Vocabulary
A slave owned by the state in ancient Sparta (was property of the state)
What is a helot?
Ancient group that lived on the island of Crete
Who are the Minoans?
the war in which the Mycenaeans built a hollow wooden horse
What is the Trojan War?
The greatest honor in Sparta
What is dying for Sparta?
Would receive an olive branch crown.
Who is a winner of the Olympics?
A small strip of land, with water on both sides, that connects two larger areas of land
What is an isthmus?
Ancient group that lived on the Peloponnesus
Who are the Myceneans?
League led by Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian League?
First developed system of writing
What is Linear A?
Philosopher who started "The Academy"
Who is Plato?
A large fighting ship used by the Ancient Greeks and others beginning in the late 6th century B.C.
What is a trireme?
League led by Athens
What is the Delian League?
War fought between the Spartans and Athenians
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Who is Aristotle?
A sheltered place with deep water close to shore
What is a harbor?
The peninsula in which Greece is located
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
The modern word we have from ostraca, pieces of pottery the Athenians would vote on
What is ostracize?
Abolished the Olympic games in 395 A.C.
Who are the Romans?
Was sentenced to death for teaching others to ask questions
Who is Socrates?
A deadly sickness
What is a plague?
Makes up 3/4 of the land in Greece
What are mountains?
Sparta's government that was ruled by a council and not everyone had a say
What is an oligarchy?
Main crops in Ancient Greece
What are olives and grapes?
Discovered illnesses came from natural causes and not the gods.
Who is Hippocrates?