This is a form of government in which power is in the hands of a single person like a king or queen.
What is a Monarchy?
100
Blind poet who wrote the Illiad & Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
100
Culture melds together Greek, Persian, Egyptian, & Indian influences
What is Hellenistic Culture?
100
Three-fourths of Greece includes this geographical feature
What are Mountains?
200
Greeks v. Persians
What is the Persian War?
200
This is a form of government controlled by its citizens, either directly or through representatives.
What is a Democracy?
200
Led Athens through the Golden Age
Who is Pericles?
200
Greek mathematician who wrote Elements, which provided a basis for courses in geometry.
Who is Euclid?
200
Greek city-state that is the birthplace of democracy
What is Athens?
300
Athens v. Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian War?
300
This is a form of government in which power is in the hands of a few wealthy or rich people.
What is an Oligarchy?
300
Father of history
Who is Herodotus?
300
Three Ancient Greek Philosophers?
Who are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
300
Requirements for citizenship in Athens
What are native born, male property owner?
400
Ancient Greek military formation of tightly grouped soldiers.
What is a phalanx?
400
This is a form of government in which a powerful, sometimes brutal individual gains control of a government by appealing to the poor for support.
What is Tyranny or a Tyrant?
400
Father of Medicine
Who is Hippocrates?
400
These are a Greek-speaking people that migrated into mainland Greece after the destruction of the Mycenaean civilization: known for Greece’s “Dark Age”.
Who are the Dorians?
400
“Come home with your shield or on it.” Who did this motto belong too?
What is Sparta?
500
An association of Greek city-states, under the leadership of Athens. (Hint: They left out Sparta!)
What is the Delian League?
500
This is a form of government in which power is in the hands of the nobility or nobles
What is an Aristocracy?
500
Nobleman developed a harsh legal code based on equality of citizens
Who is Draco?
500
This group includes Indo-Europeans who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 BC.