Important People
Important Battles
Alexander the Great
Important Cities and Places
Greek Terms
100
He is mostly known for being the father of western philosophy.
Who was Socrates?
100
The battle of Marathon.
What is the modern day marathon named after?
100
He became Pharaoh of Egypt.
What did Alexander the Great become in Egypt?
100
It was named after the goddess Athena.
Who was Athens named after?
100
Light, fast ships with a battering ram on the front.
What were triremes?
200
He was an Athenian general who fought at marathon and built Athens's trireme navy.
Who was Themistocles?
200
A battle that had no real military importance, and Athens lost two thirds of their trireme navy.
What was the battle of Sicily?
200
He named them Alexandria.
What did Alexander the Great name the cities he conquered?
200
It was a neighbor Greek city-state to Athens, and Athens's rival.
What was Sparta?
200
A form of government in which all citizens have equal political rights.
What is a democracy?
300
He was called the lynch pin. He conceived the idea of the Parthenon, and directed the building process.
who was Pericles?
300
A siege laid on Athens by Sparta and Persia. It forced Athens to Surrender.
What was the Peloponnesian War?
300
It was the first major battle that Alexander won against Persia and forced Darius to flee and abandon his family.
What was the battle of Issus?
300
The city where the Persians initially landed to invade Greece and Athens defeated them.
What was Marathon?
300
A high, fortified city
What is an acropolis?
400
He ran 140 miles in two days to get help from Sparta, only to be turned down.
What did Phidipides do?
400
A naval battle where Athens's trireme force trapped Persia and destroyed a great deal of their navy.
What was the battle of Salamis?
400
It is a formation that uses rows of men carrying spears at different heights and is sent straight into the enemy's front lines.
What is the phalanx strategy?
400
A beautiful temple built to honor the goddess Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
400
A professional soldier committed to fighting
What is a hoplite?
500
He was the son of Darius, king of Persia. He put together Two million men to fight Athens
Who was Xerxes?
500
Athens's last naval battle of the Peloponnesian war. they lost.
What was the battle of Aegospotami?
500
He died from malaria.
How did Alexander the Great die?
500
The island where the Minoans lived.
What is the island of Crete?
500
One person with total power over a large group of people.
What is a dictator?
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