Early Civilizations/ Greek City-States
Athens and Sparta
War Tests the Greeks
Greek Contributions
Alexander the Great
100
The Minoan Civilization began on this island.
What is Crete?
100
Spartans enslaved farmers and called them ________.
What are helots?
100
Who fought in the battle of Marathon and who won?
Persians and Athenians; Athens won
100
Greek playwrights wrote these.
What are tragedies and comedies?
100
Alexander created this city in Egypt.
What is Alexandria?
200
This civilization came after the Minoan and settled in the southern peninsula of Greece.
What is the Mycenaean civilization?
200
This is a meeting or a group of people who meet to pass laws.
What is an assembly?
200
During the battle of Thermopylae, 20 Greek city-states united against the Persians. Who supplied the army? The navy?
Sparta: army, Athens: navy
200
An Athenian jury wanted _______ dead because they thought he was unpatriotic.
Who was Socrates?
200
Alexander conquered this empire.
What is the Persian Empire?
300
This is the Greek name for a city-state.
What is a polis?
300
This helped Athens grow in wealth and power.
What is sea trade and a strong navy ?
300
These two cities fought in the Peloponnesian War. Who won?
Who was Athens and Sparta? Sparta won.
300
This philosopher wrote the book called "The Republic."
Who was Plato?
300
Alexander the Great spread this to other cultures.
What is Hellenism?
400
This is what we call a leader who rules by force and not by law.
What is a tyrant?
400
This is where Spartan men lived until age sixty.
What is military camps with other soldiers?
400
Why did Athens make other city-states angry? What did this lead to?
Athens used the alliance money to rebuild Athens. This led to the Peloponnesian War.
400
This was a temple of the goddess, Athena (protector of the city of Athens).
What is the Parthenon?
400
This scholar lived in Alexandria and put together everything he knew about geometry.
Who was Euclid?
500
This politician helped create democracy, or rule by the people, in Athens.
Who was Solon?
500
This is how the Spartans were different from the Athenians.
What is, "they did not care about art, architecture, or trade"?
500
How did the Athenians defeat the Persians at Salamis?
Persian ships had trouble maneuvering in the water. The Athenian ships were much smaller.
500
This philosopher wrote important works on astronomy, biology, ethics, logic, physics, and politics.
Who was Aristotle?
500
This is a blend of western and eastern cultures.
What is Hellenism?
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