Minoans/Myceaeans
Geography of Greece
Athens or Sparta
Vocabulary
Persian War
100

The Island in the Mediterranean Sea that was home to the ancient Minoan Civilization

What is the Island of Crete

100
The two mountain ranges that are listed our map of Greece.

What are the Pindus Mountains and Mount Olympus?

100

The main focus in the culture of Sparta.

What is Military Strength and Training?
100

The government system where the citizens have a role in governing themselves?


This city state used this form of government.

What is democracy?

Athens.

100

The Persian King who invaded Greece and tried to destroy Athens.

Who was King Xerxes?

200

The massive defense feature the Mycenaeans built that the Minoans did not have

What is Fortified Walls?

200

The 5 City States that we have on our map of Greece

What are Troy, Athens, Sparta, Crete, Mycenae

200

The Government that ruled Sparta

What is a military oligarchy?

200
At the bottom of the acropolis used for markets, sports, and public meetings
What is the Agora?
200
The mountain pass that the 7,000 Greek soldiers had to defend against 300,000 Persian Soldiers.

What is the Thermopylae Pass?

300

These are at least Two Achievements/inventions of the Minoan Civilization.

What is/are: The Palace at Knossos, running water, frescoes, Linear B writing, bronze tools/weapons?

300

The Geographic feature that described the mainland of Greece (Water surrounding it all on 3 sides)

What is a Peninsula

300

1 way that women had more freedom in the city State of ______.

(Sparta) Where did women get an education, participate in athletics, learned military techniques to defend themselves, and went out in public more often?

300

Government that is ruled by a single person


This is the type of person we usually see running a monarchy

What is a monarchy?


Kings and Queens

300

The elite unit of the Persian Army that the Greeks had to fight on day 2 of the Battle at Thermopylae.

Who were the Immortals of Persia ?
400
The Natural Disaster that happened between 1500-1600 BCE that weakened the Minoan Civilization that allowed the Mycenaeans to invade
What was the Volcanic Eruption at Thera?
400

What advantage did Ancient Greece have geographically to become a big center of trade? 

They were near the coastline/Near the sea so they could travel to other civilizations.

400
The cultural pursuit or Art and Education matched with this Greek City State

What is Athens?

400

The term for a partnership between two or more city states, such as Athens and Sparta during the Persian War.

What is an Alliance?

400
Why was protecting Athens so important for the future of the world? (think about their government)

Athens was the only place in the world with a democracy at this time, and it would have been destroyed if Persia won.

500

The tribe that emigrated south from Northern Greece and took over the Mycenaeans.

Who are the Dorians?
500

How did the steep and rocky mountain landscape impact Greece City States?

It isolated them from each other, made it hard to farm, and hard to travel.

500

The age that boys went to get their military training and education, and it lasted for this many years.

What age is 7 years old to Spartan boys and 13 years long?

500
The highest point of a city state.

What is an acropolis?

500
What was the final outcome of the Battle at Thermopylae? (How many days, and why was that important)

The stand lasted 3 days and Persians ended up winning, but this gave Greece much more time to defend Athens and evacuate.

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