Greek Vocabulary
Ancient Greece Cities
Ancient Greece Geography
Ancient Greece Timeline
Important People
100
Another name for a city-state
Polis
100
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on War
Sparta
100
What continent is Greece a part of
Europe
100
What year did Draco produce his code of law
620 BCE
100
He opened all political offices up to any citizen, regardless of land ownership, also offered payment for jury duty or public office so that the poor could afford to serve
Pericles
200
medieval singer or musician, that would tell stories about the glorious past
minstrels
200
Athena was the patron god and they decorated the flat side of their coins with her image
Athens
200
These made it very hard for Greece to become united.
mountains
200
When did the Peloponnesian war take place
431 BC
200
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
300
Structures built on a hill to protect people from attack. Also know as High city
Acropolis
300
What is the civilization that developed a style of writing which was influenced by Linear A
The Myceneans
300
What are the seas that border Greece
The Aegean, Mediterranean, and Ionian Seas
300
When did Linear b stop being used
When the Mycenean civilization ended
300
Aided Athenian trade to please the merchants
Gave aristocrats’ land to the peasants in order to gain the favor of the poor
Peisistratus
400
This was a battle formation where Greek warriors would form together to create a wall using their shields and spears.
phalanx
400
The image below shows one of the many cultural benefits of Athens. What is it?
Education
400
Where was the Minoan civilization found?
Island of Crete
400
The city that the Mycenaeans attacked for 10 years.
Troy
400
Created a council of 500 and created the basis for Athenian Democracy
Cleisthenes
500
The definition of the word Helot
a person enslaved by the Spartans (slaves/serfs)
500
What animal was revered and celebrated by the Minoans?
bull
500
Which early civilization was considered Greek
Mycenaeans
500
This was the capital of the Minoan Civilization in 1800 B.C.E.
Knossos
500
Which group of women could speak freely, own property, and even marry again if their first husband was away at war for too long.
Spartan Women
600
State ruled by nobility (land owners) rule is based on heredity, family ties, social rank and wealth
Aristocracy
600
Developed a form of currency using iron bars and rods
Sparta
600
What were the two earliest civilizations to develop in Greece?
Minoans and Myceneans
600
The Greek Dark Ages begin around
1,100 BCE
600
a politician, codified laws, adding harsh penalties, including slavery for debtors
Draco
700
Land surrounded by water on three sides
Peninsula
700
How old was a Spartan boy when he was first taken from his family to begin his "education" and military training?
7
700
What was the staple crop in Ancient Greece?
Olives and grapes
700
Around what time period did the Trojan war take place
1250 BC
700
•Canceled all land debts and freed people who had fallen into slavery for debts
Solon
800
Greece is also a ______________ meaning many islands
archipelago
800
This city state was only four miles from the Aegean Sea, which gave them the best trading business and navy in Greece.
Athens
800
This was a Public Market Place in Ancient Greece.
Agora
800
What was the beginning of the early Minoan period
3200 BCE
800
What king was the Minoans named after
King Minos