Geography Shapes Greek Life
What was Greece's landscape covered in?
Mountains
This blind poet wrote epics like the Iliad and Odyssey
Homer
This city-state is known as the birthplace of democracy
Athens
Unlike Athens, this city-state built a strong military state
Sparta
What is Ms.B's favorate fast food?
Culvers/chipotle
This sea was one of the major transportation routes for the Greeks
What is the Aegean Sea
his famous war was fought by the Mycenaeans against Troy
Trojan War
This leader created a harsh legal code where almost every crime was punishable by death
Draco
Spartans demanded half the crops of these conquered people
Helots
Favorite animal
Elephant
The mountains broke up Greece into what?
City States
This civilization built a city with walls 20 feet thick
Mycenaean civilization
Pericles introduced this type of democracy, where citizens rule directly
Direct Democracy
Sparta and its allies formed this rival league
Peloponnesian League
What is Ms. B's favorite candy
Twix
Greece's moderate climate supported this kind of lifestyle
an outdoor lifestyle
The Mycenaeans learned writing and trade from this earlier civilization
Minoans
What is democracy
Rule by the people
This alliance formed by Athens after the Persian Wars helped it gain power
Delian League
What is Ms.B's favorite color
Yellow
What are 2 challenges that Greeks faced because of the landscape in Greece
These invaders led to a period where Greek writing was lost.
What is representative democracy?
Where the people vote for people to represent what they believe in
What are the 3 branches of government in in Sparta
Assembly
Council of elders
5 elected officials
Where is Ms. B from
Fargo, ND