Geography and Economics
Physical feature in Greece that made it difficult to settle, farm and trade.
What is mountains?
How did the Persian Wars change Greece?
It unified the city-states and led Athens into the Golden Age.
Form of government ruled by a few wealthy aristocrats or nobles.
What is an Oligarchy?
The equator and the Prime Meridian are examples of what discovery from the Greeks in Geography.
Lines of latitude and longitude
This conqueror introduced Greek culture to the places he claimed.
Alexander the Great
While most people survived by farming, farming in Greece was difficult because even in the plains the land was ___________.
Rocky
This city-state had the power for a short time after the Peloponnesian War.
Sparta
All citizens in Athens had the right to ________
in the Assembly. This is an example of ________.
Vote, Democracy
This ancient philosopher was put to death for encouraging his students to question what they know in order to understand life.
Who is Socrates?
Alexander the Great had one epic failure when it came to building an empire.
He forgot to name an heir.
Many Greeks early on traveled to new land and set up __________ so they grow food elsewhere and send it home.
colonies
The Peloponnesian War began because ___________ and _______________ were competing for power.
Sparta, Athens
Form of government where a person usurps power usually by illegal means.
What is a Tyranny?
This Greek philosopher was a polymath who was also known to be the tutor of Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
Between his 4 generals...
Instead of farming, many Greeks learned to thrive through ____________
Trading
What evidence was there that Spartan women had more rights than Athenian women?
Spartan women could own property.
In the Athenian Democracy, did the Assembly approve laws suggested by the Council of 500 or did they suggest laws to the Council?
The Assembly approved the laws suggested by the Council.
Geometry
Alexandria
Greece was not a ________________ civilization like the Egyptians and Mesopotamians which means they were isolated in forming their economies.
River
Because the city-states were divided from the Peloponnesian War, which kingdom was able to conquer all of Greece.
Macedonia
A form of government with one royal ruler.
What category of Greek discoveries is the Ionic, Corinthian and Doric styles associated with?
Architecture
Besides being responsible for the spread of Greek culture, what else was Alexander the Great known for?
Military genius