Early Greece & City-States
Heavily armed foot soldiers.
Hoplites
A form of government ruled by a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
Women in this city-state were allowed to own property.
What is Sparta?
10,000 elite Persian soldiers.
The Immortals
Slaves who worked for the Spartans and revolted.
Helots
This early civilization lived on the island of Crete and grew wealthy through sea trade.
Who are the Minoans?
A system of government in which citizens take an active part and vote on decisions.
What is a democracy?
Young Spartan boys were removed from their families and began military training around this age.
What is age 7?
King Darius divided the massive Persian Empire into smaller administrative areas and called these.
What are satrapies?
The title given to the governor ruling each individual satrapy in Persia.
a Satrap
This high, protected area of a city was often built on high ground for safety.
What is an acropolis?
A formal meeting where citizens gathered to discuss and vote on important government issues.
What is an assembly?
This city-state placed a stronger emphasis on public life and education than on strictly military preparation.
What is Athens?
This Greek city-state angered Persia by assisting Greek cities in Anatolia during their rebellion.
What is Athens?
While mountains geographically separated Greek communities into independent city-states, these two factors connected them to one another and outside civilizations.
What are the sea (trade/travel) and a common enemy (Persia)?
The Greek term for an independent city-state.
What is a polis?
The main reason Greeks expanded across the Mediterranean to establish new colonies.
What is limited land and food supply?
Early mainland Greek civilization remembered for its strong kingdoms, trade, and focus on warfare.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
The Greeks chose this narrow mountain pass so Persia could not deploy its larger army all at once.
What is Thermopylae?
This central location served as both a marketplace and a meeting place for Greek citizens.
Agora?
This military formation consisted of Greek soldiers standing and fighting closely together with shields.
What is a phalanx?
Athens and allies formed this league against Sparta.
The Delian League.
The war between Athens and Sparta from 431-404 B.C.
The Peloponnesian War.
The Greeks used narrow waters during this naval battle to maneuver effectively against Persia's larger fleet.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
A battle in 490 B.C. where the Athenians attacked Pesia while their army was away.
The Battle of Marathon