Vocabulary
Persian Wars
Alexander the Great
Athens
Greece
100
The name of the first civilized people who settled in Greece.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
100
This king led Persia on their attack against Ionia
Who is King Darius
100
Alexander the Great was from ____.
What is Macedonia?
100
The government that Athens gradually formed.
What is a democracy?
100
He was a blind story-teller who composed epics about heroic deeds.
Who is Homer?
200
The war that was fought because Paris kidnapped Helen. It involved Achilles fighting Hector.
What is the Trojan War?
200
At the Battle of ______, Athens sent 10,000 men to attack the 25,000 Persians. The Persians wore light armor and were not trained in land combat. The Persians eventually fled. Pheidippides ran back to Athens to tell the people to stay strong.
What is Marathon?
200
Alexander's father, King_____ turned rugged peasants into a well-trained army.
Who is Philip II?
200
T or F. Athens was built around a military lifestyle. Beauty, art, and literature were not valued by Athenians.
False
200
This is the Greek word for a fortified hilltop
What is an acropolis?
300
This civilization came in contact with the first people of Greece and influenced them in seaborne trade, writing systems, art, politics and literature.
Who are the Minoans?
300
At the Battle of __________, King _____, who had led the Persians down the coast of Greece, encountered the 300 Spartans who gave their lives so the other Greek soldiers could escape
Thermopaylae, Xerxes
300
T or F. The greek-city states joined forces to stop Macedonia from taking over Greece.
False
300
The leader of Athens who led them through their Golden Age.
Who is Pericles?
300
These rulers were powerful citizens who seized control and provided jobs and housing for their supporters.
What is a tyrant?
400
This is another name for city-state.
What is polis?
400
At the Battle of Salmis, ____ defeated ____ by attacking their navy with small ramming boats.
Athens, Persia
400
The king of Persia,_____ rallied thousands of soldiers in an attempt to stop Alexander on his crusade to take over Persia.
Who is King Darius III?
400
This Athenian leader outlawed debt slavery, organized Athens into 4 social classes, and introduced the concept that any citizen could bring charge against wrongdoers.
Who is Salon
400
This leader developed a legal code that said all Athenians were equal under the law and criminals were dealt with very harshly.
Who is Draco?
500
This is greek word for a marketplace.
What is agora
500
The _____ League was formed when several Greek-city states made an alliances. They drove out Persia and ended the threat of future attacks.
What is the Delian?
500
Alexander's Empire caused multiple cultures to blend together to create what culture?
The Hellenistic culture
500
This war was between Athens and Sparta. Sparta was upset with Athens as they grew in wealth, prestige and power.
What is the Peloponnesian War
500
The ____ is the name for a Spartan soldier
What is a hoplite?
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