Geography
The reason large-scale farming difficult in Greece
The earliest known Greek civilization
The Minoans
The Greek term for a city-state
Polis
The type of government that is ruled by one king or queen and passes power down to their children
Monarchy
The name of the athletic competition held every four years in honor of Zeus
Olympics
The three seas that surround Greece
Ionian, Aegean, Mediterranean
Where the Minoans lived
The island of Crete
The purpose of an agora in a Greek city-state
A market place for public meetings
The difference between an oligarchy and a tyranny
Oligarchy is rule by a small group of wealthy individuals, while tyranny is rule by one person who takes power by force.
The role oracles played in Greek religion
Priests or priestesses believed to communicate messages from the gods
The way Greece's mountains impacted communication across the country
Made it difficult for different areas to communicate and exchange ideas
The natural disaster that weakened the Minoans before they were conquered by the Mycenaeans
Define acropolis
In Ancient Greece, this group was considered citizens
Free men born in the city-state who owned land
Name two Greek gods or goddesses and what they were the god/goddess of
Answers will vary
This city-state was located on a narrow strip of land that connected Peloponnesus to Attica
Corinth
Famous war between the Mycenaeans and Troy that Homer wrote about
The Trojan War
City-state that was considered the birthplace of democracy
Athens
The type of democracy Athens had
Direct Democracy
Define phalanx
A tightly packed military formation using overlapping shields for protection
This city stood as the center of Mycenanean government
Mycenae
This archeologist found evidence of settlement in the city of Knossos
Arthur Evans
The definition of a city state (according to our notes)
an independent city with its own government and economic system
How Greek monarchs were prevented from becoming too powerful
Elected officials helped balance power
The two major works of literature attributed to Homer
The Iliad and The Odyssey