The battle which effectively defeated Darius and the Persians during the first Persian war
What is the battle of Marathon?
100
Alliance between Athens and other city states.
What is the Delian League
100
The ruler of the Greeks gods
Who is Zeus?
100
New form of Greek culture, which emerged after Alexander's conquest, from a blending of Greek and other cultures.
What is Hellenistic culture?
100
Form of government where the power is given to many people.
What is Democracy?
200
The battle where Sparta was outnumbered, and eventually lost, but due to a tactical advantage was able to slow the invading Persian army.
What is the battle of Thermopylae?
200
An alliance between Sparta and other city-states.
What is the Peloponnesian league?
200
Home of the Greek gods
What is Mt. Olympus?
200
The cultural, economic, and academic center of the Ancient Greek world after Alexander's conquests.
What is Alexandria, Egypt?
200
Form of government where a few people have power.
What is an Oligarchy?
300
Naval battle where Athens defeated Xerxes and the Persian's during the second Persian War.
What is the battle of Salamis?
300
A foreigner in a Greek city-state, who typically worked as a merchant.
What is a metic?
300
Greek goddess of wisdom
Who is Athena?
300
Alexander's tutor and great Greek philosopher who discovered that the Earth is round by observing the stars.
Who is Aristotle?
300
Oath still taken today by doctors, promising to use knowledge only to help people.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
400
Leader who united all of Greece for first time, arguably because of military innovations including the creation of the sarissa.
Who is Phillip of Macedonia?
400
The belief in multiple gods.
What is polytheism?
400
Considered herself a better weaver than Athena and was transformed for her disrespect to the gods.
Who is Arachne?
400
Alexander's general who secured Egypt, and who's family would rule for thousands of years until Cleopatra lost power to the Romans.
Who is Ptolemy?
400
Greek architectural styles still used today.
What are Greek columns?
500
Sparta's first naval victory during the Peloponnesian war (thanks Persia) which cut off grain shipments to Athens and eventually lead to Sparta's victory.
What was the deciding point in the Peloponnesian war?
500
The upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city's defenses were located.
What is the acropolis?
500
Oracle who people traveled to from all over Greece to ask questions about the future.
Who is the Delphic Oracle?
500
Loyal horse to Alexander who he tamed as an 11 year old when no other man could, or so the legend goes.
Who is Bucephalus?
500
A Greek philosopher famous for asking question after question to force his listeners to think clearly.