Geography
This sea lies to the east of Greece and was crucial for trade.
What is the Aegean Sea?
This city-state is known as the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
These wars were fought between Greece and the Persian Empire.
What are the Persian Wars?
This epic poet wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
This Macedonian king conquered much of the known world.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This geographic feature led to the development of independent city-states.
What are mountains / rugged terrain?
This city-state focused on military strength and discipline.
What is Sparta?
This war was fought between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
This Greek philosopher taught Plato and was sentenced to death.
Who is Socrates?
This term describes the blending of Greek culture with other cultures.
What is Hellenism (or the Hellenistic Age)?
This type of landform, common in Greece, helped create strong navies and trading cultures.
What are peninsulas (or islands)?
This Athenian leader strengthened democracy and increased citizen participation.
Who is Pericles?
After the Peloponnesian War, this city-state briefly became the most powerful in Greece.
What is Sparta?
This philosopher was the teacher of Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
Alexander’s empire stretched from Greece to this river valley civilization.
What is the Indus River Valley (or Nile)?
Because Greece lacked natural resources like timber and grain, they relied heavily on this economic system.
What is maritime trade?
These people had full political rights in Athens (adult males only).
Who are citizens?
This revolt by Greek city-states in Asia Minor helped spark the Persian Wars.
What is the Ionian Revolt?
This building sits atop the Acropolis in Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
The Persian king who invaded Greece in 480 BCE was this ruler.
Who is Xerxes?
This sea lies to the west and south of Greece, allowing them to trade with further markets.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Women in this city-state had more rights and freedoms than in Athens.
What is Sparta?
This famous battle involved 300 Spartans.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
This marketplace was the center of public life in Athens.
What is the Agora?
This alliance of Greek city-states, led by Athens, formed after the Persian Wars.
What is the Delian League?