Definitions
What is a polis?
What was the name of the first tribe known to inhabit Greece?
Minoans
What location were the first tribes of Greece located in?
Crete
Who won the Persian War?
Greece
King of Gods/The Sky
Zeus
What was the name of the first writing system used in Ancient Greece?
Linear B
What background do tyrants usually have experience in?
Military Leadership
Where would you find the agora in a polis?
In the middle of town so people had easy access to the marketplace.
Who led the Delian League?
Athens
God of the Sea
Poseidon
What is an oligarchy?
A system where there are more than one equal ruler
Who led the Peloponnesian League?
Sparta
What did Athens value?
Art and Education
What was the cause of the Persian War?
Goddess of wisdom and war
Athena
Describe a democracy?
A government where people elected leaders to rule and have a voice in decisions.
Athens had a part of their government called the Council of 500. How were members chosen?
They were chosen by lottery
What did Sparta value?
Military and Strength
What was the cause of the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta feared the growing power and influence of Athens.
God of War
Ares
What is an acropolis?
A fortress where the Parthenon was located on a mountainside or hilltop.
Sparta had a part of their government called the Council of Elders. How were members chosen?
They had to be 60 years old
Who did Sparta and Athens defeat?
Persia
To protect Greece from a future Persian invasion.
Goddess of Marriage
Hera