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100
Form of government that translates as "Rule by the people".
What is democracy?
100
What is a polis?
What is the Greek term for city-state?
100
The two dramatic styles that formed Greek drama.
What are tragedy and comedy?
100
Country that Alexander the Great was born in.
What is Macedonia?
100
About three quarters of the Greek land mass is covered with these.
What are mountains?
200
Rule by one person.
What is monarchy?
200
Greek city-state famous for its intense military training, which began for boys as young as seven years old.
What is Sparta?
200
Famous Greek philosopher who stressed questioning authority, and was condemned to death by Athenian leaders for "corrupting youth".
Who is Socrates?
200
Father of Alexander the Great, this man united all of Greece and Macedonia under his rule.
Who is Phillip II?
200
Greek city-states had a long-lasting military rivalry with this major empire.
What is the Persian Empire?
300
Rule by a few people, usually tied together by family and economic ties.
What is aristocracy?
300
Greek city state famous for first practicing democracy, or "rule by the the people".
What is Athens?
300
In Greek Mythology, this is the god of the Underworld.
Who is Hades?
300
Persian king defeated by Alexander at the battle of Gaugamela, which resulted in Alexander ruling all of the Persian empire.
Who is Darius (III)?
300
Leader of the force of 300 Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae.
Who is Leonidis?
400
Rule by a small group of citizens, based on wealth or ability, in which the government typically controls the military.
What is oligarchy?
400
This city-state conquered the Messenian people and forced them into a "helot", or peasant existence.
What is Sparta?
400
Author of Greek epics "The Odyssey" and "The Illiad".
Who is Homer?
400
The spread of this culture throughout the areas conquered by Alexander is perhaps his greatest legacy.
What is Hellenistic culture?
400
The Greek term for a fortified hilltop, which was often the centerpiece of a city.
What is an acropolis?
500
Greek leader who came to power in 594 BCE, whosee far-reaching democratic reforms helped Athenian democracy develop.
Who is Solon?
500
This city state was utterly crushed by Alexander the Great when it rebelled in 335 BCE.
What is Thebes?
500
According the Greek Mythology, the cheif gods and goddesses lived here.
What is Mt. Olympus?
500
City in which Alexander died, in 323 BCE.
What is Babylon?
500
Leader of Athens during it's "Golden Age", from 461 to 429 BCE.
Who is Pericles?
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