About Greece
Who was the adversary of the Delian League during the Persian wars?
Persia
Who were the Phalanx?
A Greek military formation that was unlike anything Persia ever faced before
What was a famous structure in Athens that served as a temple of the Greek goddess Athena?
The Parthenon
Athenians won a surprising victory and a soldier named Pheidippide's ran 26.2 miles from this battle to give the news to Athens what was this battle called?
The battle of marathon
Sparta was a difficult enemy for the Athenians because of the way they brought up there citizens. What did Boys and Girls have while growing up in Sparta?
Military Training
25% of Greek land was this...
Arable (farmable)
Who were the Dorian's?
They were a group of people that came to Greece and didn't have any written records from there life before
What Greek Philosopher believed that absolute standards and was forced to drink hemlock by the government for "corrupting the youth"?
Socrates
What was the Delian League?
The alliance formed between Greek city - states - later Athens dominated this group
After attacking this ally of Sparta, Athens was badly defeated by Sparta and lost the Peloponnesian War in 415 BCE.
Syracuse
75% of Greece was what?
Mountains
Why did they create city-states?
Greece was so mountainous there was not much land that could develop in one big civilization
Herodotus is the father of what study in the past?
History
Who was the Persian Empire leader who later had to take defeat from the Athenians?
Xerxes
Why did Greece use myths in their daily life?
to understand the mysteries of nature and the power of human passion
Historians believed this war was a legend...
Trojan War
Who brought the "Dark Age" to Greece?
The Dorian's
Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides did what?
They wrote playwrights known for Greek tragedies
Who was Athens enemies during the Persian war?
Sparta
What was the Agora?
A outdoor marketplace citizens used to discuss ideas to city gov't
What is oligarchy?
Oligarchy is a group of people often military, that rule a political structure
Who was one of the most famous storyteller?
Homer
What is the body of water between Persia and Greece?
Aegean Sea
What famed Athenian ruler expanded the empire and made democracy more efficient?
Pericles
Who were the ancestors before Greece came to be that fought with the trojans?
Mycenae's