focused on...
What is Military?
500
This person rebuilt Athens, improved foreign relations, and strengthen democracy, thus ushering Athens into a Golden Age.
Who is Pericles?
500
These were Alexander the Great's THREE main goals...
What is 1) Punish the Persians, 2) Create the world's largest empire, and 3) Combine Greek and Persian cultures.
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