The Polis
What name was given to anyone who could not speak Greek?
barbaro
What form of government did Sparta have?
oligarchy
What was the name of the Persian king who fought Athens in the first Persian War?
Dario
Between which 2 states were the Peleponnesian Wars fought?
Sparta and Athens
Which Macedonian king defeated Greece in 337 a.c.?
Philip ( Filippo) II
What criteria did you need to meet to be a citizen of the polis?
Male, possessing land and arms
What was the name of the part of the house where Athenian women lived?
Gineceo
What was the name of Dario's son?
Serse
Which state eventually won the Peleponnesian wars?
Sparta
What was the name of the formation of soldiers the Macedonians used?
phalanx (falange)
What was the name of the high part of the part of the city where the temples were in the polis?
acropolis
What was the name of the warriors who had power in Sparta?
Spartiati
What was the name of the plain (pianura) where the Athenians defeated the Persians under Dario?
Marathon
At which city in Sicily did Athens first lose to Sparta?
Siracusa
What was the name of Alexander the Great's teacher?
Aristotle
What was the name of the large square in the polis, where the market was?
agora
What was the name given to the tradesmen ( commercianti) and craft-workers (artigiani) in Sparta?
perieci
What was the name of the boat the Athenians used against the Persians?
Trireme
How many years did the Peleponnesian Wars last?
27 years
To which river did Alexander the Great's vast empire reach when he died?
The Indus
What was the name of the area outside the polis where the fields and agriculture was?
kora
What was the name of the large port in Athens?
Pireo
What date did the Athenians and Spartans definitively defeat the Persians?
479 a.c.
On what date did the Peleponnesian Wars end?
404 a.c.
Name the 3 regions Alexander's empire was divided into on his death.
1) Macedonia of Greece
2) Seleucidi in the Middle East
3) Egypt