Geography
This empire was the main enemy of Greece during the 5th century, BC.
the Persian empire
The god of thunder and lightning and king of all gods
Zeus
Sentenced to die for teaching "dangerous ideas", this philosopher took his own life by drinking poison.
Socrates
The most powerful city-state in ancient Greece
Sparta
This activity was the basis for most of the economy of ancient Greece.
Trade
This determined social status in ancient Greece
agricultural wealth (land)
These are cities that governed themselves and the land around them.
City-states
The Greek religion that centered around stories of heroes and gods to explain the world around them.
Mythology
This started as an athletic religious festival to honor Zeus
the Olympics
A small group of rulers made up of thirty elders over sixty years old who propose laws to be voted on by an assembly.
Oligarchy
This city-state became the center for wealth and trade in ancient Greece.
Athens
The term for Spartan slaves
"Helots"
Greece is located on this peninsula between the Ionian and Aegean Seas
the Balkan Peninsula
These were priests and priestesses that the ancient Greeks believed the gods could speak through.
A student of Socrates, he opened the Academy in Athens where he taught law, philosophy, and science.
Plato
He wrote the first set of laws in Athens, which were very harsh.
Draco
Instead of relying on agriculture, the Mycenaeans relied on this abundant resource to improve their civilization.
The sea
These usually consisted of members of the upper classes, those with the most wealth and property.
Oligarchies
This is the largest island in Greece.
Crete
The god of the sea
Poseidon
This creation allowed them to record business and trade, codes of law, and government taxes.
Greek alphabet
He created a direct democracy for Athens.
Cleisthenes
Name one of the two main "cash crops" that would grow in the mountainous geography of ancient Greece.
Olive trees and grapes
A system in which all citizens, or member of the city-state, share the power of ruling.
Democracy
This group settled one of the earliest settlements and ruled much of southern Greece.
Mycenaeans
She was the goddess of marriage and childbirth and was Zeus’s wife.
Hera
Name one of the two exceptional Greek tragedies written by Homer, set during the Trojan War.
The Iliad and the Odyssey
He freed those who had sold themselves into slavery and laid the foundation for the democratic system based on wealth, not birth.
Solon
This innovative technology helped farmers produce more food, which was needed for the growing population.
Iron tools
These were very wealthy and noble land-owning families whose rule was passed down from one generation to the next.
Aristocracy