Greek Geography
Strip of land connected to the mainland and surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
Capital of Minoan civilization.
Capital of Mycenaean civilization.
What is Knossos?
What is Mycenae?
Stories passed down by work of mouth.
What is oral tradition?
The three main government types of ancient Greece.
What are democracy, oligarchy, and monarchy?
Democratic leader who made Athenian laws more fair.
Who is Solon?
Bodies of water that border Greece.
What are the Ionian, Mediterranean, Sea of Crete and Aegean Sea?
___________________ took over the Minoans.
____________________ took over the Mycenaeans.
What are the Mycenaeans?
What are the Dorians?
Period in which Greek civilization collapsed.
What are the Dark Ages?
Government ruled by a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
What is the assembly?
Major city state in Central Greece.
Major city state in Peloponnese.
What is Athens?
What is Sparta?
Minoan Writing system______________
Merging of Minoan and Mycenaean Writing Systems___________________
What is Linear A?
What is Linear B?
The Sea of Marmara connects these two bodies of water:
What are the Aegean and Black Seas?
Government ruled by a singular leader who is born into the role or takes over by force.
What is a monarchy?
The people of the Council are selected through this type of system:
What is a lottery?
Major landmark of Greece
MOUNTAINS!
Considered the "first Greeks."
Who were the Mycenaeans?
Greeks wanted this trading port located on the Sea of Marmara because they were taxing ships.
What is Hellespont?
cities and their surrounding areas act as independent states.
What is a city state?
In this branch, each lawsuit will involve 201 of these people for private lawsuits and 501 for public lawsuits.
What are the courts?
The three regions within Northern Greece.
Epirus, Thessaly, Macedonia
Merging of mainland Greece and the islands.
What happened when the Mycenaeans rose to power?
The mythical Trojan War was recorded in these two epics:
What are the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Rich and powerful families who owned all the arable land/ superior weapons before governments were established.
What is the aristocracy/what are aristocrats?
Requirements for Athenian Citizenship.
Male
Completed military service
never enslaved
both parents with citizenship status