Greek Geography
Land that is surrounded by water on nearly all sides ("3 sides")
What is a peninsula?
Who was Zeus?
Who ended up winning the Greco-Persian wars by 479 BC?
The Greeks
Greek dictators who would take control, often by force, in the city states
What are tyrants?
Macedonian King who conquered much of Eurasia in the 4th century BC
Alexander the Great
The greek word for "city state"
Polis
Goddess of Wisdom and Warfare
Who was Athena?
300 Spartans fought the persians at which battle?
Thermopylae
What was ostracon used for?
Voting in Athens; to ostracize someone meant to vote them out of the city.
Enslaved people in Sparta
What are helots?
This agricultural plant was of key importance to the Greek civilzation for many different reasons.
What is the olive tree.
Greek god of the sea
What was the main key to the Greek victory over Persia?
Unity of the city-states
Aristocrats
Greek soldiers during ancient times
Hoplites
False
Festival of sporting events to honor the gods, especially Zeus
Olympics
The Persian wars against the Greeks began due to a revolt in which Greek colony?
to serve on a jury in Athens, you had to be a
Citizen
Formation of hoplites during a war
Phalanx
Greek city states developed independently of each other, largely due to this geographic feature.
What are mountains.
Sporting festival that celebrated and honored Athena
What are the Panathenaic games?
This city-state was the birthplace of Democracy
Athens
A person, typically in politics, who appeals to the emotions of voters and tries to manipulate them. It is considered one of the flaws of pure democracy.
What is a Demagogue
Long, Greek poem, often about the gods and heroes journeys.
Epic