KEY TERMS
IDENTIFICATIONS
LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE
THE PERSIANS
MIXED BAG
100
This is a system of government led by citizens/the people.
What is democracy?


(Part I, #5)

100
This is the Spartan king who led 7,300 soldiers into a battle at Thermopylae that last three days; he perished at the hands of the Persians and they cut his head off and stuck it on a pole. 
Who was Leonidas? 


(Part I, #9)

100
True or False: Spartan women had more rights than other Greek women, such as the right to own property and to participate in athletics?
What is TRUE? (This is the answer to Question 6 in Part II)
100
This is why the Persians went to war with the Greeks in 490 B.C.
What is because the Persians wanted to expand their empire westward into Greece and other parts of Europe? (This is the answer to Question 12 in Part II)
100
This is the type of government that consists of a few wealthy people holding power over the larger group of citizens.
What is oligarchy? (This is the answer to Question 5 in Part II)
200
This is the market/gathering place in an ancient Greek city-state.
What is an agora?


(Part I, #4) 

200
This is the Persian king who was determined to have revenge on the Greeks after the Persians' crushing defeat at the Battle of Marathon. 
Who was Xerxes?


(Part I, #7)

200
These are the geographical barriers that influenced the isolation of Greek communities and the development of many independent city-states.
What are mountains, seas (Ionian; Mediterranean; and Aegean), AND over 1400 islands? (This is the answer for Question 1 in Part II)
200
True or False: The Persians defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon?
What is FALSE? (This is the answer to Question 13 in Part II)
200
This is the group of invaders who conquered Greece in 1100 B.C. They controlled Greece for 300 years, a period which became known as the "dark ages." They introduced iron weapons AND the skill of iron-making to the Greeks. (This is the answer to Question 4 in Part II)
Who are the Dorians?
300
This is a landmass surrounded on three sides by water. 
What is a peninsula?


(Part I, #1) 

300
This is the Persian king who divided his empire into 20 satrapies (provinces) and appointed a satrap (governor) in each one. 
Who is Darius I?


(Part I, #6) 

300
This is the ancient Greek civilization that emerged on the island of Crete.
What is the Minoan civilization? (This is the answer for Question 2 in Part II)
300
This is how the Persians managed their vast empire.
What is by dividing it into provinces called satrapies and appointing a ruler called a satrap in each one? (This is the answer to Question 10 in Part II)
300
This is why Athens and Sparta went to war with each other in 431 B.C.
What is because the Spartans left the Delian League and formed their own defensive league, because they felt that Athens was becoming too powerful and controlling. (This is the answer to Question 15 in Part II)
400
This is a slave in ancient Sparta. 
What is a helot?


(Part I, #2)
 



400
This is the Persian prophet whose seven visions became the basis for a new religion.
Who was Zoroaster?


(Part I, #8)

400
In this Greek city-state, the people valued education and philosophy; women had few rights; and the system of government was democracy.
What is Athens? (This is the answer to Question 7 in Part II)
400
This was the official religion of the Persian empire. It was a monotheistic religion, based on the teachings and visions of the prophet Zoroaster. 
What is Zoroastrianism? 


(Part II, #11) 

400
This is how Sparta was able to defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
What is by making a deal with the Persians. They would give the Persians some land, in exchange for enough gold to build a navy. (This is the answer to Question 16 in Part II)
500
This is a formation of armed soldiers; in this formation, the soldiers stand close together in rows, with their shields overlapping. 
What is a phalanx?


(Part I, #3)

500
This is the popular Athenian ruler who reigned for more than 30 years. He rebuilt the city after the Persian Wars. 
Who is Pericles?


(Part I, #10)

500
These are the requirements for citizenship in ancient Greece.
What is that a citizen had to be free (not a slave); had to own land; and had to be a male. (This is the answer to Question 9 in Part II)
500
These are some of the effects of the Persian Wars.
What is that the Persians defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae, but NOT at Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea; the Persians failed in their mission to conquer Greece by 479 B.C.; after the war, Athens was re-built and entered a golden age; AND Greek city-states formed a defensive league, known as the Delian League, to protect themselves from future Persian invasions? (This is the answer to Question 14 in Part II)
500

This is how many years ago the Battle of Thermopylae was fought. (The battle was fought in September 490 B.C.)

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