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100
On which peninsula is Greece located?

Balkan

100

Time period of the rise of Aegean /Minoan/Mycenaean civilizations

2000 BC

100

war famous for the Mycenaean trick of steaking into the city in a giant horse statue

Trojan War (Trojan Horse)

100

form of government means "rule by the best"

aristocracy

100

Writer of Iliad and the Odyssey, who had a huge influence on the thinking of the Greek people.

Homer

200

True or False: Greece includes many Mediterranean islands.

True

200

the first date in the Greek calendar, 776 BC relates to this event

first Olympic games

200

war fought between Athens and Sparta and their opposing alliances

Peloponnesian War

200

Which ruler was known for his merciless law code?

Draco

200

the champion of the people who introduced the practice of ostracism

Cleisthenes

300

Name the three seas which border Greece.

Ionian Sea (west), Aegean Sea (east), and Black Sea (northeast)

300

Time period of Classical Greece, during which the Parthenon was built, Homer, Aesop, and Herodotus wrote, and Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle philosophized.

700 BC - 338 BC (Macedonian conquer)

300

Name the first tyrant of Athens.

Peisistratus

300
Greek system of dividing regions
City-States
300

name of the many gods in Greek religion

Olympian gods

400

Borders of Alexander the Great's empire

Greece (west) to India (east)

Black Sea/Caspian Sea (north) to Egypt (south)

400

Greek culture spread rapidly in 334 BC because of this ruler's conquests

Alexander the Great

400

league formed by Athens to prevent any Persian aggression

Delian League

400

great Athenian statesman who ushered in the Golden age if Greece

Pericles

400

Who were the helots?

Spartan slaves

500

location of Ionia (in terms of ancient history)

Asia Minor (modern Turkey)

500

A period of time after the Alexander the Great's death, which lasted approximately 300 years.

Hellenistic Age

500

Greek city-state which used slaves to work the fields while the ruling class trained to fight

Spartan Military State
500

form of government means "rule by the few"

oligarchy

500

Which ruler brought reform and improved laws to Athens?

Solon

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