Geography
This is the name for a group of islands
What is an archipelago?
The is the public open space used for assemblies and markets
What is the agora?
An alliance headed by Athens that says that all Greek city-states will come together and help fight the Persians
What is the Delian League?
The Greek athletic competitions to celebrate the Gods and feed city-state rivalries
What is the Olympics?
A government ruled by a few powerful people based on wealth or land
What is an oligarchy?
What is the Peloponnesus?
The society was organized as a military state and discouraged education of the arts, literature, and new ideas. Boys were trained to become warriors.
What is Sparta?
Famous battle when Athens beat the Persians and an Athenian ran to announce the victory for 26.7 miles
Battle of Marathon
The king of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
A government ruled by a king or queen
What is a monarchy?
A piece of land in Greece surrounded by water on three sides is called a
What is a peninsula?
" The High City " dedicated to the goddess Athena. Home to several temples in the 5th century B.C.
What is the Acropolis?
A series of wars between the Greeks (mainly Athens and then Sparta) and the Persians in which the Greeks were victorious. First time that Athens and Sparta came united as an alliance.
Persian Wars
The group of people who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.; ship builders, bronze weapons, and traded pottery
Who are the Mycenaeans?
A leader who held power through the use of force
What is a tyrant?
This power ancient empire that controlled all of the Middle East and wanted to expand into Europe.
What is the Persian Empire?
Male property owners only- Not women, children, slaves, or very poor.
Citizens in Athens
(431-404 BCE) The war between Athens and Sparta, in which Sparta won, but left Greece as a whole weak and ready to fall to its neighbors to the north.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
The group of people who spread their alphabet and coins to others including the Greeks.
Who are the Phoenicians?
A government in which power is in the hands of a ruling class based on birth
What is an aristocracy?
This is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on two sides?
What is an isthmus?
This is ruler of Athens who sought to spread Athenian democracy, beautify Athens, expand the empire. Under his power, Athens becomes extremely powerful and successful. He overused his power, which led to the Peloponnesian War.
Who is Pericles?
The outcome of the Peloponnesian War leads to the downfall of Greece because
Athens had a stronger government than Sparta, which leaves the Greek city-states weak and susceptible to invasion
The time of Athenian cultural advancement and economic success when democracy was extended and the city was rebuilt
What is the Golden Age of Athens?
Government that includes voting for citizens but does not allow everyone to vote
Limited democracy