The island on which the Minoan civilization was based.
What is Crete?
100
This was the first Greek power to arise in the Aegean Sea
the Minoans
100
The battle of 300 in which Spartans and Persians clashed happened at this mountain pass
Thermopylae
100
The most important Athenian export
olives / olive oil
200
The Greek word for high-city, which physically overlooked the city-state
What is acropolis?
200
The primary way in which Greece was notably different from river valley civilizations
Greece was not located around one river or in one river valley but instead had many city-states divided by mountains and seas
200
This Greek civilization dominated the Aegean world after the fall of the Minoans
the Mycenaeans
200
This Greek city-state were ruled strictly by a warrior class who trained boys from the age of 7 to be soldiers
This is Sparta?
200
Alexander the Great famously founded numerous cities of what name?
What is Alexandria?
300
This type of government came to be in some Greek city-states when trade expanded and a new class of wealthy merchants, farmers, and artisans arose and took power from noble land owners
What is an oligarchy?
300
Greece was influenced by these two older river valley civilizations who were located within relatively close proximity
What are Egypt and Mesopotamia?
300
Athens reached its golden age after this war
the Persian War
300
These people rebelled against Persia, starting the Persian War
the Ionians
300
King Leonidas was the king of which Greek city-state?
What is Sparta?
400
This type of government replaced monarchy in many Greek city-states when the nobles in charge of defending the city-states decided that they'd take power for themselves
What is aristocracy?
400
The significance of the Trojan Strait
Trojans and Mycenaens fought the Trojan War over this strait as it was economically valuable because it connected the Black Sea to the Mediterranean World
400
Homer lived about how many years after the Trojan War
500 years
400
Name three seas that we discussed as being of importance to Greek peoples
Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea
400
The way in which the death of Socrates affected the philosophies of Aristotle and Plato.
Socrates was viewed as a threat to society and a large jury of Athenians found him guilty of failing to respect the gods and corrupting the city's youth and thus gave him the death penalty. Aristotle and Plato developed a distrust of the common people and believed democracy could lead to mob rule.
500
The difference between democracy today in the USA and democracy in Athens under Pericles.
Today we have an "indirect democracy" in which citizens vote for politicians to represent our interests when they vote on laws. In Athens, they had a "direct democracy" in which average citizens took part in the day-to-day affairs of the government.
500
The significance of the strait at Salamis
Athenians lured the Persian navy into this strait and then sunk their fleet with ships armed with battering rams. A decisive victory in the Persian War
500
Put the following events in order from first to last:
Peloponnesian War ; Persian War ; Trojan War ; Minoan Civilization reaches its height ;
Alexander the Great dies and the
Hellenistic Age begins
Minoans, Trojan War, Persian War, Peloponnesian War, Alexander dies
500
The main idea of the passage on page 129
Athenians are superior thinkers to their Greek neighbors (the Spartans) and that they will fight to maintain their superior society that honors the voices and opinions of the many rather than of the few through democracy
500
The reason why the iron age brought about increased rights for common Greeks.
Iron was more affordable and stronger than bronze so more people could afford weapons. This was a departure from years in which only the wealthy noble landowners could afford bronze weapons and thus were able to monopolize power.